MARIN has done model tests with a model of the msc Zoe in one of its test facilities, to find out what caused the msc Zoe to lose containers and how we can prevent this in the future.
MARIN has done model tests with a model of the msc Zoe in one of its test facilities, to find out what caused the msc Zoe to lose containers and how we can prevent this in the future.
Article Final Report following the loss of containers from MSC ZOE (1/1/2019)
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 29 June 2020
Video How AIS Works - Operation of AIS
published on 25 July 2019
Video Wind drift making headway - practical experiments for getting useful data for planning
published on 30 May 2022
Article The magnetic north pole migration - What a Pilot should know
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 22 February 2019
The Arctic magnetic pole does not move anymore. It runs, faster and faster. In recent years, even faster than expected. Therefore, geo-researchers have now had an unscheduled change to their world model and adjust their calculations, so that navigation with compass and other navigation aids such as a Pilot Plug, used by pilots around the world, continue to work.
Video SWATH vs. Mono Hull
published on 21 December 2019
Video Electronic charts: S-100 Essential tool for marine pilots
published on 21 June 2021
Video From a seaman. Gabon, Baie du Prince, 2012.
published on 30 June 2021
Video NASAIMARINE P11 & NASAIMARINE P17, en el puerto de Sant Carles de la Ràpita.
published on 22 July 2021
Video HDPE pilot boat
published on 15 July 2020
Video Is this a dangerous manoeuvre in a Pilot Boat?
published on 26 October 2020
Editors note: A film of a pilot boat has just been published on YouTube with the title "How Dangerous being in a Pilot Boat..." on YouTube. I'm not sure if this really shows a dangerous maneuver, maybe the experts can comment on it here.
But in principle it is problematic to approach the ship in such a small Pilot Boat in the wake from astern and cross the waves there. I remember an accident from Finland in December 2017 where the boat capsized and people died. Is this situation shown here...