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

Magazine Editor: Mike Robarts

Website updated by: John Clandillon-Baker FNI (JCB)

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4th June 2019

 THIS WEBSITE IS NOW RUNNING IN PARALLEL TO THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE  UKMPA WEBSITE WHERE THE LATEST ISSUE IS HOSTED IN PDF FORMAT ONLY.

 Following a major bug in my editing program I wasn’t able to upload content for a couple of months which was frustrating! The problem’s now been resolved so I’ve now updated the site with issue 325 and the latest issue, 326.  JCB

 

 

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 HIGH SPEED PILOTAGE PASSAGES!

Houston pilot Louis Vest has taken some time lapse photo sequences navigating  in the upper reaches ofthe Houston Ship Canal. Enjoy them at the following links:

http://vimeo.com/22820403

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

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

The last page also has a link to a transit of the Panama Canal in 75 seconds.

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The content of this website is freely available for research but if you wish to reproduce any articles or features, please contact the editor.

The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the UKMPA. Likewise the interpretations of incident reports are my personal viewpoint and reference should always be made to the official reports via the embedded links.

John Clandillon-Baker FNI