Video Deep draft tanker to sea
published on 29 August 2020
Video Entering the Port of Vitória
published on 22 April 2022
Video Introduction to pilotage in Japan.
published on 23 June 2021
Article Tampa Bay ship pilots raise concerns over safety guidelines
by Courtesy "Tampa Bay Times" - published on 21 June 2024
Video Maritime Single Window 2024: New guidelines are coming!
published on 15 November 2022
Video The new Bermuda pilot boat (2011)
published on 29 August 2020
This is the new Bermuda pilot/SAR boat 'St. David'. Its intended to operate up to 30miles off the island in the open north Atlantic but capable of going much further. She is a Gladding Hearn built, all weather 61' aluminum hull capable of about 30kts. She replaces a 23 year old pilot boat with the same name.
Article The Panama Canal Extends Temporary Relief Measures for Customers to End of 2020
published on 28 August 2020
Video The complex and dangerous Centre Lead Forward Tug Manoeuvre, Port Kembla, Australia
published on 4 July 2019
(Please note: Anthony F Hoy has CASA Operational Certification for UAV Aerial Photography & Aerial Survey).
The Svitzer Marloo, a Z-Tech 2800 ASD Tug, is one of the few vessels in the world to regularly use the complex and potentially dangerous Centre Lead Forward manoeuvre to assist inbound and outbound bulk carriers in the execution of a 110 degree turn on entering and leaving Port Kembla. Tug Master Phil Jones explains how a dangerous maritime exercise, if properly executed, can deliver...