Turkish Strait Pilot

The pilot plays a crucial role in the safe navigation of the vessel to her destination. Expert in the local waters, a Pilot is imperative to the Bridge Team. Berthing/un-berthing, anchoring, transiting narrow channels etc. are very specialized operations and require expertise of a very objective manner that results in efficient planning, monitoring and execution of safe passage. When a ship needs to enter or leave a harbor, marine pilots are sent aboard via a small pilot boat to safely...

Official Video by MAERSK:" In the past two years we have made boarding safer for maritime pilots on more than 100 ships."

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Pilot boat alongside a merchant cargo vessel, a big bulk carrier at canakkale strait, turkey

Another great education video by Knud Benedict (Germany): Practical experiments for getting useful data for planning.

OHB subsidiary LuxSpace’s satellite for global ship monitoring has reached its target orbit.

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30 Days of Timelapse, about 80,000 photos combined. 1500GB of Project files. Sailing in the open ocean is a unique feeling and experience.I hope to capture and share it for everyone to see.
Route was from Red Sea -- Gulf of Aden -- Indian Ocean -- Colombo -- Malacca Strait -- Singapore -- South East China Sea -- Hong Kong

One of the biggest ships in the world, 23,000+ TEU container ship MSC MIA, reportedly contacted gantry crane while leaving container terminal at Valencia.