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Pilot first in US to offer B99 biodiesel for commercial fleets

B99 biodiesel is now available for refueling at select Pilot Travel Centers in a green initiative involving the company and several of its partners.

Pilot has installed the country’s first B99 fuel pump for commercial fleets, according to a news release from the Knoxville, Tennessee-based company. B99 launched at Pilot’s Travel Center in Decatur, Illinois, in recognition of National Biodiesel Day on March 18.

B99 biodiesel has lower carbon emissions and boosts fuel efficiency for long-haul...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilot-first-in-us-to-offer-b99-biodiesel-for-commercial-fleets

She put off a trucking career for 7 years. Now, she is Pilot’s Road Warrior.

It took Liz Leon seven years to work up the courage to train for her CDL. 

The Victorville, California, truck driver was working at the Toys R Us warehouse at the time. Each year, the company would train a handful of employees as drivers, and each year, Leon chickened out.

That changed her seventh year on the job when she told her husband, “I’m just gonna do it.”

She never looked back.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/she-put-off-a-trucking-career-for-7-years-now-she-is-pilots-road-warrior

River Pilots: Navigating Ship Safety

Credit: Matheus Guimarães/Pexels

As Scott Aldridge approaches the sea buoy, located seven miles off Oak Island, he is thankful for the early morning sunshine, which hasn’t yet brought the usual unbearable July levels of heat and humidity. The weather seems promising with clear skies and calm seas, as published on Star News Online.

Ship guiding 

The passage describes the experience of Aldridge, a Wilmington Cape Fear River Pilot, as he boards the San Americo, a cargo ship, to guide it to the Port...

https://mfame.guru/river-pilots-navigating-ship-safety/

Pilot’s near-death experience spawns weather app for truckers

A white tractor-trailer travels in rain storm next to a cell phone screen shot of the Drive Weather app.

In 2014, Paxton Calvanese launched a unique aviation weather app called Wx24 Pilot. In the ensuing years, he developed a similar road weather app called Driver Weather. With constant refinements and updates, it’s now a popular tool for truckers.

Calvanese loves hearing the positive feedback, Some truckers have told him it’s a life-changer. “It probably saved a life or two somewhere along the way,” he said. 

Perhaps that’s a fitting reward, given that Calvanese’s own near-death experience was the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilots-near-death-experience-spawns-weather-app-for-truckers

Poseidon Sea Pilot’s Captain Robert Buck and the unforgiving sea

Pictured: Captain Robert Buck. Photo credit: Poseidon Sea Pilots.

Mariners say the ocean can be unforgiving. During a voyage as a junior officer, Robert Buck found just out how much. Although he didn’t know it, he was a little more than four minutes from disaster.

“We knew the cyclone was out there,” Robert recalls.

The crew were carrying steel on the Newcastle-Auckland route in a general cargo ship. The voyage takes about five days, but bad weather adds an extra couple of days. One day out from...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/poseidon-sea-pilots-captain-robert-buck-and-the-unforgiving-sea/

Australasian Marine Pilots Institute joins Shipping Australia as a new member!

Pictured: a pilot cutter underway in rough seas. Pilots are available for work at all hours and often in poor weather, which can present a considerable risk to their personal safety. Picture supplied by the Australasian Marine Pilots Institute.

Shipping Australia is delighted to welcome the Australasian Marine Pilots Institute as our newest corporate associate member!

The Australasian Marine Pilots Institute (“AMPI”) is the professional body representing marine pilots throughout Australasia. It...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/australasian-marine-pilots-institute-joins-shipping-australia-as-a-new-member/

154 Reshma Nilofer, Maritime Pilot, Kolkata Port Trust, India

Welcome to the 154th episode of the Shipping Podcast with Reshma Nilofer, the first female maritime Pilot in India and one of few in the world. Reshma takes us on a journey on how to reach your dream goals. She is a powerful woman and a role model to many.

Reshma Nilofer was the first female maritime river pilot, and the current Indian President awarded her with the “Woman Power Award” in 2018. The Woman Power Award is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of...

https://shippingpodcast.com/154-reshma-nilofer-maritime-pilot-kolkata-port-trust-india/

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