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Maritime Pilot Training II - Man overboard manoeuvre

published on 12 May 2021 - 140 -

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Training the next generation of maritime pilots in the port of IJmuiden (May 2021). They teach them how to use a pilot ladder and what will happen should they fall in the water. Thanks to the pilots involved and the person who filmed.

Loodswezen Amsterdam-Ijmond

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