In this study, it was tried to determine the deaths and causes of active pilots (under 65 years old according to the legislation) during the 62 years between 1961 and 2023 in Turkey. Deaths during the retirement period were not included in the study.

ChirpMaritime has just released their annual analysis of maritime reports (2022-2023).

Pilot of cargo ship Ever Forward, which ran aground in Chesapeake Bay last year, gives up license

Itajai, Brazil. Photo and video

Dangerours work as pilot tries to transfer from pilot boat to Cagliarie to Civitavecchia, Italy in May 2023 in moderately rought seas.

We bid farewell to our Otaru marine pilot just outside Otaru Harbor, Japan. The crew of the pilot tug were particularly fastidious about not marking up the side of the Viking Orion during the operations, spraying the interface with water, even though that might have made the transfer more hazardous for the pilot. From the Viking Orion, October 2024

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