Article Adding map and speedometer widgets in your time-lapse video
by River Pilot Kris De Decker - published on 29 September 2021
Video Maritime Pilot Training II - Man overboard manoeuvre
published on 12 May 2021
Article VR Maritime Training Webinar: Case study into a Virtual Reality (VR) Shiphandling project
published on 28 March 2022
Video Risk Involved When Unmooring Operation on Deck
published on 10 August 2020
Video Wind Impact on Ships Turning Motion
published on 20 January 2021
This video complements the earlier demonstration of wind effect on straight track and shows now wind effect on turning circles. It can be seen that during a turn under strong wind the ship reduces turning when it comes close to equilibrium on straight track - if the Wind-to-ship speed ratio is big enough then the ship even goes straight instead of turning. This is shown for three samples for Head, Stern wind and Beam wind. The turning can be increased if the ratio of Wind speed-to-ship...
Article DP World People: Ahmed Sati, Marine Pilot/IPSO DP at P&OML, UAE
published on 29 December 2022
Ahmed is an ideas man. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he came up with a way to protect pilots from infection by driving incoming ships remotely, allowing his team to virtually board foreign ships rather than encounter new people in person, which would have put his colleagues at risk.