Pilot Boat at Jalesveva Jayamahe (Indonesia)

At the A&R shipyard in Germany, the successful principle of SWATH boats was further developed in 2013: The SWASH principle allows sea-going, smaller and more economical boats.

#PilotVessel "CATAMARÁN ANTARES"/ On board #BulkCarrierShip "KENNADI" #ZonaComún #RioDeLaPlata #Argentina/ 29th. December 2024 - 17:15 Local Time.- On this video (with original sound), you can watch the Pilot Vessel "CATAMARÁN ANTARES", arrived at #boardingpoint #ZonaComún #RioDeLaPlata to change Pilots  (Disembarking Maneuver of the Rio de la Plata Pilots and Embarking Manuever of Rio Paraná Pilots).- This video was filmed on board the following Vessel: Bulk Carrier Ship "KENNADI" - Call...

Editors note: A film of a pilot boat has just been published on YouTube with the title "How Dangerous being in a Pilot Boat..." on YouTube. I'm not sure if this really shows a dangerous maneuver, maybe the experts can comment on it here.
But in principle it is problematic to approach the ship in such a small Pilot Boat in the wake from astern and cross the waves there. I remember an accident from Finland in December 2017 where the boat capsized and people died. Is this situation shown here...

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Malta Maritime Pilots

What a dangerous situation. Never seen that before.

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Drydocking or undocking is always a difficult task, particularly with a “dead” vessel (no power/propulsion) and the wind blowing on the ship's side.