Video MV Galicia Drops off the Cherbourg Pilot, 28/10/22
published on 15 November 2022
Video Why Can't Ships Reverse Around Corners?
published on 20 September 2024
Video "Providence" South Wales Pilot Boat
published on 10 November 2020
Video Panama Canal: cargo ship catches fire
published on 31 January 2023
Article Swift Action By UK Maritime Pilots Avoids Blocking Southampton Water
published on 31 January 2023
The United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association (UKMPA), is the representative professional body for Maritime Pilots in the United Kingdom. Almost every ship entering or leaving a port, is required under UK law to engage a duly Authorised Maritime Pilot, who either boards the vessel in port or at sea and takes conduct of the safe navigation of that vessel. This undertaking is critical to protecting the country’s national infrastructure and environment from damage or pollution, supporting the UK’s economy, and ensuring the safe, timely and efficient movement of all trade.
Article Pilot boat captain helps save fisherman
by Canaveral Pilots Association - published on 31 May 2020
Opinion Accidents: Prevent or react
by Steven Detre (Saab Technology) - published on 25 November 2022
Port operations, whether these are being performed on water or on land, are often not without risk. Pilots boarding a ship while sailing, navigating through narrow passages, collision avoidance with other smaller or larger vessels, discharging and moving cargo on land, walking between container handling equipment and trucks…