IMPA Conference 2002

Hamburg
FRIEND?
FOE?
Established in 1970
NGO Status at IMO
240 members Full members
Controlling some 2000 Tankers
Equates to 75% of the independent tanker fleet above 10,000 DWT
300 Various Associate members
 Safe Transport
Cleaner Seas
Free Competition
 INTERTANKO
ISTEC
Pilotage Working Group
WHAT IS MARINE PILOTAGE?
PASSAGE PLANNING
MASTER PILOT EXCHANGE (MPX)
 PROVISIONAL INFORMATION

•The pilot boarding point;

•Reporting communications procedures;
•Sufficient details of the prospective berth,
anchorage and
routing information to enable the master
to prepare a provisional passage plan to
the berth prior to his arrival.
 FACE TO FACE INFORMATION EXCHANGE

•Roles and responsibilities of the master, pilot and other

members of the bridge management team
•Navigational intentions
•Local conditions including navigational or traffic constraints
•Tidal and current information
•Berthing plan and mooring boat use
•Proposed use of tugs
•Expected weather conditions
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Are we really such a long way apart in our joint
aims to enhance safety ?

IMPA
“Seeks to achieve its principal objective –
the promotion of professionally sound and
safe pilotage”
INTERTANKO
“Take a lead in directing and encouraging
other industry bodies to bring about
various changes to enhance safety during
Pilotage”
Discourse is the Only Course Forward