Review of the CEO 2021: Kari Kosonen, Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd

Traffic has began to become congested and slowed due to specialized river pilots being mandated to quarantine due to Covid-19 regulations when returning from duties along China’s Yangtze which happens to be the longest river in East Asia.

There are some problems that never seem to go away and one is the perennial difficulties in providing a safe way of getting pilots on and off a ship.

Fathom Safety now offers an online course on Pilot Ladder Training

Each pilot association and each country can get a good overview of how other colleagues approach safety.
Ship crews can see which rules apply in which country.
In any case, this list from IMPA is worth looking through and reading.

An ATSB interim report outlines the sequence of events leading to the collision between the container vessel Maersk Shekou and the berthed tall ship STS Leeuwin II in Fremantle on 30 August 2024.

IMO 9291676. Build in 2003.

Manouvring of entry in Mangalia Shipyard in dry -Dock.

Inbound San Juan harbor new pilot boat build by Safehaven marine

Cairns based Pilot Vessel underway outbound 19/9/21

Lately there has been a considerable increase in opinions of seagoing ship´s masters complaining about pilotage services, expressed whether as LinkedIn articles and comments or in some reputable industry magazines.