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‘PUT SIMPLY: PILOTAGE IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST. AS PILOTS, WE ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE DECISION- MAKING PROCESS SURROUN- DING SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION’
VISIT TO NEDERLANDS LOODSWEZEN IN THE ROTTERDAM REGION
At the end of last year, Mr Falcao visited Nederlands Loodswezen in Rotterdam. He has written a full report about his visit in Conapra’s magazine, entitled Rumos Práticos (which translates as Pilot’s Advice). Conapra is the Brazilian Maritime Pilots’ Association. The article was introduced on the magazine’s cover with the words:
‘The Netherlands: how the country became one of the pilotage giants’.
Apart from a visit to the Europoort-based pilot of ce of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region, Mr Falcao also accompanied his Dutch colleague Elko Oskam on his pilotage trip.
The English version of the article in Rumos Práticos can be downloaded via the following link: https://www.praticagemdobrasil.org.br/revista-rumos