'Navigating the way' was on display from 19 August 2020.
'Navigating the way' was on display from 19 August 2020.
Article Vessel Pilots: Ensuring Safe Port Calls
published on 5 October 2021
Video Ship Bridge VR Simulator
published on 6 July 2021
Video "Providence" South Wales Pilot Boat
published on 25 August 2020
Video Ship Pilotage to Dunkirk Harbour BreakWater.
published on 11 May 2022
Video Riding with the Savannah Pilots
published on 25 October 2020
Over the course of 4 days this August, I was afforded the opportunity and privilege of riding with the Savannah Bar Pilots for an article I was writing for a major maritime magazine. The pilots are given the responsibility of boarding a vessel in the Atlantic Ocean and safely navigating the vessel up the Tybee Road 9 (a name for the shipping lane that leads into the Savannah River), into the Savannah River, and into the Port of Savannah. The same is done in reverse when a ship is outbound...
Article Webinar: Pilot Ladder Arrangements: A Pilot's Perspective on Best Practices (18 Sept. 2023)
published on 29 August 2023
Video Embarking the pilot at the Port of Açu in rough weather
published on 20 May 2022
Video Setubal Pilot Boat
published on 29 August 2020
Article Gladding-Hearn Delivers New Launch to Virginia Pilots
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 15 June 2020
The Virginia Pilot Association has taken delivery of a Chesapeake Class MK II launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, its ninth pilot boat built by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard since 1983.
Since the Chesapeake Class pilot boat was introduced by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard in 2003, 22 boats have been delivered to 11 pilot associations throughout the United States.