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Video Belfast Pilot Boat Ben Madigan
published on 17 May 2022
This is the Ben Madigan pilot boat, one of the hard working fleet of Belfast Harbout pilot boats. ( I'm not sure but I believe this might be a Redbay Stormforce, built by Redbay boat builders at Cushendll. )
These fast, sturdy, boats have to ferry Belfast pilots out to large vessels coming in to Belfast harbour. Piloted vessels range from large tankers, bulk carriers, container ships, ferries and cruise liners, right down to barges and fishing boats. Not only this, Belfast Harbour pilots...
Video The Pilot Of Belfast Harbour - N Irish Coastal Scenery
published on 20 June 2022
What a great pleasure to meet these guys at the harbour - they could not have been more helpful and forthright about their work. At first glance, the glide of these orange powerboats up and down Belfast Lough seems an almost effortless task, but close up this is a very skilled trade and constant management of risk 24/7 in high and low seas, jumping from ship to boat to land taking safe control of the great volume of steel vessel coming in and out of this busy port. Though a hub of...
Video Belfast Harbour adds new Pilot Boat to Marine Fleet
published on 16 April 2024
Video Pilot services at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia.
published on 14 August 2024
Video Bob Peacock "Maritime Pilot", Maine / NewBrunswick - Part 2
published on 10 September 2020
Opinion Interrupting the Error Chain - The importance of SOPs in piloting
by Captain Reginaldo Pantoja AFNI - published on 26 September 2020
Video Oversized Kasko through Kiel Canal by NAUTITEC / KOTUG / BIJMA
published on 29 July 2020
Going Beyond Borders. The first oversized Kasko (120m x 40m) passed the Holtenau locks at Kiel on her way from the Neptun shipyard in Rostock to Meyer shipyard in Papenburg.
The planning and simulation study on this towage has been performed by NAUTITEC and KOTUG, with the great assistance of pilots and Kiel canal authorities on behalf of Meyer shipyard.
Produced by AVE-Solutions in order of Nautitec, Kotug and Bijma Sleepdiensten.
Video Berthing Hamburg port - Pilots' masterpiece
published on 6 May 2020
Video Pilot Boat Marseille France port
published on 15 October 2021
Opinion What is a Tug's Bollard Pull and How İt is Calculated?
by Capt.Alpertunga Anıker - published on 24 November 2022
The Bollard Pull value, which can be interpreted as the maximum thrust that is developed for a specific amount of time by the propulsion systems of any vessel to the fullest , when it has zero speed in the forward direction, is the criterion that allows us to understand how suitable a tugboat is for a port maneuver or a towing operation.