From Nordkai (Ems) towards the lake

Fosen Yard AS has built a semi-closed fish farm construction with a diameter of 160m and a depth of 20m.
The second half ring of this construction has left Emden on Friday.

Pilotage to the port of Vitoria, Brazil. This video was taken on 26.04.2021.

I have had the privilege of being at quite a number of meetings, conferences and seminars, sometimes representing The Netherlands, but mostly representing the Netherlands pilots. I have had many discussions about the role of pilots and pilot organisations, which lead me to write an article “What is the added value of pilotage?”, published in the February 2020 issue of Seaways.

The collision of 3 ships, an unfortunate event that highlighted the importance of human factors on accident causation,

Movement to Universal Terminal Jetty 7, bridge view with Pilot Onboard

In this eye-opening episode of Sea Views, host Julia Gosling speaks with Captain Andrew Moll (Chief Inspector, UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch), Ari Palmers (Senior Maritime Pilot, Netherlands), and Adam Parnell (Director, CHIRP Maritime) to confront the serious dangers faced by maritime pilots — especially during pilot transfers, where fatality rates remain alarmingly high.

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1st 24,000 TEU vessel, 1st Containers loaded, 1st Port call Qingdao

Marine pilot