Article New Pilot Boat for Virginia Pilots
published on 2 April 2025
Video Sailing Falmouth Pilot Cutter Pellew
published on 10 September 2022
Some impressions from a sail on the Falmouth Pilot Cutter Pellew in October 2021. The Pellew was built by Luke Powell and his team in Truro at https://www.workingsail.co.uk/ between 2017 and 2020.
Trips on Pellew can be booked through Venturesail on their website https://venturesailholidays.com/voyage-finder
Video Pilot Boat Altair
published on 17 March 2022
Article Safehaven´s "Celso Madeira" for Portugal's Sines Port starts sea trials
published on 17 December 2021
Article BELCINAC – Compact pilot boat to operate in France’s Seine river
by Baird Maritime - published on 22 November 2023
Article AIMPA Journal Issue VI - December 2020 for download here
by AIMPA - All India Marine Pilots' Association - published on 19 December 2020
Article Shore Based Pilotage, a matter of trust
by Ed Verbeek - published on 14 October 2021
Video A day in the life of a PLA Pilot (London): 20 August 2025
published on 9 December 2025
Video The complex and dangerous Centre Lead Forward Tug Manoeuvre, Port Kembla, Australia
published on 4 July 2019
(Please note: Anthony F Hoy has CASA Operational Certification for UAV Aerial Photography & Aerial Survey).
The Svitzer Marloo, a Z-Tech 2800 ASD Tug, is one of the few vessels in the world to regularly use the complex and potentially dangerous Centre Lead Forward manoeuvre to assist inbound and outbound bulk carriers in the execution of a 110 degree turn on entering and leaving Port Kembla. Tug Master Phil Jones explains how a dangerous maritime exercise, if properly executed, can deliver...
Video Volvo Penta – Mighty Jobs – Piloting the Arctic seas of Norway
published on 11 March 2020
In this episode of Mighty Jobs we meet the piloting crew of Buksér og Berging in Tromsø, Norway. Their Volvo Penta-powered piloting boat covers around 42,000 nautical miles every year. That’s the equivalent of traveling around the world twice. The Volvo Penta IPS system makes it possible to pilot ships under all weather conditions.