Pilots
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Maritime News
Maryland Pilots Get High-Speed Launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding
The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of its fifth Chesapeake Class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation since…
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Marine World
Tow Pilot’s Overcompensation Leads to $3.28 Million Mississippi River Bridge Strike
An experienced tow pilot’s anticipation of river conditions that never materialized led to a costly accident on the Mississippi River,…
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Maritime News
Gladding-Hearn Delivers Repowered Launch With Gyro Stabilizer to Charleston Branch Pilots
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation has delivered a repowered pilot boat, after 10 years of continuous service for the port of…
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Maritime News
175th Anniversary of San Francisco Bar Pilots Honored by California
[By San Francisco Bar Pilots] On Tuesday, the San Francisco Bar Pilots were presented with a resolution from the California…
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Marine World
NTSB: Inexperienced Pilot’s Phone Use and Outdraft Current Led to $1.3M Ohio River Tow Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that an inexperienced pilot’s failure to compensate for outdraft current, combined with…
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Maritime News
Helmsman and Pilots Worked Against Each Other During Fremantle Allision
An interim factfinding report on the allision involving the boxship Maersk Shekou at Fremantle last year suggests that the…
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Marine World
Australia Air Force Pilots Also Heard Chinese Navy Live-Fire Warning on Radio
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), monitoring a Chinese navy warship as it circumnavigated Australia last month, heard it warn it would…
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Maritime News
Fender Bender in Gibraltar Anchorage Renews Discussion on Use of Pilots
Two vessels made contact in the Gibraltar anchorage early on Tuesday in similar circumstances to the 2022 incident which led…
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Marine World
EXCLUSIVE-Airline Pilots Surprised by Chinese Navy Live-Fire Warning Near Australia, Messages Show
Pilots first heard about a Chinese live-fire naval exercise near Australia last week when already in the air, receiving messages…
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Maritime News
Gibraltar Calls for Use of Pilots Saying OS 35 Master Misjudged Departure
Two and a half years after the accident which caused the loss of the bulker OS 35, Gibraltar’s maritime authority…
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