Welcome to THE PILOT, the magazine of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots’ Association (UKMPA) www.ukmpa.org

I normally change the photo when I update the site content. The WordPress search facility is not very good so if you are looking for specific content it is better to use Google and the word pilotmag. ie “APL Panama, pilotmag” will take you to the APL Panama grounding article link.

Please Note: All the content is made freely available for research purposes but if you wish to use any content in another publication please contact me for permission from the author.

The opinions expressed in the content are those of the authors and are not necessarily those endorsed by the UKMPA. Likewise the web sponsor companies and colleges are not necessarily endorsed by the UKMPA

Finally it should, in particular, be noted that the analysis of incidents and investigations are my own personal interpretation and reference should always be made to the original reports via the embedded links.

John Clandillon-Baker FNI: Editor alias (JCB)

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26th June

Content from the April 2009 issue added

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A compatability problem has arisen with the Internet Explorer 7 browser to which users of IE6 have apparently all been upgraded to by auto updates.Although those using Mozilla, Opera and Safari browsers are able to read the latest posts, those using Internet Explorer are just getting a bit of nonsense text and most of the site may also now be unreadable! This problem seems to be as a result of Microsoft’s IE7 being unable to read text copied and pasted from Microsoft Word!! There also seem to be problems with some image files. I understand that this may be a result of Microsoft abandoning agreed web protocols so until the issue is resolved then this site’s content may only be fully accessible by using one of the other main alternative browsers which can be downloaded free of charge:

Mozilla: www.firefoxdownload.com/

(I have been using this program for some time now and find it far superior to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer)

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Opera: www.opera.com/

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HIGH SPEED PILOTAGE PASSAGES!

Houston pilot Louis Vest has taken a time lapse photo sequence navigating and berthing a vessel at night in the upper reaches of the Houston Ship Canal. Enjoy it at the following link:

http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/running-the-houston-ship-channel-at-night/

And, just in case you haven’t already seen it, here’s one, outward bound in daylight,that he made earlier . The same page also has a link to a transit of the Panama Canal in 75 seconds.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/2443170048/in/photostream

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BBC RADIO 4 PROGRAMME ON PILOTS

www.impahq.org/

ARTICLE ON PILOTS IN THE TIMES NEWSPAPER

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3122236.ece

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UKMPA PILOTS AWARDED THE MERCHANT NAVY MEDAL

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5200653.ece

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