The remaining 39% involved issues such as the length of the ladder, its position against the hull and incorrect rigging of the tripping line. ... • Check that the pilot ladder is properly rigged.

The updated guide comes after Captain Simon Pelletier, Chairman of IMPA, urged the IMO to prohibit a dangerous pilot transfer ladder arrangement linked to a fatality in New York on 30 December 2019.

The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK - Coast Guard investigators said Tuesday that they are unable to determine what caused a maritime pilot to fall from a ladder of a ship he was boarding this month in ...