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Video Should the Captain go down with the sinking ship?
published on 9 November 2020
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Video Great insight: Panama Canal Transit
published on 4 November 2021
Video Illinois boat captain recalls treacherous winter voyage across Lake Michigan | ChicagoLIVE
published on 10 February 2026
Article Norway’s Seas Become Home for a Young Woman - Norway´s First Female Maritime Pilot
by Mauri Moore Shuler - published on 4 August 2022
Video Berthing Hamburg port - Pilots' masterpiece
published on 6 May 2020
Article USAID ERA Delivers 2nd Pilot Boat to Ukraine
published on 11 November 2024
Video Port Everglades Pilot Carl Mahler boarding the Submarine USS New Hampshire
published on 17 January 2023
Article Michigan Pilots Order for New Launch from Gladding-Hearn
published on 30 August 2021
Article Updated App: "Bollard Pull Calculation for Marine Pilots"
by Baykal YAYLALI - published on 17 June 2024
A handy and simple tool to determine in a minimum time what is really needed as tug assistance, is the Bollard Pull Calculator which calculates in an approximate way the total required tug power for ships in various conditions of wind and current. This tool can be loaded as an app on the smart phone.