Pilot Boat - Departure from Adelaide, Australia

Oct. 13, 2022
Harbor pilot departing the NCL Prima in rough seas.

Video showing marine pilot navigating a cargo ship from Plan du Port

Other countries, other morals. What do you think about the work of the ship's crew? Do they work carefully in accordance with the regulations?

This action seeks compensation for injuries he alleges have prematurely ended his career in shipping.

"Rope Ladders" by PTR Holland

Spectacular (silent) film footage of the construction of the Panama Canal more than a century ago. The film shows the construction of the Miraflores and Gatun locks in detail as well as the digging of "The Culebra Cut" including steam trains, steam shovels and steam dredgers at work and scenes of the locks an the Canal in its first days op operation in 1914. Wikipedia: The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82 km (51 miles) waterway in Panama that connects the...

PTR Holland Company Movie

The purpose of this quantitative, ex post facto study was to assess P-J fit theory by examining the relationship between personality traits, as measured by Jackson’s (1984) PRF-E, and selection for a maritime pilot job.

Study from 2015: Psychological stressors, in addition to the physical demands associated with the role (e.g., reduced sleep, boarding, and departing vessels), may over time have a damaging effect on pilots' physical and mental health.

Everyone said, "You can't do that!" Until someone came along who didn't know that. Then he did it:
What do you think about this mooring solution?