November 2021, online via Zoom
November 2021, online via Zoom
Opinion A Corrected Version on Positioning of Pivot Point
by Capt. Santosha K. Nayak - published on 18 November 2020
Understanding the fundamentals of the pivot point is highly required for understanding the alteration of the courses. Pivot point is an imaginary point on the vessel which turns on a circular path on the perimeter of vessel’s turning circle when the vessel makes a turn. The knowledge about the position of the pivot point in a manoeuvring situation provides the ship handler with the information on the geometry of motion of the ship.
Video Mindfulness in Shipping Webinar
published on 24 July 2020
Video Maritime Training: Pilot Ladders: Safe Rigging Procedures
published on 25 February 2020
Video Technical Seminar - The role of the Habourmaster by The Nautical Institue
published on 29 November 2022
Article Study: Online survey among maritime pilots: job-related stress...
published on 2 September 2021
Video Brazilian Training Ship Cisne Branco Strikes Bridge in Ecuador
published on 26 October 2021
Video Daily Life: Puget Sound Ship Pilot (2015)
published on 22 December 2021
Opinion Why do we see so many unapproved and low-quality pilot ladders?
by Frank Diegel - published on 4 September 2020
Video AIS track grounding of Shahraz and Samutra Sakhdil in Singapore Strait - May 10 2020
published on 9 September 2020
Grounding container vessel Shahraz and MV Samudra Sakti in Singapore Strait May 10 2020
What happened?
MV "Shahraz" and MV "Samudra Sakti I" had run aground to the shallow Batu Berhanti in the Indonesian territorial waters within 6 minutes, which is surveyed with minimum water depths of 8.3 m in the northern part and up to 0.5 m in the southern part . It is located south of TSS Singapore Strait’s eastbound traffic lane.
A chain of events which must be described as extra ordinary rarity....