Video Delaware River Pilot Boat Transfers
published on 19 September 2023
Video Cielo di Iyo met by Harbor Pilot
published on 20 January 2021
In early December, just as I was starting to get into ship spotting, I saw a couple of vessels headed up river towards Philly. One of them, the Cielo di Iyo met with the harbor pilot right as I had my drone up. I was able to capture the Pilot coming to meet the vessel and CLIMBING the ladder to get on board just before she passed beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Video Delaware River Pilots - 2013
published on 26 May 2020
Article Pilot ladders - bits and pieces and a bit of testing
by Capt. Troy Evans - published on 14 October 2020
Video Husky Salvage Cruise Ship Pilot Run, Road Town, Tortola, BVI
published on 28 June 2022
In the pre-dawn hours and many other times of the day, local pilots safely guide cruise ships and cargo ships into BVI ports. The pilots provide local knowledge to the ships' captains to ensure safe arrivals and departures. In order to do this, it requires the pilot to climb from one moving vessel to the other. While this maneuver is taking place, the pilot vessel must maintain speed and stay parallel to the ship, allowing the pilot's safe transfer from one vessel to the other. They make...
Video Pilots boarding CMA CGM LEO inbound to Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
published on 4 November 2021
Video Navigating on St Lawrence River towards cargo ship Federal Kumano
published on 8 November 2022
Video Climbing Pilot Ladder - 360° video in all directions
by River Pilot Kris De Decker - published on 5 October 2022
Opinion If you facilitate 90% of the world's trade, would you influence change?
by Melvin Mathews - published on 1 December 2020
Video Porthos Lima, presented during the 53rd EMPA GENERAL MEETING
published on 17 January 2020
Conapra's Technical Director, the pilot Porthos Lima, presented during the 53rd EMPA GENERAL MEETING the application developed for smartphones, inspired by the 2017 IMPA SECURITY CAMPAIGN. This tool allows pilots to report deficiencies in the Pilot Packing Arrangements and ship equipment, and these reports are instantly available to all Brazilian pilots. In the presentation Mr. Lima, representative of the Brazilian Maritime Pilots Association, showed how the App works and presented its...