Pilot going bridge to pilot seafers

PILOT BOARDING in STEENBANK PILOT STATION NETHERLANDS
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Unissued / Unused material - Hamburg, West Germany (FDR - Federal Republic of Germany). German helicopters are used to carry river boat pilots to where they are needed. Big CU Helicopter pilot talking into mouthpiece. Aerial view from helicopter of boat below. MS as the helicopter comes in and lands on deck of the ship. Various shots as pilot is picked up from lightship and flown off in helicopter. LS From bridge of ship as helicopter flies overhead. CU Small bird sitting on capstan. (f.g....

The IMPA has published on 30th June 2020 a letter about crew exchange in times of corona. Read the letter here:

Reflections on his work on the Mississippi River (2014)

Malta Maritime Pilots

Here’s a nice video of ‘Miami’ the Interceptor 48 pilot we built for the Biscayne Bay Pilots, Florida on sea trials, with Voyager helping out as the camera boat.

A wonderful poem by Gaylen K. Bunker found on YouTube. As read by the author from bis book "Poems".