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marine pilot service
Marine Pilot Service Overview
AN OVERVIEW FOR THE HARBOUR OF MARINE PILOT SERVICES BY HELICOPTER - Acher believes the traditional pilot boat that has been around for hundreds of years now has a limited and very costly future in all but the smallest harbours around the world. Reducing costs of helicopter operations and helicopter purchase...read more
acher aviation
Letter from the CEO
A letter from the CEO - The establishment of Acher Aviation as a specialist offshore operator was based on helicopter ship service operations around the Cape of Good Hope dating back to 1980. This was carried out in the giant Sikorsky S61 N Helicopter. Hauling up to 20 tonnes of stores in numerous under sling loads out to bulk carriers and undertaking complete crew changes at night in massive swells (‘Cape Rollers’) was a big learning curve. Just being able to...read more
