Rotterdam is blessed by almighty God...see see...
We arrive at Vopak Terminal this afternoon after 6 days of tank cleaning operation in the North Sea...it aint fun coz i got a shitty chief who x angkat tau and i have to do everything....foreign memang cmtu eh....
but me capitan said...the best part of it is that you got the hands on experience handling the operation...
cant really do it alone....its the cooperation from all crews...from deck department who day and night working real hard to get our ship tanks ready for next loading...our engineers who also keep on working day and night trying to meet our demands for power and steam....and also the OOW who oversees all of us from the bridge.....its not a one man show this tank cleaning operation is...its a work of a rugby team...haha
anyway...we stayed at the anchorage for a night...and got our berthing prospect today....for only 5k tonnes of various chemicals...so sikit eh for a ship that can carry more than 20k metric tonnes of bulk chemicals and downstream petroleum product....
economy is really getting from bad to worst....
Maas pilot come onboard...taking the ship into the Nieuw Waterweg towards our terminal at the southern side of the Schelde....the pilot were friendly and joyful...but his competency is beyond questions....
into the Schelde...
it took an hour transit from the Splitsingdam leading light at a speed of 11 knots towards Botlek..where our terminal is...
Botlek is known for petrochemical and chemical distribution complex in Rotterdam run by various consortiums...VOPAK..OFDJELL..EXXON..SHELL PETROCHEMIE and alot more...this place is toxic...
how to park a 170m ship in a narrow parking place...
the tank farms and terminals are located close to each other...and the channel can barely have one ship coming in and out in one time....imagine having 5 tankers ranging from 120-170m long weighing 21000-30000 GT in a channel full of ship well alongside in a channel having a width of 100m.....its mind boggling...and its a usual treats for the Pilots here in Rotterdam....
after an hour plus manouvering...we were well alongside at the usual terminal...VOPAK No.5...
will be here quite a while.....
-come to sea and sit on the hot seat yourself-
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