Pilot boat in the port of Burgas

FASTWATER Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) successfully demonstrated a pilot boat that has been converted to operate on Methanol fuel. The demonstration in Stockholm Harbour follows the successful bunkering of the vessel at the SMA pilot station in Oxelösund, Sweden, where the pilot boat will be based.

Following a competitive, international selection process, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has signed a contract with British family-run company, Goodchild Marine Services Ltd, to build a new pilot vessel.

Pilot Boat working close to shore, but not the best of weather.

Pilot Boat 68 heads out in choppy seas in the Dardanelles

Cairns based Pilot Vessel underway outbound 19/9/21

Vessel Review by BairdMaritime.com. The Pilot boat was build by Safehaven Marine.

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Chapter 3 from the book "Crossing the Bar, The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot" by Captain Paul Lobo, available on Amazon (link below)

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