Article AMSA has published the first marine incident annual report
published on 20 October 2020
Video Pilot of cargo ship Ever Forward, which ran aground in Chesapeake Bay last year, gives up license
published on 17 January 2023
Article NTSB marine accident brief: Collision of Cargo Vessel Nomadic Milde and Bulk Carrier Atlantic
published on 24 August 2021
Article Incident in Port Tampa Bay, harbor pilot guides to safety
by WFLA - published on 9 September 2024
Video Japanese pilot loses his life
published on 5 May 2023
Article Safe Passage - Edition Summer 2021/22
by Australasian Marine Pilots Institute - published on 15 November 2021
Video Columbia River Bar Pilots Helicopter Operations
published on 17 December 2019
Rotorcraft Pro gives an inside look at Brim Aviation's Columbia River Bar Pilots helicopter ops. CRBP uses an AW109SP to hoist ship captains onto ships crossing the dangerous river bar in Astoria, OR. This is part of a written/photo feature in the September 2015 issue of Rotorcraft Pro Magazine.
Opinion Pilot transfer arrangements - Sharing knowledge matters – but problems go beyond non-compliance to SOLAS itself
by Kevin Vallance deep sea pilot and author - published on 23 September 2020
Like many seafarers I have long been a keen follower of The Nautical Institute’s MARS programme, and along with many other members I listened to the recent webinar on that topic. One theme which was repeated more than once was that it is better to learn from someone else’s misfortune rather than have it happen to you. Having personally been involved in two near misses resulting from unsafe pilot transfer arrangements in a relatively short space of time, I asked how experiences and knowledge specifically about pilot ladder safety could best be promulgated to avoid repeating common accidents or near misses.