Ship sailing from Liverpool Docks

Text and photos by Tonci Regjo
Pilot for the Split Harbour

Let's change our perspective and see how the team sets up an accommodation ladder.

PTR Holland® are aware that certain parties have copied and supply, low-quality imitations of our rope ladders through several ship-chandlers in Rotterdam, Houston, Greece and in Turkey.

Malta Maritime Pilots

I have had the privilege of being at quite a number of meetings, conferences and seminars, sometimes representing The Netherlands, but mostly representing the Netherlands pilots. I have had many discussions about the role of pilots and pilot organisations, which lead me to write an article “What is the added value of pilotage?”, published in the February 2020 issue of Seaways.

On the 23rd of March 2021 the VLCC Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal. A strong southerly wind (between 6 and 7 BFT) plus so-called bank shear caused steering issues. This a combined 2D and 3D reconstruction of the incident based on recorded AIS data.

The theory of the 'Swiss cheese' model of incident causation and investigation.

The Bahamas has imposed a compulsory maritime pilot rule for all vessels, including cruise ships, at its ports since September 2025.

Caught at Cuxhaven, Germany

Loodswezen Instructie Embarkeren Debarkeren.
Unfortunately only in Dutch without subtitles.