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Module 3

Pilotage

1. What are the main duties and responsibilities of a Pilot?

2. Under which circumstances is the Pilot required onboard the vessel?
3. What is a passage plan? Who is responsible for it?
4. What information should be exchanged between the Master and the Pilot? Why is it essential?
5. What are the arrangements of the vessel prior to boarding the Pilot?
6. What is the Pilot card? What information does it include?
7. Explain the procedure of boarding the vessel by the Pilot in detail!
8. What equipment is used for transferring the Pilot onboard the ship?
9. What SMCP phrases should a seamen know and use to request a pilot/ for embarking/
disembarking pilot/ while pilot on the bridge?
10. What are the most important aspects of successful pilotage?