Opinion If you facilitate 90% of the world's trade, would you influence change?
by Melvin Mathews - published on 1 December 2020
Video My First Ride In My Work's Jet Pilot Boat.
published on 10 May 2020
Video Vídeo Institucional Oficial da Praticagem do Brasil
published on 3 September 2019
The practice is essential to the safety of waterway traffic, as it avoids or minimizes accidents that can cost the lives of people, cause damage to the environment and enormous material losses.
The structure is fully maintained by the practicing companies themselves, without the contribution of any public resource, related to the maintenance of the speedboats, the 24-hour operation of their Operations Centers, the training of their employees, the acquisition and maintenance of communication,...
Video Kayleigh Ward - Belfast Harbour Pilot Boat Crew
published on 11 July 2024
Our Pilot Boats play a crucial role in maintaining the daily flow of maritime traffic to and from Belfast Harbour. Working 24/7, 365 days a year, in all kinds of weather conditions, this dedicated team carries out the vital task of bringing the Harbour Pilots out to arriving vessels, where they guide them safely into their berths, as well as disembarking them, often in challenging sea conditions on Belfast Lough.
Kayleigh Ward, our sole female pilot boat crew member, reveals how she gave up...
Video From a seaman. Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
published on 30 June 2021
Video Pilot "rides" aboard on ladder elevator. Footage from 1966
published on 22 December 2021
Video Electronic Chart Standards: IHO ECDIS and ENC
published on 29 October 2019
Opinion Piloting in the Corona Era - Understanding differences in COVID-19 mitigating procedures
by Herman Broers - Rotterdam / Netherlands - published on 20 April 2020
Video Offshore Pilot Transfer
published on 22 April 2021
Video Storm Bram sea trials aboard Northeast Pilot III
published on 27 February 2026
Here’s a video of recent Sea trials during ‘Storm Bram’ aboard the ‘all weather’ Interceptor 48 ‘Northeast Pilot III’ we built for the North East pilots at Newport, Rhode Island in the USA. With winds of Storm Force 11 and heavy breaking waves conditions were pretty wild, and proved a good test for her seakeeping abilities, especially her stability where she recovered nicely from a hard 90 degree knock down. Also respect to the seamanship of the captain aboard Fokko Ukena whom we filmed and...