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Otaru/Sapporo Marine Pilot Disembarkation

published on 6 October 2024 - 1702 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "whidbeyben". Originally published on 2024-10-04.

We bid farewell to our Otaru marine pilot just outside Otaru Harbor, Japan. The crew of the pilot tug were particularly fastidious about not marking up the side of the Viking Orion during the operations, spraying the interface with water, even though that might have made the transfer more hazardous for the pilot. From the Viking Orion, October 2024

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