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Chairman’s Report 10/11
Throughout the summer months, regardless of the fine weather, the UKMPA Executive members have been busy as ever on a number of fronts including (but not limited to) attending a variety of meetings namely: Read the rest of this entry »
Chairman’s Report: Summer 2011
It was a pleasure to meet many of you at this year’s one day conference on board HQS Wellington in May. Read the rest of this entry »
Chairman’s Report: Spring 2011
It has been a busy few months with a number of serious issues coming to a head for colleagues in ports around the country. Some have concluded satisfactorily, others are still ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »
Chairman’s Report: Winter 2010
New Chairman: Don Cockrill
This is my first report to you as your Chairman since taking over from Joe Wilson on 30th November. Read the rest of this entry »
SEAWORK 2009
Having been offered a stand at this year’s SeaWork Exhibition, held at Southampton on the 16th – 18th June, the UKMPA were well represented with chairman Joe Wilson, Jim Richie, Matt Winter, Kevin Constable, Mike Robarts. Manning the UKMPA stand. Other pilots visited the stand and greatly assisted in keeping the bar afloat!
L – R Martin Phipps, Matt Winter, Kevin constable & Mike Robarts
There was a full programme for the 3-day event which included the Annual General Meeting of the UK Harbour Masters’ Association, together totalling some 500 delegates. Of interest to pilots is that OMC won the civil engineering award for their “In Transit Real Time Dynamic Under Keel Clearance System.
This annual event is rapidly gaining international recognition and despite the recession attendance was well up on last year.
Legal opinion: Piloting oversize vessels
PILOTING VESSELS OVER AN AUTHORISATION LIMIT.
Following the HA’s taking over rrsponsibility for aothorising pilots following the 1987 Pilotage Act, many districts retained the authorisation structure and wording from the Trinity House authorisations. Read the rest of this entry »
121st UKMPA Conference Report
121ST UKMPA CONFERENCE REPORT
This year the conference was a one day event held on board the HQS Wellington and was attended by 39 pilots from 15 districts. Read the rest of this entry »
Chairman’s Report July 2008
As I write this I am about to depart for London to speak to the Transport Select Committee regarding the Draft Marine Navigation Bill. Recently I spoke to some Scottish MSP’s in Holyrood, this regarding the situation with Clyde Pilots. Perhaps it is an indication that matters regarding pilotage and ports are “hotting up”. Read the rest of this entry »
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 10/07
For those that don’t as yet know, our secretary, Monica, has been seriously ill recently, and has spent some time in hospital. She is now at home convalescing, and I’m sure that you will all want to wish her a speedy recovery. Read the rest of this entry »
Chairman’s Report 04/07
I am going to keep this report short as I have already taken up a half page (I hope) with another reminder about the incident reporting procedure.
The last quarter has seen section committee members attending meetings with DfT, MCA, DEFRA, IALA, Harbour Masters, the Transport Select Committee, the Shipping Minister – to name but a few. On several occasions we have also been assisted by pilots from outside the committee, and my thanks go to them.
There has also been movement with the Boarding & Landing Code for pilots. This has finally been agreed by UKMPA, BPA and UKMPG. Not bad considering that it was first started by Peter Russell back in 1991. Peter has kindly written the foreword. All pilots should give thanks to the enormous amount of time and effort given by the various people that have been involved. The Code will be officially launched at the PMSC SG meeting on 28 June.
Some of you may be aware that the MAIB Report on the Skagern / Samskip Courier collision on the Humber last year has now been published, and is available on their web site. It’s a bit late now, but I guess we could say “we told you so”.
Included in this edition is a letter from Avald Wymark. I hope, as presumably Avald does, that the letter will inspire some responses. Many of the issues have been discussed at section committee, and, in view of the wide circulation of the Pilot, there are some issues that I do not wish to comment on openly. Perhaps this could be an agenda item for the IDM in September, so please, do let us have your thoughts before then.
An early indication of attendance at the IDM would be appreciated – circular 03/07 refers.
Joe Wilson
Chairman.
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