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PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS
Captain Brian WILSON has done a good work in promoting the safe rigging of pilot ladders in cooperation with the Standard Club. Many thanks from EMPA!
The two links below takes you to the articles which went out to 9000 ships recently.
A Seaman’s Guide to: PILOT LADDERS
and
STANDARD SAFETY, the February 2010 issue of the Standard Club
The following link is to Brian Wilsons company web site. Click on the TRAINING SEMINAR page which may be of interest if training is required. Belfast Pilots
Please see also the texts voted on at IMO last July:
NAV 55/21 Report to the MSC (See annex 16 & 17, pages 169 -179)
NAV 55/WP.7 IMPROVED SAFETY OF PILOT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS
Also please visit the page on this subject and dowonoad the brochure
Please read the and act accordingly. The is for your guidance.
URSINE, collision with a moored ferry on Humber. PEC holder was not the master. Master had no experience manoeuvring ro/ro vessels and the PEC holder thought the master would do the manoeuvre. When berthing stern first they hit a ferry which unknown to them was still occupying their berth! In fact the Dutch PEC holder performed an illegal act of pilotage.
The MAIB report on the Flying Phantom. This tugboat capsized while towing a bulk carrier on the River Clyde in Dec.2007. 3 crewmembers lost their lives. The conclusions are interesting.
MARNIS, the project, demonstrations, downloads
The 2007 SAFETY CAMPAIGN REPORT is avialable here to look at or for a download.
Please note that the EMPA - recommendations are revised and agreed upon at the last general meeting.
Your Technical & Training Committee
The Goal of the Research
The goal of this research is to be able to predict the forces, moments, sinkage and trim induced by nearby banks on a sailing vessel.
Flanders Hydraulics Research has commissioned the Maritime Division of Ghent University to execute a research program involving bank effects. Both institutions are involved in research of ship manoeuvring in shallow and restricted waters, squat, ship-ship interaction, bank effects, etc..
The Belgian pilots train on the ship manoeuvring simulator of Flanders Hydraulics Research. For training purposes it is very important to model all significant forces. Due to the lack of knowledge on bank effects induced by sloped and semi-submerged banks an extensive research program is initiated.
The main properties of this comprehensive program are shown on this website. Please get involved if you are interested! We are willing to exchange information.
Ghent, June 2006
Evert LATAIRE, MSc.
In May 2009 there will be International Conference on Ship Hydrodynamics in the Vicinity of Banks held in Antwerp, Belgium. The Agenda, venue and exact data will follow later this year but the organizers welcome already the active participation by pilots.
link to this valuable research program
valuable first results, *.pdf, English-version