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- The latest issue: April 2010
PILOT TRAINING COURSES
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Technical and Training
PILOT LADDERS: IMO NAV55
Technical & Training Committee Chairman Brian Wilson is representing the UKMPA for this IMO session where updating the existing pilot ladder requirements is on the agenda. There are currently three pieces of legislation covering pilot ladders, all slightly different and the aim is to amalgamate them into one. Read the rest of this entry »
PILOTING VESSELS OVER AN AUTHORISATION LIMIT
PILOTING VESSELS OVER AN AUTHORISATION LIMIT.
Following the HA’s taking over responsibility for authorising 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 »
Pilotage Standards & The Government
PILOTAGE STANDARDS & THE GOVERNMENT
Pilots who follow the conference will be aware that since the beginning of the century there has been a set of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for pilotage training gathering dust on the shelves of a chameleon style port run body that has metamorphasised through various incarnations into Port Skills and Safety (PSS). Read the rest of this entry »
Technical & Training Report. April 2009
68th Technical & Training Committee Meeting : 2nd April 2009.
MarNIS project – the project officially ended in March and Nigel Allen brought along the DVD of the MarNIS concept and how things will/should change. Read the rest of this entry »
RADAR and AIS : Integrated Bridge systems Vol. 1 By Dr Andy Norris
So far as I am aware this is the first book on radar specifically written for mariners since the old Radar Observer’s Handbook, the last edition of which was produced in 1998. Read the rest of this entry »
From Paper Charts to ECDIS By Captain Harry Gale FNI
This is another timely publication published by the Nautical Institute, which provides valuable information, and advice to mariners as the traditional paper chart is replaced by ECDIS during the next few years. Read the rest of this entry »
MARNIS & POADSS
As you will be aware, the UKMPA have been involved in the European Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) project for four years and EMPA have been the project leaders for the development of the Portable Operational Approach and Decision Support System (POADSS) which developed from the Innovative Portable Pilot Assistant (IPPA) project which ran from 2000 – 2003.
Our “front man” on the POADSS project has been Southampton pilot, Nigel Allen Read the rest of this entry »
Liverpool pilots accredited to run Maritime Resource Management (MRM) courses
In September 2008 Liverpool Pilots, through The Swedish Club, put two Pilots through the Maritime Resource Management training for Work Shop Leaders. Read the rest of this entry »
Dead Slow Ahead!!
Further to reports of high Dead Slow Ahead speeds here is one daunting copy of a pilot cord received from IMPA.
Technical & Training Report: January 2009
The Technical & Training committee met in November and this was the last meeting that Gareth Rees (Southampton) chaired before stepping down as chairman. I would like to place on record the dedication and skills that Gareth has shown and given to this committee for more than 10 years, (4 as chairman) and I hope I can match his input. Read the rest of this entry »
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