Article Winter Edition of "The Master, Mates & Pilot" available
published on 22 December 2021
Video Boston Pilots
published on 29 July 2024
Article Sustainability Thinking in Maritime Pilotage Training: Barriers, Enablers, Drivers, and Risks
by Ship senior pilot Seyed Behbood Issazadeh - published on 15 June 2026
Article Origins of the IMPA pilot mark
by Kevin Vallance deep sea pilot and author - published on 24 October 2019
There are many things in both our everyday and professional lives which we take for granted and never question the origins of, an example of this might be the IMPA recommended ‘pilot mark or pilot line’, which is sometimes seen on the side of vessels indicating where a vessels freeboard exceeds 9 metres.
Video Risk Involved When Unmooring Operation on Deck
published on 10 August 2020
Video Pilot boarding on Pilot Boat "Virginia"
published on 22 July 2022
Video Port of Antwerp, Belgium | Pilot Boat | Container Port Terminal | LOCK
published on 26 June 2020
Video Pilotboat Galveston sliding into the pilot station after a run.
published on 21 August 2025
Article Kiel Pilots Operating on Emergency Basis
published on 3 June 2024
Video AIS track grounding of Shahraz and Samutra Sakhdil in Singapore Strait - May 10 2020
published on 9 September 2020
Grounding container vessel Shahraz and MV Samudra Sakti in Singapore Strait May 10 2020
What happened?
MV "Shahraz" and MV "Samudra Sakti I" had run aground to the shallow Batu Berhanti in the Indonesian territorial waters within 6 minutes, which is surveyed with minimum water depths of 8.3 m in the northern part and up to 0.5 m in the southern part . It is located south of TSS Singapore Strait’s eastbound traffic lane.
A chain of events which must be described as extra ordinary rarity....