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

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6th December

Apologies for the delay in updating this site. The Autumn issue (317) is currently being finalised following the UKMPA conference in Cheter (25th – 27th November) JCB

The STOLT PUFFIN alongside the Stanlow refinery Photo: JCB

EBOLA: At the conference, Public Health England gave a presentation on Ebola which provides valuable information in a concise format. It’s content is applicable worldwide and can be read on the following link:

A video of the presentation is on the home page of the UKMPA website

It’s well worth watching since it deals with all the issues clearly & concisely

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WHAT DOES A MARITIME PILOT DO? VISIT THE

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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