Opinion Piloting and the unstoppable wheel of technology.
by Captain Ricardo Caballero "Themaritimepilot" - published on 25 June 2020
Video Look at Life - Signposts of the Sea (1963)
published on 18 March 2021
Article The Road Towards Autonomous Ship Handling with Tugs
by Captain Henk Hensen (Marine Consultant) - published on 5 November 2019
Article Master and Shipping Company Convicted Over Pilot Ladder Failure
published on 4 April 2024
Video Risk Involved When Unmooring Operation on Deck
published on 10 August 2020
Article Get the IMPA Safety Campaign App
by IMPA - International Maritime Pilots’ Association - published on 30 September 2022
Video Robust pilot boats of Netherlands and Belgium
published on 7 August 2020
These are some of the reliable sturdy Pilot boats of Netherlands and Belgium to bring and pick up Marine Pilots to and from commercial merchant vessels either inbound or outbound. The Marine Pilots are licensed PROFESSIONALS who have a thorough knowledge of a certain port and they guide the Master/Captain of commercial ships in and out of the foreign Seaport. Location: Steenbank Pilot Station, Flushing/Vlissingen Pilot Station, Wandelaar Pilot Station. Boats in order of appearance in this...
Video Port of Rotterdam: Loodswezen (Netherland Pilots)
published on 9 June 2020
#Portheroes #Opencall The port of Rotterdam is and will remain operational. Thanks to you. Thanks to our #Portheroes. We’re proud to show how, thanks to the boundless commitment of local company staff, our port can remain up and running. In this first instalment of the #Portheroes series, we show how Rotterdam’s pilots are working hard to keep everything ‘business as usual’ in the port. An open call: interested in contributing to one of our videos? Please contact us via...
Video Storm Agnes and pilot boat Safehaven Marine
published on 11 October 2023
Here’s a nice little video of rough weather sea trials that coincided with ‘Storm Agnes’ last week in the Interceptor 48 pilot boat ‘Svitzer Oued Laou’. The storm produced some pretty big waves at the entrance to Cork Harbour, and strong winds during the height of the storm. We managed to capture some cool footage from Roches PT lighthouse. It was fairly rough, although by not coinciding with the ebbing tide conditions aboard were quite comfortable, and our Pilot 48 handled it effortlessly...