Pilot Boat in Croatia

A video of a fellow captain at my work giving me my very first ride in the companies jet pilot boat. Im impressed.

It remains a sad fact that accidents and near misses continue to occur during pilot transfers with frightening regularity. Most of these fortunately do not result in injury, and a surprisingly high number of them are not even recognised for what they are.

Surveys into pilot ladder safety consistently reveal that unacceptably high numbers of pilot transfer arrangements are not compliant with the regulations.

Took this in 2021. The pilot boat is helping to navigate through the Port of Barcelona.

From home to work.

Roberta Cotta and Teresa Matarese are the only two women in the Italian Federation of Harbour Pilots (Fedepiloti) team of 212 professionals.

Fathom Safety was established as a not for profit organisation dedicated to improving maritime pilot transfer safety. Here is a guide to pilot ladder rigging. We hope you like it!

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Goodchild Marine have designed an MOB recovery platform system that can be fitted to existing vessels or incorporated into new constructions.