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I can only speak from my experience on the Pilot boat and in our Port. If the ship goes too slow, it is a lot harder to manoeuvre and keep the Pilot boat alongside the ship for a safe transfer of the Pilot to the ship. Especially if the weather is rough. Every Port is different. 7-8 knots ship speed is our sweet spot. All gets done safely.

Completely different ship. That was the Nieuw Amsterdam.

Our pilots are lucky enough to board the ship with some weather protection from the land. A lot of pilots boarding stations are in open water. Way bigger waves, add a rolling ship to the equation!

@@paboyforever1312 It must be much much more difficult in heavy weather

Not really there is a reason they do it this way. Those options have been tried but to no succes, dont ask me why.

Getting off is usually more risky. Timing the swell and pilot launch movement. We work in a pretty sheltered area so are pretty lucky.

@@paboyforever1312 oh I see. I understand why my godfather was offered over one million euros a year to do this job in Venezuela now.

@@Gabrielm624 a million wtf are you sure? I dont believe that

White over Red flag is displayed by the vessel carrying the pilot to and from the ship. This is the right flag thanks. Also represented in our navigation lights of white over red. Vertical White and Red flown by vessels with pilot on board.

totally agree, cannot understand why a safer way has not been implemented. There are more difficult examples of boarding than this video. Why not use a winch system to hoist them on board or something more innovative ?

@@pawel6450 because if your ship is rolling, a winch with a man swinging back and forth is safe 🙄. The only other option other than a ladder is having a helipad like some tankers do. But I don't think most designs would consider leaving a decent amount of space for something that only happens at most 5% of the duration of a cruise. And I'm pretty sure a 5 min helicopter ride isn't going to go down well in terms of costs the cruise liner company has to incur for port pilotage fees.

Cos it's stuck on my helmet. Following where I look. Did it for training not to make you happy. If that pisses you off you need to chill.

The name is OOSTERDAM

@@koala1955 Please learn to recognize a joke, especially when it's so clearly obvious.

No everything seems to be very informal these days. Barely get a nod out of the crew some days.

The ships captain is always the captain. The pilot captain is there to help dock the ship and assist the captain but does have not authority over the captain.

We operate our radar when underway and when there is no crew on deck. When crew are on deck for berthing or pilot transfer it gets placed on standby. Due to the possibility of a heaving line getting caught in the scanner when thrown down from the ship. More so for log ships. Also the health concerns of being in close proximity while scanning.

Sorry for delayed response! That remote controls the cameras we have around the Tug. I have a display up on a pole in front of me.

Pilots have a strong lobby group. They are advocating for even more rules to make pilots required.

Hope there continues to be Harbor pilots

They sound even better when you are beside a ship and the exhaust note echoes off the hull. She runs 2 x Nigata 6L25BX diesels. 1200 hp each at 720 rpm. She's an old girl but she does the trick for what we do here.

When the Pilot boat comes alongside the ship we match the ships speed then turn the bow of the launch slightly into the ship. Force of the water coming down the side of the ship helps keep the launch pinned to the ship. To come away it's the opposite. Slow down then turn away from the ship.

Pa Boy Forever Enlighting, thanks so much for the answer.

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I will never do that. The suction will kill me. Captain and marine salvage engineer expert nick SLOANE Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦

@@paboyforever1312 Amazing! I love to watch you guys from my balcony. I never knew what you were doing though. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Why? U actually don't do. You're DP does...

Ggg

Crazy thing now is, this ship isn't even top 30 in cruise ship sizes. Allure of the Seas has about 200' on this thing. But I'd assume they would probably freak out no doubt.