San Juan Bay Pilot Boat

Pilot boat approaches Carnival Splendor off the coast of Victoria, Canada

Compilation clip highlighting some of the diverse custom boats Dongara Marine has built in recent years.

Found on YouTube. Created by "Capt Larry ". Originally published on 2024-05-24.

Pilot Boat in Action
Westerschelde Vlissingen NL
Access to Antwerpen

Taking the Pilot ashore

The man-overboard manoeuvre includes all measures to rescue a person who has fallen overboard from a watercraft.

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...

The Japanese-flagged container ship ONE Apus has lost 1,816 cargo carriers after it was caught up in a violent storm in the Pacific on November 30, 2020. The vessel arrived December 8 in the Japanese port of Kobe, where shipowners and managers said a full safety inspection would be carried out. The incident is described as the second biggest cargo loss in shipping history.

milford pilots during lock down

Boarding Accident Claims Marine Pilot's Life off Yalova, Turkey. Maritime-Executive.com as well as Seanews.com.tr report unanimously on the death of a Turkish pilot