Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) and other individual MOB devices have been available for some years now and have evolved to incorporate a variety of different alerting methods and combinations. However, usage of these additional enhancements within UK Pilotage is still in its infancy.

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"Rope Ladders" by PTR Holland

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Pilots boarding the M/V Hodaka Galaxy with the San Francisco Bar Pilots.
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Crude Oil Tanker British Robin passing St Anns Head on a rather windy day in Pembrokeshire.

The P and O ship Adonia leaving Lisbon on 3-11-14. This was the Pilot's second attempt to leave the ship. A smaller cutter found the seas too rough to take off the Pilot so this larger cutter took over.

When the bow thruster has been in operation for a while, pilots often notice that the ship not only turns but also gains speed. But why is this? Opinion by Capt. Hugues Cauvier.

Bergstraum inbound to Regent Quay in Aberdeen Harbour with the tug Kittywake assisting.