Video Honningsvåg Pilot Recovery
published on 16 June 2023
Video Zeleda Desgagnes Pilot Change from MS Westcott Detroit Pilot Boat
published on 13 July 2022
Article Container Ship hits Mooring Boat in Italy
by www.MaritimeBulletin.net - published on 18 January 2020
Article Maritime Pilot Tribute
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 9 December 2019
Article ARANSAS PILOT III – Pilot Boat for Port Aransas, Texas
by Baird Maritime - published on 2 September 2022
Article Santander Pilots ISPO certified (since July 2020)
by ISPO - International Standard for Maritime Pilot Organisations - published on 17 November 2020
Article Report: Securing of pilot ladders at intermediate lengths – testing
by nc2 Engineering Consultancy - University of Southhampton - published on 28 July 2023
Video Yaw Stability of Ships - Basic Principles by Knud Benedict
published on 18 November 2021
Another very good explanatory video by Knud Benedict. Absolutely worth seeing.
Yaw Stability is an important element of Ships Manoeuvrability - both for course keeping and turning ability. This first video in a series explains the Basic Principles of stability in steady state equilibrium conditions and the forces / moments involved
Video Operation of POD Ships - Discussion on Efficiency comparing Conventional and IN-OUT POD strategy
published on 8 June 2022
In this movie the efficiency of two different pod operation strategies is compared: With azimuth propeller ships the Pods can be used in two ways to control the speed, e.g. for speed reduction: 1. by adjusting the engine orders, e.g. by reducing the RPMs to get lower speed - this means to drive the ship in the same conventional way as for twin screw vessels, 2. by turning both pods either in- or outward (TOE-IN or TOE-OUT) to reduce the forward thrust and therefore reducing the speed – the...