Video Safe at sea with satellites (AIS)
published on 5 June 2020
At sea, space technology is used to help save lives every day: managing traffic between ships, picking up migrants and refugees in distress or spotting oil spills. The European Space Agency is once again at the forefront developing new technologies and satellites: to keep us safe at sea and to monitor the environment. Space makes a difference here on Earth and certainly at sea where there is no infrastructure.
Recommendation by Marine-Pilots.com
AIS services are offered by, for example:
Article Pilot Profiles Webinar by AMPI
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 31 October 2021
Video Pilot boarding at Manila, Philippines
published on 23 September 2022
Video San Francisco Bar Pilots boards off the ATB Cape Ann
published on 10 January 2022
Video Detroit Pilot boat / Mail boat
published on 25 January 2024
Video Pilot Vessel "KOON". La Plata, Argentina
published on 9 November 2021
Video Pilot going bridge to pilot seafers
published on 19 September 2022
Video On board the Edmund Gardner pilot ship
published on 28 September 2021
Footage filmed by DFS Williams on the Edmund Gardner pilot ship 1968-69.
The Edmund Gardner is now the largest object in National Museums Liverpool's collections and can be seen in dry dock opposite Merseyside maritime museum. Find out more about it here:
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/collections/edmundgardner/