It is with great sadness that we learned about the passing of Captain Troy Evans, maritime pilot from Tauranga, New Zealand. Troy has been a pioneer in sharing the awareness on pilot ladder safety. His practical research in determining the strength of various intermediate securing methods of ladders was groundbreaking […]
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Chinese sailor crushed to death during open sea ship transfer
source: ABC News A man has been fatally crushed between a ship and a hulking cargo vessel off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and advocates are questioning the rules that seemingly led to his death. Key points: A man understood to be a Chinese national was crushed to death between two ships on Monday […]
NZMPA issues clear guidelines on trapdoor pilot boarding arrangements
The New Zealand Maritime Pilot Association, at their conference in Dunedin, issued ” A GUIDE FOR PILOT BOARDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND WHEN USING COMBINATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH A TRAPDOOR “. This document is a very clear guideline on how to rig a pilotladder trapdoor arrangement with all safety measures in place. […]
New Hardcopy in PDF is now available
Since the website went live on July 1st 2020, a few updates have been added, mainly as a result of feedback from readers and new photo’s. Today a new version of Pilotladdersafety.com in PDF format is available on the Downloads page. All changes have been clearly marked. If you have […]
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