Pilot boat on the Kiel Fjord

Baltic Workboat Pilot Shop, American Workboats Shipyard

Sanmar Shipyards has signed six vessel contracts together totalling US$33.46 million with the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in Pakistan for four high-performance state-of-the-art tugboats and two pilot boats. The tugs are scheduled to be delivered in 12 months and the pilot boats in 10.

Ever wonder how Pilots board a massive container ship at sea? Well, like this!
This is done year round in every major Port around the world, in all types of weather.

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

The PDF of the second issue is available for download here

Editors note: There was a reason why this idea of a kind of ladder-elevator did not become accepted!