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
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel and watch with us as ship pilots get onto and off moving vessels. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of this mysterious world, our videos are made for you ! We publish 3 videos a week on our YouTube channel and many more articles on our website. Feel free to subscribe to not miss any of our updates and visit our website to discover additional content. Don’t forget to follow...
Article Report on P&I claims involving vessels under pilotage
published on 1 September 2021
Video Humber Pilotage Area - Pilot Disembarkation
published on 13 January 2022
Video A Cargo Ship is Guided into Port by The Pilot Boat
published on 24 February 2023
Article Three new pilot boats for Port of Shenzhen
published on 20 February 2022
Article EMSA Newsletter No. 210 published
published on 14 September 2022
Video Smart Ports: Piers of the Future
published on 25 November 2019
Video SAMMON Demo Planning FtLauderdale Arrival with comments
published on 20 January 2021
This updated video shows how easy it is to develop an arrival plan with the SAMMON Planning Tool. As a sample the arrival from appraoch until the berth to Ft. Lauderdale is used under strong current of 2kn. At the simulator training courses where we used this tool for preparation of a manoeuvring plan during the briefing sessions all nautical officers involved stated afterwards: "Why don't we have this tool on our ships?"
Video TRENZ PPU SIRIUS - New Generation Portable Pilot Unit
published on 18 February 2025
TRENZ proudly present you the next generation portable pilot unit. "SIRIUS" has been redesigned to allow more functionality and precision now and new features in the future. www.trenz-ppu.com SIRIUS Features: High-precision Rate of Turn (ROT) achieved through dual gyroscope and accelerometer integration, utilizing the TRENZ Sensor Fusion algorithm Standard-precision GNSS receiver supporting four concurrent constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou) and augmentation via SBAS Advanced AIS/...