Pilot Boat Indonesia

Conversion work, designed and engineered by JMS Naval Architects, of Mystic, CT, has been completed of the former Oil Spill Response Vessel OSRV MAINE RESPONDER to a Pilot Station Vessel for United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association.

According to Briggs Marine: The PV “FULMAR” of Liverpool, an ORC 136 fast Pilot Craft, has been launched at Goodchild Marine Services Ltd.

paradip pilot onboard along side at ship

Manouvring of entry in Mangalia Shipyard in dry -Dock.

Bergstraum inbound to Regent Quay in Aberdeen Harbour with the tug Kittywake assisting.

The pilot leaps to his boat accompanied by claps and exclamations of; "Bravo!".

In this special episode of Beyond the Frame, we take a peek into the career of ship pilots as told through former Maryland pilot and artist Captain Brian Hope's work, Boarding a Liberty ship - 1947.