Taking the last Pilot off before heading home

ABP’s Port of Southampton has officially named its brand-new pilot launch, Mayflower.

John Willis is checking out the facilities, history and the future of Hart Marine in Mornington as well as Yaringa Boat Harbour.

Shipbuilder Metal Shark is building a welded aluminum 55’ x 17’ pilot boat for the Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association in Mississippi.

Designed in-house, the new 55 Defiant Pilot being built for Pascagoula Pilots represents the latest evolution in Metal Shark’s pilot boat lineup. The distinctive vessel incorporates the“faceted hull” design initially developed by Metal Shark for the US Navy 40 PB program, and features an enhanced version of Metal Shark’s signature “pillarless glass” in a two-tiered, reverse-raked arrangement.

The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, our new flagship, is the first of a series of nine sister ships, a homogeneous LNG-powered fleet.
An innovation-packed feat, a pioneering choice that aims at preserving air quality.
The result of 7 years of research and development.
More than a flagship, a vision.

harbor pilots disembarking in Hong Kong
container ships - IKARIA and YM Excellence

Engage Marine has announced that it recently awarded the marine pilot transfer services contract by the Port of Townsville.

Issue no. 332 of "The Pilot by United Kingdom Maritime Pilots´ Association is out now.