HMPT ops is a specific and restricted field of expertise that is regarded as a specialist field within TNPA. Even when recruiting the most experienced helicopter pilots from the industry, those without marine pilot transfer experience need a minimum of a year of stringent training to gain proficiency as a day captain and another year to gain proficiency as a night captain.


The helicopter flight crew at TNPA is ultimately responsible for operating an aircraft safely within meters of multi-million-dollar vessels during all weather conditions in a dynamic and sometimes unforgiving operating environment. Safely hoisting a marine pilot from a helicopter onto an unstable platform in rough seas, strong winds, and torrents of rain, sometimes at night with near-zero visibility, requires a serious level of skill, precision and focus.


It is in these conditions that the helicopter is one of the port’s most useful tools, because it is the safest and only mode of transportation for marine pilots since a pilot boat cannot service vessels in severe weather conditions. The helicopter captain must also be able to effectively and safely handle any unforeseen emergency that may occur in any conditions during a flight.


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