Video Maritime Training: Pilot Ladders: Safe Rigging Procedures
published on 25 February 2020
Video Operation of POD Ships - Discussion on Efficiency comparing Conventional and IN-OUT POD strategy
published on 8 June 2022
In this movie the efficiency of two different pod operation strategies is compared: With azimuth propeller ships the Pods can be used in two ways to control the speed, e.g. for speed reduction: 1. by adjusting the engine orders, e.g. by reducing the RPMs to get lower speed - this means to drive the ship in the same conventional way as for twin screw vessels, 2. by turning both pods either in- or outward (TOE-IN or TOE-OUT) to reduce the forward thrust and therefore reducing the speed – the...
Article Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations
published on 13 July 2021
Article Rumos Práticos 62 by Praticagem do Brasil published in Portuguese and English
published on 4 November 2022
Video Pilot Boat crew transfer
published on 12 April 2022
Video Pilots disembarking Harmony of the Seas
published on 30 April 2025
Article Hamburg Port Services is a new partner of Marine‑Pilots.com
published on 13 November 2020
Video Pilot boarding Auto Carrier Halifax Harbour
published on 12 October 2020
Pilot boarding the Auto Carrier Mediterranean Highway inbound to Halifax Harbour.
Editors note:
"The pilot's greatest enemy is often the pilot himself: Please do not carry a backpack together with your life jacket! The backpack can massively hinder the deployment and the effect of the lifejacket!"
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