The Pilot & the Tourists

The pilot climbing on board (bottom left) the ferry “Mega Andrea” and the tourists (everywhere).
Il pilota che sale a bordo (in basso a sinistra) del traghetto “Mega Andrea” ed i turisti (dappertutto).

Pilot Ladder

Pilot climbing a rope ladder, port of Livorno.
Pilota che si arrampica su una biscaglina, porto di Livorno.

External links: Pilot ladder (Wikipedia)
Link esterni: Biscaglina (Wikipedia)

Marinex

A pilot boat and the tanker “Marinex”, port of Livorno. (Already posted on Instagram)
Una pilotina e la cisterna “Marinex”, porto di Livorno. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

MSC Adelaide

A foggy day in December: the tugs “Piero Neri” (IMO 9351713) and “Luisa Neri” (IMO 9695597) assisting the 300-meter container ship “MSC Adelaide” (IMO 9618290), with a pilot boat waiting. (Already posted on Instagram)
Un giorno di nebbia a dicembre: i rimorchiatori “Piero Neri” (IMO 9351713) e “Luisa Neri” (IMO 9695597) assistono la portacontainer “MSC Adelaide” (300 metri, IMO 9618290), con una pilotina in attesa. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Palanca Muscat

The tanker “Palanca Muscat” escorted by the tug “Fratelli Neri”, with a pilot boat in foreground.
La cisterna “Palanca Muscat” scortata del rimorchiatore “Fratelli Neri”, con una pilotina in primo piano.

Boarding a Ferry

A pilot boarding the ferry “Moby Zazà”.
Un pilota sale a bordo del traghetto “Moby Zazà”.

Pilot Boat

Pilot boat alongside a cargo ship.
Pilotina sulla fiancata di una nave da carico.

Cruise Obia

A pilot boat under the ferry “Cruise Olbia”.
Una pilotina sotto il traghetto “Cruise Olbia”.

External links: MS Cruise Olbia (Wikipedia)
Link esterni: Cruise Olbia (Wikipedia)

Swan Baltic

The 130-meter tanker “Swan Baltic” leaves the port escorted by a pilot boat.
La cisterna “Swan Baltic” (130 metri) lascia il porto scortata da una pilotina.

Mega Express Five

With the ferry “Mega Express Five” almost outside the port, the pilot is climbing down the rope ladder to go back on his “Pilotina Uno” (Pilot Boat One).

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Grande Roma

The Ro-Ro “Grande Roma”, the tugboat “Alfredo Neri”, and a pilot boat in foreground.

External links: Roll-on/roll-off (Wikipedia)
See also: Alfredo Neri
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Rio de Janeiro

Last Sunday, when I saw the container ship “Rio de Janeiro” leaving port, it was raining and I was quite far away.

As usual, the 286-meter passing ship dwarfed the pilot boat.

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Princimar Truth

It was the last day of 2014: the 274-meter oil tanker “Princimar Truth” had already left the port, still escorted by two tugs, and a pilot boat was coming along

The two pilots on board had to climb down to their boat using a Jacob's ladder for the lower part of their descent.

External links: Jacob's ladder (Wikipedia)
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Matching Colors

A pilot boat speeds along the hull of the bulk carrier “Turgut Reis”. (Picture taken last August)

See also: Turgut Reis
External links: Port of Livorno (Pinterest)

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Pilots at Work

A busy day for the pilots of the port of Livorno: it is late afternoon and three cruise ships are leaving within minutes, with also ferries and cargo ships coming and going.

Twenty minutes later the 291-meter “Ventura” is already outside the port, but we can still see the pilot.

The 239-meter “Riviera” is still moored inside the Porto Mediceo, but the pilots are already on board.

External links: MS Ventura - MS Riviera (Wikipedia)
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Cte Attilio Biancotti

The “Commander Attilio Biancotti” pilot boat coming back to the port. (Photo taken last March)

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Harbor Pilots

A pilot getting off a ferry ...... and the crest of the Pilots Corps of the port of Livorno.

See also: Pilots - Pilotina Due

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Sardinia Regina

The “Sardinia Regina” is leaving the “Porto Mediceo” escorted by a pilot boat. I like the shape of this ferry because it is like a scaled-down version of an old-fashioned cruise ship. She was built as “Visby” for a Swedish owner in 1972 at the Jozo Lozovina-Mosor Shipyard in Trogir, Croatia (Yugoslavia then). In the 1980s she was back in the Mediterranean, soon joined by her sister ship, the “Corsica Victoria”.

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Baltimore, København

The Danish container ship “Baltimore” (Copenhagen) on her way out of the port of Livorno, assisted by the tug “Tito Neri”. On the right, in background, the pilot boat.At the bow of the 294m Maersk Line ship we can see the other tug, the “Fratelli Neri”.

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Pink Sky

I took this picture last February and forgot about it. It shows the entrance of the port, with the pilot boats and the watch tower of the “Avvisatore”, just before the sun rises.

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