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- Required Pilot Transfer Arrangements
Required Pilot Transfer Arrangements & Best practice for maritime pilotage
- IMPA on Pilotage
This publication brings together the experience and expertise of over 30 pilots and other industry experts, offering insight into the role of the marine pilot.
- Safety Observation Tool
In partnership with IMPA, TIDALIS (former Saab) has recently launched the 'Safety Observation Tool', a communication system created to improve safety, and designed exclusively for use by…
International Maritime Events
August 23, 2026 - August 28, 2026 Indonesia
IMPA Congress 2026 to Connect Maritime Pilots and Industry Stakeholders in Bali.
September 22, 2025 - September 26, 2025 Peru
The XII Latin American Pilots’ Forum 2025 will be held in Lima, Peru.
September 04, 2025 - September 06, 2025 Vietnam
The 4th Asia-Pacific Maritime Pilots' Forum 2025 will be held in Dangang City, Vietnam.
April 21, 2024 - April 26, 2024
26th IMPA Congress in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Report into Remote Pilotage finds opportunity, but it is not all plain sailing
IMO
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has published MSC.1/Circ.1428/Rev.1, Required…
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Learn how IMPA is driving positive change and creating long-term value in the maritime sector…
- Required Pilot Transfer ArrangementsRequired Pilot Transfer Arrangements & Best practice for maritime pilotage
- IMPA on PilotageThis publication brings together the experience and expertise of over 30 pilots and other industry experts, offering insight into the role of the marine pilot.
- Safety Observation ToolIn partnership with IMPA, TIDALIS (former Saab) has recently launched the 'Safety Observation Tool', a communication system created to improve safety, and designed exclusively for use by…
The Maritime Executive 03/03/2026
A tanker supplying fuel to the U.S. military was damaged early on Monday morning, ...
03/03/2026
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed an attack on the bitumen ...
03/03/2026
Imagery taken over Bandar Abbas at midday (UTC) on March 2 shows the Naval ...
03/02/2026
After the shock of two days of intense warfare, Operation Epic Fury on the ...
03/02/2026
Following the exchange of attacks between Iran, its neighbors and American forces ...
03/02/2026
Given the centrality of the oil trade to the GCC states, tankers have rightfully ...
03/02/2026
Amidst ongoing back-and-forth strikes between Iran, its neighbors and U.S. ...
03/02/2026
[By Sarah Schiffling]The reported sinking of several Iranian warships by US ...
03/02/2026
Three U.S. servicemembers have been killed and five more injured in Iranian ...
