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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9th August

PLEASE NOTE : THIS WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY BEING TRANSFERRED TO A NEW PLATFORM WITHIN THE MAIN UKMPA WEBSITE. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A FEW WEEKS SO NO ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WILL BE PLACED ON THIS SITE UNTIL THE TRANSFER’S COMPLETE.

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE: JCB

The Glovis Stella berthing at tilbury Ro-Ro berth Photo: 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