Video North River Boats (Pilot Boat)
published on 30 January 2020
Article Norman R. Wright & Sons Build Pilot Boats For PNG Ports Corporation
by Norman R. Wright & Sons - published on 12 March 2020
Article Gladding-Hearn Delivers New Launch to Galtex Pilots
published on 13 December 2022
Video Volvo Penta IPS Propulsion
published on 6 May 2021
Video Corryvreckan Maelstrom & Thunder Child II documentary
published on 28 July 2020
Safehaven Marine undertook an 800nm 4 day cruise in Thunder Child II to Scotland, living off the boat to visit a place called the Gulf of Corryvreckan. A pretty wild yet beautiful place. The Corryvreckan whirlpool, or ‘Maelstrom’, as would be a more appropriate description, is formed as the tide enters the narrow stretch of water between the Islands of Jura and Scarba that is the Gulf of Corryvreckan. Here the tidal flow speeds up to 8.5kts as it is squeezed between the islands, and there...
Article Final Report following the loss of containers from MSC ZOE (1/1/2019)
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 29 June 2020
Article Pilot fell overboard during a storm off the coast of Borkum (Germany) and was rescued
published on 15 January 2023
Article Results online survey into the securing methods of pilot ladders
by Herman Broers - published on 5 March 2021
It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders is secured by means of D-shackles, when secured at intermediate length. Previous research (Evans, 2020) has proven that this method has only about 50% of the strength of the pilot ladder when secured at full length (“double ended ladder”), or by means of the “endless-sling” method.