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Strangler In The Fridge Preview
…Oops, that should have been Stranger On The Bridge, “Strangler In The Fridge” was a sort of code during production. If you want to know what we get up to when not working on Maritim… more →
Bob Couttie's Maritime Accident Casebook
The case for derating risk - Michael Grey.
don55 wrote 4 months ago: The case for derating risk The captain of an aircraft would never have found himself in the position … more →
Federal Pilotage Requirements
towmasters wrote 9 months ago: An updated and expanded version of our Federal Pilotage Requirements flyer has just been added to th … more →
The MOA, new stunt kite by the Drole d'Oiseau kite Team
revolutionkite wrote 10 months ago: The MOA, the new Kite/tricks stunt kite from the french kite maker “Drole d’Oiseau … more →
Tugboat Pilotage 101
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towmasters wrote 1 year ago: This is an important yet frequently misunderstood subject for masters, mates and pilots of towing ve … more →
Barrier in the digital traces
garaffi wrote 1 year ago: Operation of tour in the Internet that will limit the digital traces that leaves behind him the user … more →
Air Navigation
kpvida wrote 1 year ago: Air Navigation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The principles of air navigation are the same f … more →
Strangler In The Fridge Preview
Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: …Oops, that should have been Stranger On The Bridge, “Strangler In The Fridge” was … more →
Article of note: Joe O'Keefe - Criminalizing the Cosco Busan Incident
Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: Joe O’Keefe of Maritime Executive magazine reviews the impact of criminal charges recently lai … more →
Tug braking effect
don55 wrote 1 year ago: Consider this statement by an eminent naval architect. “The tug braking thrust may roughly be … more →
Pilot/VTS assisted Collision - Too Many Gentlemen On The Bridge
Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: The UK’s Maritime Accident Investigation Branch has released its full report on the collision … more →
Auntie On Pilots
Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: I mentioned Libby Purves’s Radio 4 programme on pilots previously. It’s now online and J … more →
Article/Program Of Note: The Ship Whispers
Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: John Candillon-Baker of Pilot Mag tells us: “ I thought that your readers may be interested in … more →
Boxer Bangs The Bridge
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Bob Couttie wrote 1 year ago: After US Senator Barbara Boxer introduced legislation that would pass authority from the ship’ … more →
Article Of Note: Perfect Visibility: Marine Pilots Receive Renewed Scrutiny
Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: Joe Keefe of the Maritime Executive Newsletter make a number of cogent points about marine pilots in … more →
US Coast Guard : Cosco Busan Pilot "Incompetent"
Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: John J. Cota, who was the pilot aboard the Cosco Busan when it contacted the San Francisco-Oakland B … more →
More on VTS-Assisted Accidents
Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: John Clandillon-Baker at UK Pilot Magazine sent me a link to the collision/allision between the gene … more →
Cosco Busan - Who Needs Pilots?
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Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: Tagging Cosco Busan has been a good way to increase search engine hits lately but I’ll try to … more →
New Podcast - The Case Of The Confused Pilot
Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: Pilotage and bridge team management have come to the fore this month with the allison between the Co … more →
DVD on Pilotage Released
Bob Couttie wrote 2 years ago: In one of those cosmic coincidences, at around the moment the Cosco Busan kissed the San Francisco-O … more →
