Introduction The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) has been conducting an annual safety campaign since 2015, focusing on the safety of pilot transfer arrangements. The 2024 campaign, held from October 1-15, was supported by a new native application to increase participation. Executive Summary Non-compliance rate: 13% Number of reports: 4052 […]
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IMPA Safety Campaign Analysis 2017-2021
Every year, the International Maritime Pilots’ Association publishes the results of its annual IMPA SAFETY CAMPAIGN. The following analysis has been made using data from the IMPA Safety Campaign on pilot ladders from 2017 until 2021. The data has been retrieved from the IMPA site and from data of previous […]
Securing of Pilot Ladders at Intermediate Length, room for improvement
By: Herman Broers, Godfried Maas and Geert van der Molen This article describes the project of three MMSI students at Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz at Terschelling, the Netherlands. As part of their course Master in Marine Shipping Innovations, they embarked on a project to improve the way pilot ladders are […]
AIMPA launches a PTA innovation initiative
The All India Maritime Pilots’ Association (AIMPA) is launching a research paper competition on pilot ladder innovation, in conjunction with the Indian Maritime University. Capt. Gajanan Karanjikar, president of AIMPA stated: ” This is first of its kind event happening in India involving students of Maritime Training centers (148 of […]
SNAKES OR LADDERS : A mixed methodology review into the boarding and landing of maritime pilots
In this recent study, Ewan Rattray MSc MM, conducted research aimed at investigating the factors affecting compliance of pilot transfer arrangements (PTA’s). The researcher identifies the nature of the regulations, PTA regulation enforcement, training, statistics, safety culture and vessel design as possible factors. Pilots feel helpless in the battle against […]
Results of the online survey into the securing methods of pilot ladders
In december 2020, research was conducted into the securing methods of pilot ladders at intermediate length. Using an online survey, 486 observations have been received from pilots around the world, the majority of which came from Europe (78%). Conclusions: It has been shown that a majority (51%) of pilot ladders […]
IMPA Safety Campaign Analysis 2016-2020
The IMPA safety campaign on pilot ladders has run for a long time now. In this document the results of the IMPA safety campaign have been analyzed from 2016 to 2020. This analysis shows a growing involvement of maritime pilots in the area of safety of pilot ladders, with the […]
Call for action : Online survey: Securing methods of pilot ladders at intermediate length: an inventory
As you are probably aware, there is no legislation about the way a pilot ladder should be secured on deck at intermediate length. As a result, we as pilots see many different ways of securing in use every day. Some ways are considered safe, some unsafe. Recently Capt. Troy Evans […]
Strength of Pilot Ladders and Intermediate Securing of Pilot Ladders
Capt Troy Evans of Auckland, New Zealand recently published a very interesting report on the results of hundreds of load tests of pilot ladders which were rigged in different ways. The testing included rolling hitch lashing, choking shackles, shackles between side ropes, endless slings and deck tongues. On top of […]