Speaker: Capt David (Duke) Snider FNI, Martech Polar Consulting Ltd and NI Past President
Speaker: Capt David (Duke) Snider FNI, Martech Polar Consulting Ltd and NI Past President
Video Technique Maritime Pilots Use to Board Ships Moving on Polar Ice
published on 22 April 2025
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Article Pilot Profiles Webinar by AMPI
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 31 October 2021
Video Strength Of A Woman: Elizabeth Marami, Trainee Maritime Pilot
published on 4 July 2019
Video Pilot boat launch - Methanol distribution
published on 29 March 2022
Article Serious injury to pilot on class 2 vessel in poor weather conditions
by Australian Maritime Safety Authority - published on 2 December 2021
Video Pilot Boat Docking Lake Erie
published on 20 June 2022
Video The Thrilling World of DP World's Marine Pilots
published on 5 March 2024
Video Billy Pugh Europe - Transfer Device
published on 8 January 2020
Article 11.05.2020 - Vessel Grounding in Singapore Strait, Sector 8, Area VTS Singapore
by Capt. Gunter Schütze, Thailand/Germany - published on 28 May 2020
Video Is this a dangerous manoeuvre in a Pilot Boat?
published on 26 October 2020
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...