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5th November 2019, 06:36 PM
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Re: Pilot ladders
If I recall correctly the maximum length of a pilot ladder is 9 metres. Any vessel with a greater freeboard has to provide the combination of gangway and ladder. The gangway ( accommodation ladder) has to have means of securing it to the vessels hull at its lower platform.
Rgds
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5th November 2019, 09:46 PM
#32
Re: Pilot ladders
The large tankers I was on when light ship , they had a short section of pilot ladder connected to cables on a portable air operated winch.
once the pilot was on the ladder, the ladder was then winched up the ship side
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6th November 2019, 01:24 PM
#33
Re: Pilot ladders

Originally Posted by
Colin McClelland
The large tankers I was on when light ship , they had a short section of pilot ladder connected to cables on a portable air operated winch.
once the pilot was on the ladder, the ladder was then winched up the ship side
Colin
The vlcc I sailed on in the 70's had one of those air driven pilot hoists. Could be wrong but believe they have been banned for a number of years now due to them often malfunction and leaving pilots being stranded midway.
The regs are all about accommodation ladder and pilot ladder combination nowadays.
Rgds
Solas Chapter V - Regulation 23 - Pilot Transfer Arrangements
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