Bickering Egyptian pilots have been blamed for this year’s most high profile shipping casualty: [image] Damning report emerges of the pilots onboard the Ever Given - Splash247 Bickering Egyptian pilots have been blamed for this year’s most high profile shipping casualty. As preparations …

Alias Dutchie. Can not accept Your “I am sorry” as You have nothing to be sorry about as I am neither offended nor irritated but rather amused a little. That is all. There is no case as well, as You have communicated an important issue in my subjective opinion and we both basically agree on that,…

An interesting exchange. I feel a little remiss in not mentioning squat in my response to Heiwa and was pleased that Dutchie raised it. Clearly, at the recorded SOG allied with the channel geometry and vessel positioning……squat by the bow was a significant factor. During my Pilotage career, the Co…

[image] Ausmariner: Clearly, at the recorded SOG allied with the channel geometry and vessel positioning……squat by the bow was a significant factor. Might have been why it was wheeling poorly. I’ve always associated the bow squat with the larger bullkers (like the Cape Ships in your model) d…

[image] lm1883: Might have been why it was wheeling poorly. I’ve always associated the bow squat with the larger bullkers (like the Cape Ships in your model) due to the hull shape and low UKC. However I would guess that because of the Given’s size this probably would have been a factor. Somethin…

[image] lm1883: The model mentioned… is that something like what they are doing in Port Headland? The same service provider with the same software only a slightly different application. Port Hedland is now sailing up to 8 capes on a tide and their use of the software was intended to maximise…

I believe that an officer was supervising the pilot boarding as per SOLAS since the pilot only complained about being escorted by a cadet. He would have known that an officer is required to supervise his boarding. Perhaps the pilot wasn’t happy he wasn’t able to start asking for “gifts” immediatel…

I don’t put hardhats on them nor stop the vessel , slow down a bit perhaps, and conditions permitting, may take the engines out of gear just before boarding. But it is safer for the pilot boat to come alongside having some way on the vessel and making a lee.

The other question that I have regarding this incident is whether the SCA undertook any simulation studies for ULCV transits prior to their introduction. The place to safely find out if a Pilotage Act is doable, under all expected meteorological conditions, is in a simulator. If it is found not to …

Excellent point. What i can say from my own experience is, that to be allowed to command cont vsl 300-320/40-42 i had to complete training at the recognised/certified simulation center but anything bigger then that -especially ULCV ( behemoths) required Handling of Large Ships and Ships with Unu…

On the issue of simulation versus other training I dug into my hard drives and extracted from Pilotmag issue 320 (2016) an excellent article . Would appreciate very much Your Sir and other commentators/pilots input and/or comment on the content. _Pilotmag-320 pilotage on the edge of chaos.pdf (1…

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