World largest and strongest nuclear Icebreaker

...in freezing seaports of Russia this season. In total, FSUE "Rosmorport" operates in 15 freezing seaports of the country.

Waiting for Queen Anne in Visby. 👑⚓️ With a few minutes to spare, the pilot boat stretches her legs and has a little fun while waiting. After all… A Queen is never late. Nor is she early. She departs precisely when she means to. 😄 Which would you rather be aboard—the pilot boat or Queen Anne? 👇 #QueenAnne #PilotBoat #MaritimePilot #PilotLife #Visby #Gotland #Cmport #Maritime #shipspotting

The European Maritime Pilot´s Association has released the new Newsletter issue 005/2022.

When it came time to replace their 50-year-old station vessel New York, the Sandy Hook Pilots Association thought long and hard, weighing their options to determine the best possible solution.

Helicopter services company NHV Group has won a contract extension with the Dutch Maritime Pilot’s Association (Nederlandse loodsencorporatie) to support maritime pilotage services in the Netherlands.

It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders is secured by means of D-shackles, when secured at intermediate length. Previous research (Evans, 2020) has proven that this method has only about 50% of the strength of the pilot ladder when secured at full length (“double ended ladder”), or by means of the “endless-sling” method.

DanPilot, Denmarks state pilot organization have incorporated the information of Pilotladdersafety.com in their e-learning module for pilots.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuildiing, Duclos Corporation, has taken an order for a rigid-bottom, soft-sided pilot boat from the Lake Pilots. The Resilient class high-speed launch is the Michigan pilots’ third boat built by the Somerset-Mass. Shipyard since 1979.

A U.S. federal pilot shares his experience navigating icy waters on Lake Michigan.

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and entered in the Mediterranean sea it is time to call the pilots at Chioggia/Venice, Italy.