Container ship under pilotage leaving Kiel Canal | NordosteeKanal | Germany

The first trip of Captain Erik Dalege, the new President of EMPA - European Maritime Pilots' Association, is in Italy. In recent days, at the Rome offices, he met with the top management of Fedepiloti is Italian.

Look at Life - Signposts of the Sea (1963)
Narrated by Tim Turner

Video by marine pilot ESIL ABIBULA.

Berthing DG berth PBCT ,Penang, Malaysia.
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For this last publication of the week, "In the shoes of a port pilot", the UMF unveils a video of the president of the pilot station, Jean-Philippe Salducci, who talks about his job, his career, the qualities required and the role of the UMF as a major player in the port of Marseille-Fos.

1st 24,000 TEU vessel, 1st Containers loaded, 1st Port call Qingdao

Pilot vessel Tribulation shadowing Ramble on Rose out of Cairns .5/10/20

Impatience is triggered when we have a set goal (for example berthing a vessel) but realise it's going to cost us more than we thought to reach it (the vessel is only making 6 knots against the tide and is taking much longer than predicted).

HMM Algeciras at Yantian (8th May)
See the world’s largest containership (24,000 TEU) departing Yantian with a world record number of TEU’s on board (19,621 TEU). Wishing you ‘fair wind and following seas’ HMM Algeciras, through to Suez (25th May) then beyond to Rotterdam (ETA 3rd June), Hamburg (7th June), Antwerp (11th June) & London Gateway (14th June)