Pilot Boat

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) today presented the pilot transfer vessel Hamburg Pilot 3 in the Port of Hamburg.

Learn why the Virginia Pilot Association chooses to rely on Volvo Penta power.

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...

Pilot Embarkation in Brunsbuttel roads Germany | Kiel Canal Passage
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The Indian Register of Shipping has published a Technical Circular on pilot boarding arrangements this week. Here you can download and read the document.

Great image video of the Italian pilots (Federazione Italiana Piloti dei Porti).

Itajai, Brazil. Photo and video

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