Welcome to IMPA
IMPA; The International Maritime Pilots' Association, is a professional, nonprofit
making body with a truly international outlook. It is primarily concerned with
promoting professional standards of pilotage worldwide in the interests of
pilots' safety. It seeks to fulfil this momentous task by encouraging both
consultation between its members and the exchange of technical information
with other industry partners and regulators at the local, national and
international levels.
The association was formed thanks to the initiative of pilots' associations from
the five continents whose representatives met in Kiel, Germany in June 1970.
IMPA was officially launched in Amsterdam in May 1971.
To date, it has over 8,000 members in 54 countries. IMPA seeks to
achieve its
principal objective - the promotion of professionally sound and safe
pilotage.
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Pilots Skill Saves Ship from Breaking Up |
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V Latin-American Maritime Pilots Forum |
21st - 25th September 2009, Cartagena, Colombia |
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Tragedy in Turkey |
Tragedy in Turkey On the 10th April Capt. Fahrettin Aksu (54) fell into the sea during disembarkation from reefer ship “Sun Genius”, after completing his duty.Pilot boat recovered his body from the sea soon afterwards, but he was dead.Capt. Aksu was onboard the vessel for pilotage through the Strait of Istanbul. The reason for the accident is yet unknown.It was 03:20 local time and freeboard of the ship was 5 meters. Capt. Aksu was climbing down the ladder and after a few steps, he suddenly fell. |
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Captain Jacques Sauban is New Elected EMPA President |
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Reckless Marketing by the Port of Copenhagen is Risking the Lives of Cruise Line Passengers |
Two recent groundings of the cruise liners "Zenith" and "Astor" revealed the Port of Copenhagen was actively encouraging such vessels to call and not take a local pilots, risking catastrophe |
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