Sullom Voe Pilot boat out on a task

New pilot vessel, the TRENT, has joined ABP Humber’s fleet at the port of Grimsby. An investment of £1.2 million, the TRENT is the second in class, Orc design 171, to be delivered to the Humber as part of ABP’s pilot boat replacement programme.

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.

Pilot boat Razorbill southbound on the River Mersey, returning from the bar.

Caught at Cuxhaven, Germany

August 2022, tanker Thun London and Foyle Leader pilot vessel. www.nightskyhunter.com

The pilot boat in Hvasser is going to pick up a pilot from a tank ship.

This video has already been published for the first time in 2020. Please also note the second, more recent video in the appendix. This physical ladder simulator was designed for crew training in the ladder arrangement and for all the users especially for pilots.