Article Inspection Campaign on Pilot Transfer Arrangements (Results from 2021)
published on 16 June 2022
Article Shareable Survey "Boarding and Landing Arrangements for Pilots" by Ewan Rattray
by Marine-Pilots.com - published on 26 August 2020
Article Savannah Pilots take delivery of new pilot boat
published on 23 March 2022
Article Port of Tyne invests in Artemis electric pilot boat
published on 10 March 2025
Video Wärtsilä Pilot PRO working with TRENZ Pilot Plug
published on 30 August 2019
Video How to Launch a Pilot Boat–Behind the Scenes at Point Hope Shipyard
published on 20 June 2025
Welcome to Point Hope Shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In this video, I follow the float off of the Pacific Navigator, a hardworking pilot boat that serves the Port of Victoria and Ogden Point. We watch as the vessel is pulled along the marine railway, rotated on the turntable, and positioned onto the cradle. Once secured, the cradle lowers to float-off depth, and the Pacific Navigator fires up her engines for a short harbour spin before returning to duty. Some segments,...
Article Filipino crew died trying to assist pilot boarding
published on 4 April 2023
Video Operation of POD Ships - Discussion on Efficiency comparing Conventional and IN-OUT POD strategy
published on 8 June 2022
In this movie the efficiency of two different pod operation strategies is compared: With azimuth propeller ships the Pods can be used in two ways to control the speed, e.g. for speed reduction: 1. by adjusting the engine orders, e.g. by reducing the RPMs to get lower speed - this means to drive the ship in the same conventional way as for twin screw vessels, 2. by turning both pods either in- or outward (TOE-IN or TOE-OUT) to reduce the forward thrust and therefore reducing the speed – the...