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

Editor: John Clandillon-Baker FNI

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11th January 2012

I wish all readers a safe 2012

The Autumn issue has now been uploaded onto this site. The January 2012 printed issue is currently being compiled and will hopefully be with members by the end of January.

The reality of modern seafaring!                               photo: JCB

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WHAT DOES A MARITIME PILOT DO?  VISIT THE

IMPA VIDEO PAGE

TO FIND OUT

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 : Editor