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United Kingdom Maritime Pilots Association

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  • Saviour Stretchers were put to the test during training at the Port of Milford Haven

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    Port of Milford Haven invests in new lifesaving training and equipment

    2018-03-29T11:03:00

    Seventy employees who work on or near the water at the Port of Milford Haven, UK have undertaken first aid training based on an intuitive check card system.

  • ‘Patrol’, the PLA boat involved in the October 16 incident that lead to the death of a pilot

    News

    Pilot fatalities: not easy reading

    2017-11-02T15:03:00

    Sadly, there have now been not one but two pilot fatalities involving the boarding of smaller vessels inside a year Don Cockrill, Secretary-General of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots'' Association (UKMPA) told ‘MJ’.

  • Don Cockrill: “We are still fighting some bad legislation, and ports’ pilotage schemes remain unregulated so there’s nothing we can do even if we see bad or outright dangerous practices. It has to wait for an accident to happen.”

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    Don Cockrill: the realities of pilotage

    2015-05-15T11:25:00

    Don Cockrill and his team in the UK Maritime Pilots Association are involved, he says “in trying to remedy, literally, centuries of mistrust”.

  • This year’s list of topics includes innovations in tug bridge technology and ergonomics (Photo: Rotortug)

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    Pilots’ association chairman to give key address at Tugnology ‘15

    2015-03-17T14:58:00

    The ABR Company has announced that Capt Don Cockrill, chairman of the UK Maritime Pilots’ Association (UKMPA), will deliver the opening address at Tugnology ’15, ABR’s biennial two-day conference which will take place in London on 19 and 20 May this year.

  • Don Cockrill, chair of the UK Maritime Pilots' Association

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    Osaka pilot statement

    2015-01-06T10:32:00

    The United Kingdom Maritime Pilots’ Association (UKMPA) has released a press statement concerning the deliberate grounding of the car transporter ''Hoegh Osaka'' on the 3rd January 2015.

  • Port pilots are relied on as the lynchpins of safe harbour operations, no matter what time of day

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    Londonderry pilots in landmark challenge

    2014-11-12T15:21:00

    Pilots at the Port of Londonderry have begun a landmark legal battle to challenge the port’s new pilotage training scheme, which they say compromises safety standards.

  • Don Cockrill, chair of the UK Maritime Pilots' Association

    News

    Ebola advice needed for pilots

    2014-11-07T14:47:00

    “The pilots are the first onboard, but as yet they don’t have direct guidance as to what to do, what is the best way to protect themselves from the Ebola virus,” said Don Cockrill, chair of the UK Maritime Pilots'' Association.

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