Cargo ship crushes tugboat in Panama Canal

A valuable campaign managed by Chris Young, Kevin Vallance and others, which we found on Facebook .

Occurrence Brief from the ATSB (Australia)

A bulk carrier was departing port with a pilot on the bridge to assist with the undocking and manoeuvre downriver. The operation was also assisted by two conventionally propelled tugs, one forward and one aft.

The transfer of pilots to and from seagoing vessels should not rely solely on mutual trust and good intentions.

Interesting video by "JeffHK" from Hong Kong about the job of a maritime pilot.

This vlog is all about a Marine pilot who performs his duty religiously in such pandemic outbreak.
So do watch it’s interesting.

Article and pictures by Captain W J M Hargreaves, Retired Southampton Pilot