Video Overhead View of Ship Getting Underway in Guayania Puerto Rico
published on 13 September 2022
Opinion "Ship's Pilot" - A poem by Gaylen K. Bunker
by Frank Diegel - published on 13 February 2020
Video "Ship's Pilot" - A poem by Gaylen K. Bunker
published on 13 February 2020
Video Ship manoeuvring in port MV Navios Amarillo.
published on 16 October 2020
Article #dangerousladders - Using social media to improve pilot transfer safety.
by Kevin Vallance deep sea pilot and author - published on 12 December 2019
It remains a sad fact that accidents and near misses continue to occur during pilot transfers with frightening regularity. Most of these fortunately do not result in injury, and a surprisingly high number of them are not even recognised for what they are.
Surveys into pilot ladder safety consistently reveal that unacceptably high numbers of pilot transfer arrangements are not compliant with the regulations.
Video Pilot services at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.
published on 14 August 2024
Article A Day in the Life: Angus Macaulay, Pilot at Montrose Port Authority
published on 29 September 2020
Video A day on a tugboat, time lapse edition
published on 25 May 2020
Article Boluda Towage started towage services at LubminLNG (Germany)
published on 2 January 2023
Video RightShip Safety Insights - Pilot and Accommodation Ladders
published on 20 June 2023
Over the past two years, RightShip has reviewed more than 21,000 PSC inspections, assessed over 2,500 incidents, and inspected over 4,600 vessels. This is in addition to the reviewing a large number of SIRE reports as part of the vetting process. Despite the industry’s efforts and campaigns to educate, we have observed an upward trend in deficiencies and non-conformities involving pilot ladders and arrangements. The data gathered from RightShip Inspections indicates that the pilot ladder...