Pilot and Pilot Boat

Watching Bar Pilots navigate the Columbia River in Astoria, OR and learning some history about the old pilot boat “Peacock”. Beautiful sunny day on the river with Sea lions, Gulls, ducks and more. Learn why it’s absolutely necessary for the bar pilots to help the ships get through one of the most treacherous parts of the Columbia.

Pilot Boat working close to shore, but not the best of weather.

Ingemar Virtual Harbour with some of the 2019 designs

In this video, you can take a look at what happened when the Napoli broke her back and was run aground on the south coast of the UK.

Going down the accommodation ladder with neither lifevest nor safety line must have been based on similar, past, successful operations, which may have never been challenged on board. This ‘slippage’ in safety is a pernicious and common phenomenon.

Pilot going onboard, using pilot ladder port side, 1,5 meters above the water.

life of boat pilot

As my colleagues know, IMPA conducts a “safety campaign” in the fall every year. The 2022 safety survey report was released a few days ago. First of all, we would like to thank the pilots who participated in this survey from all over the world.