‎Berthing a tanker ship LOA 185 m draft 9

In our new new section “Five questions for ..." Marine-Pilots.com introduces pilots and other market players to our readers in short interviews.

Today we are happy to start with Capt. Ahmed Sati, Marine Pilot at P&O Maritime.

The Master and Chief Engineer of the log-carrier MV Funing, have today been sentenced and fined after admitting charges relating to the grounding of the ship at the Port of Tauranga in July.

Master Liang Guang Hong and Chief Engineer Chameekara Prasad Nanayakkara both entered guilty pleas in the Tauranga District Court on 10 September to charges brought by Maritime NZ under the Maritime Transport Act (MTA) 1994.

Enjoy the tour from Bridge to Pilot ladder, disembarking of Danpilot.

This video explores the question of why ships are so difficult to manoeuvre in reverse.

What do you think about this unsafe manoeuvre?

Comment of Harry Klenner (Presidente de la Asociación Chilena de Prácticos de Puerto): Nowadays, apart from having to take measures to avoid contagion with the Covid-19, port pilots have to consider another factor that has become present on the planet and which, by the way, our country has not been unaware of.

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

Video showing marine pilot navigating a cargo ship from Port Botany.