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A marine pilot operating from a shore-based control room with a vessel visible ahead

Remote marine pilotage

Bring the pilot’s judgement ashore.

RemPi combines centimeter-level positioning, real-time vision and bridge data to give marine pilots the situational awareness to guide vessels from a dedicated shore station.

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Positioning target RTK
Accuracy 1–2 cm
Refresh 10 Hz
10× regular 1 Hz GPS refresh
01 / The mission
Marine pilot climbing a pilot ladder on the side of a merchant vessel above a pilot boat
Pilot transfer

The deadly cost of the last mile

One of the port’s most dangerous routine operations happens before pilotage begins.

To reach the bridge, a pilot must leave a moving pilot boat and climb the side of a moving ship — often in darkness, swell and difficult weather. Every boarding exposes a scarce professional before the actual job has even begun. Worldwide, pilot-transfer accidents claim an estimated two to three lives in an average year.

Industry estimate · Lloyd’s List, August 2023
The human cost comes first A single fall can take a life — and remove expertise the port cannot replace overnight.
10+ years to build the training, sea experience and local knowledge behind a licensed pilot.
Every boarding puts that hard-won expertise back onto a ladder between two moving vessels.
From ship-based exposure to shore-based control
02 / The system

One connected operating picture

The vessel,rendered precisely ashore.

Temporary onboard modules combine independent positioning and visual coverage with navigational data from the bridge. The pilot receives one synchronized view built for low-speed, close-quarters decisions.

RTK position Live vision Bridge data
RemPi concept showing a merchant vessel, drone-delivered equipment and a marine pilot operating from a shore control room
Shore pilot station
Live vessel data
Rapid equipment delivery
Vessel-to-shore operating layer Deploy. Connect. Pilot.
01

Independent position

RTK modules establish centimeter-level vessel position and calculate heading from separated reference points.

02

Operational vision

Forward and side viewpoints give the pilot the angles needed to assess clearances and vessel movement.

03

Bridge context

Pilot-plug data and visual feeds from bridge instruments bring heading, speed and control status into the shore station.

04

Resilient decision support

Multiple sources support cross-checking, low-speed prediction and a safer path toward reduced-visibility operations.

Intellectual property Patent pending

Selected aspects of the RemPi system and operating method are the subject of a pending patent application.

03 / Operating model

Deploy in minutes, operate from shore

A practical transition, not a new vessel class.

RemPi is designed as a temporary kit that meets a vessel where it is — preserving the pilot’s role while changing where the work is performed.

  1. Industrial drone delivering a portable RemPi module to a merchant vessel 01 / Delivery
    01

    Deliver

    An industrial drone brings the portable modules to the vessel without transferring the pilot.

  2. Vessel-mounted RemPi modules exchanging synchronized data with a shore control station 02 / Data link
    02

    Connect

    Camera, RTK and bridge-data feeds establish an encrypted, synchronized operating picture.

  3. Licensed marine pilot guiding a vessel from a multi-screen shore control station 03 / Shore control
    03

    Pilot

    The licensed pilot conducts the pilotage operation from a purpose-built shore control station.

04 / Port advantage

Turn transfer time into operating time

Less transfer time. More pilot time.

With the pilot already ashore, changeover between assignments no longer depends on repeated boat transfers. The time saved varies by port, but every avoided transfer can reduce pilot-related waiting — keeping berths, cranes and terminal crews productive for longer.

≈52% more potential pilotage operations per day
  • 01 Remove repeated pilot-boat transfers
  • 02 Move to the next vessel with the click of a button
  • 03 Keep licensed pilots focused on pilotage — not transfers and waiting
Representative major-port scenario 24 hours · one licensed pilot
Boat-based 31 operations / day
Illustrative cycle45 min
15 minpilot transfer 30 minpilotage
RemPi 47 operations / day
Shore-based cycle30 min
30 minpilotage
One-click changeover to the next vessel
+16 potential operations / day 0 min repeated pilot transfer

This example assumes a 15-minute pilot transfer and a 30-minute average docking cycle (35 minutes inbound / 25 minutes outbound). Transfer and operation times vary by port, conditions and operating rules.

Beyond pilotage Less waiting keeps the whole port moving.
Berths Less idle time
Cranes + crews Higher utilization
Cargo flow More productive loading + unloading time
05 / Founders

Maritime operations × control systems

Built by people who understand both sides of the link.

Vadim Tzukerman, co-founder and CEO of RemPi 01 / Maritime
Co-founder / CEO

Vadim Tzukerman

Merchant navy officer with 15+ years of experience across vessel operations, offshore projects and close-quarters marine work.

Roman Bar German, co-founder and CTO of RemPi 02 / Systems
Co-founder / CTO

Roman Bar German

Software and control engineer with 5+ years in oil and gas systems development, combining technical delivery with financial economics.

The next pilot operation starts ashore

Let’s move pilotage beyond the ladder.

We are opening conversations with ports, pilots, technology partners and early-stage investors.

info@rempi.io