Sullom Voe Pilot boat out on a task

This is one common method to board the pilot. And here it is a special boat which is very fast with new technology

IMO 9291676. Build in 2003.

Compilation clip highlighting some of the diverse custom boats Dongara Marine has built in recent years.

Good news for pilot safety: As one of the leading shipping companies, MAERSK is now targeting the notorious "trapdoor arrangements". A corresponding notification to all the company's ships concerned was made public in the last few days.

Enjoy the tour from Bridge to Pilot ladder, disembarking of Danpilot.

Another worthful video by Knud Benedict, Germany

OPERATIONAL NOTES AND RECOMMENDATIONS by UKMPA, February 2017
The introduction of modern lightweight Portable Pilot Units (PPU) for use during pilotage has proved to be another major advance for pilotage operations worldwide.

pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship