Associated Branch Pilots

For 170 years, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have been navigating the world’s largest ships through some of North America’s most difficult waterways. These state and federally-licensed master mariners are highly-specialized ship captains who rely on navigational experience, ship-handling skills, and local knowledge to transport more than $1.2 billion in goods to and from 200 Bay Area ports, docks, and berths every day. This critical service protects more than 1,000 miles of fragile coastline...

This video was produced in September 2013 to provide an easy-to-understand introduction to pilotage in Japan.

Program, Speakers & Booking here

The name tag plate on this ladder displays a few important items that can be cross referenced with the certificate: Type, Model, Length, Production date, as well as the serial number (Prod.No) and the approval standard.

Sea Pilot,Dock Master and Ship Master With Manouver at Radiance Pacific Singapore
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At the Port of London Authority, an immersive pilot simulator is designed to continuously train and assess pilots to maintain quality and skills in the industry.

Editor's note: The pilot boarding seems a bit improvised and unsafe to me, but that's certainly business as usual, isn't it?

OHB subsidiary LuxSpace’s satellite for global ship monitoring has reached its target orbit.

The vulnerability of GNSS in shore-based use is definitely different and to be regarded as much more risky than on the high seas.

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