Cargo ship crushes tugboat in Panama Canal

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

The ship could not slow down and sailed against the Old North Lock - “Alte Schleuse Nord”.

The United States Coast Guard presented an award to a Mount Pleasant man for his act of maritime heroism earlier this month on Wednesday.

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The St. Andrew’s Bay Pilots are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Captain Phillip Brady, age 46, on January 12, 2026.

The Maryland Board of Pilots has decided to enact a rule change that forbids on-duty pilots from using their phones.

Returning the Huron Belle to Port Huron for Winter Lay-up

Report by nC2 Engineering Consultancy at the University of Southampton on behalf of the International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA) to investigate the effectiveness and impact of different methods of securing pilot ladders in medium lengths in a laboratory-based project.

AIMPA has organised a WEBINAR first time ever in India about Indian Pilotage.

The video was found on some social media channels in June 2020. When so many elementary mistakes are made and so many risks are taken, this is exactly what can happen! It's a demonstrative example of an unprofessional action: 1) Where is the life jacket? 2) No backpack on the shoulders. Use a rope to have the backpack lifted by the deck crew. 3) Where is the rest of the crew (on vessel / on the small boat) for safe assistance? What other mistakes have you discovered? We do not put videos...

Meanwhile, female pilots are more and more common.