LNG Tanker Ship Pilot Transfer

Estuary Services crew Andrew Howland (coxswain) and Wayne Goldfinch (deckhand) transferring PLA pilot, Stephen Ford on an approx. eight-mile trip from Ramsgate to board the tanker Songa Breeze at the NE Goodwin pilot boarding ‘diamond’. Departing at 0955 on 20 April 2020, they steered an easterly course to reach the ship by 1030. Weather: wind North Easterly F6, sea state moderate to rough, visibility 10 nautical miles. Footage: ESL Edit: Theo Albanis, Port of London Authority Music:...

The Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis has released Marine Safety Alert 05-21, to notify mariners to a potentially dangerous situation involving corrosion of the turntable pin on accommodation ladders.

This video briefly describes the special operation of transfer of marine pilots at sea

Editors Note: Was everything OK with this manoeuvre? Marine-Pilots.com simply shows the reality of pilotage work on the ground and how this video was posted on YouTube. #OilChemicalTankerShip "GOLDENGATE PARK"/ #RioDeLaPlataPilots #Prácticos #PrácticosArgentinos #EmbarkingManeuver/ On board #PilotVessel "SEA PILOT"/ #JP #Recalada #BoardingPoint #RioDeLaPlata #Argentina - 26th. October 2026 - 11:24 hs. (Local Time).- This video (original sound) was filmed on board Pilot Vessel "SEA PILOT"...

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One comment on YouTube on this video:
"No hard hats, no Hi-Viz clothing (in case pilot falls in) the one at 5:16 has not even got a life jacket - absolute cowboys!"

The St. Andrew’s Bay Pilots are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Captain Phillip Brady, age 46, on January 12, 2026.

Pilot-in-the-Loop simulations embedded to a high-resolution maritime environment.

Safehaven Marine have launched another new Pilot boat, there 20th Interceptor 48 and 46th pilot vessel overall for the River Plate pilots in Montevideo, Uruguay. ‘Belgrano’ named after the famous Argentine general, will operate on the River Plate estuary, also famous for being the place of the first naval battle during the second world war, where the German battle cruiser, the Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled.