Difficulties Of Embarkation

Pilot boat L243

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

Original title: "Watch how this Japanese pilot managed to get off the ship in bad weather condition"

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Furetank turns a former office building into a maritime educational centre on Donsö outside Gothenburg: a state-of-the-art ship simulator complex for training, assessment and certification.

Humphree motion control systems appear on these pages almost weekly. Established 19 years ago by a group of very experienced Swedish marine engineers, the company has made a distinguished name for its products in the comparatively short time since.

This article was first published back in September 2021: Pilotage operations require close interaction between human and machines. This complex sociotechnical system is necessary to safely and efficiently maneuver a vessel in constrained waters.