Deep Sea Pilotage - Boarding on EVER ACE

Pilot onboard for Docking to Port of. Klaipeda Lithuania.
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Pilot jumping onboard the Carnival Luminosa at Cairns from the pilot boat .

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

The next step for NZMPA is to issue a set of regulator-endorsed guidance notes. The first version will focus on accommodation ladders used in conjunction with pilot ladders.

Tuesday, October 1st is the start date of the latest International Maritime Pilot Association's annual Safety Campaign.

Previous campaigns by the association have consistently shown results of pilot ladder deficiencies around the 20% mark.

As a British supplier of driveline and propulsion solutions into the UK market, MIT was delighted to be involved in the 9 million pound investment into the industry by Associated British Ports (ABP) for a fleet of new pilot vessels to be built and supplied by Goodchild Marine Services Limited.

The Nautical Institute (NI) and the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) have been concerned for many years at the needlessly high rate of Pilot Ladder casualties. The NI is continuously reminded of the problem from its Members and through its Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS). The issue features frequently in our publications, and we recently dedicated an edition of our award winning magazine The Navigator to the topic, emphasising the importance of good...

Six leading Ports join forces to show the world their Smart Port model

Does the growth of ships ever have limits? Perhaps less in shipbuilding than in the handling of the ships during piloting.