Eden Pilot Station & it's Harbour Masters-Pilots

by The Panama Canal

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.

Pilot jumping onboard the Carnival Luminosa at Cairns from the pilot boat .

This video shows us what all takes place during unmooring and pilotage operation in detail. Must watch for all.

The Los Angeles Pilot Service ordered two customized 56′ Camarc Design pilot boats (P/B) built by Vigor Industrial at their Vancouver, WA facility, located on the northern side of the Columbia River. The LA Pilot Service took delivery of the P/B Angels Pilot and Angels Navigator at Vigor’s shipyard on Swan Island in Portland, Oregon in early October.

One person was taken to hospital after a small boat caught fire off Seraya Buoy, located in the waters off Singapore's south-west coast, on Monday (Sept 4) afternoon.

The Sabine Pilots who help ships navigate their way up and down our waterways officially have a new place to call home.