Pilots' tool

In a significant step forward for pilot transfer safety, the UK Maritime Pilots' Association has launched a new educational tool designed to improve understanding and compliance with the newly revised SOLAS Regulation V/23. Accessible online as an interactive poster, it delivers highly visual practical guidance to all stakeholders involved in pilot transfer arrangements (PTAs), supporting safer boarding operations across the global fleet. The launch follows the IMO Maritime Safety Committee's adoption of updated performance standards for PTAs, which now require that non-compliant arrangements must be reported and not used until rectified.