Harbor pilots often board ships miles offshore using a pilot ladder, and the entire transfer depends on weather positioning, proper rigging, and disciplined seamanship. This breakdown explains the ...

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its 2022 annual report which includes details of its investigation into pilot ladder safety. The MAIB canvassed 105 UK Competent Harbour ...

Authorities say a harbor pilot from Freehold died in an accident aboard a container vessel after falling from a ladder. It happened Monday around 4:30 p.m. According to authorities, Sandy Hook Pilot ...

MUMBAI: In a freak accident, a senior marine pilot has gone missing at sea after he fell while climbing the pilot ladder of a vessel which was to arrive at JNPT berth on Thursday. Ships which carry ...

Before sunrise, cargo ships and oil tankers from around the world start lining up for entry into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest container handling complex in the nation. The ...

The 733-foot, 47,262-ton Grand Celebration, a cruise ship that sails to Freeport, is the largest vessel ever based at the Port of Palm Beach and bringing her in and out is no small feat. Every two ...

It's 6:30 on a calm summer morning. Kirk Taylor, from Rice Point, P.E.I., is about to do something most people wouldn't — jump from a small pilot boat onto a huge moving cruise ship. Taylor is a ...