Gangway

[Mike Hall]

Anyone board a ship Aft !!
I never did.


64704172_2474602702571857_429969150232756224_n.jpg

[Ivan Cloherty]

In a lot of ports, especially in the Medi, you moored stern to the quay, so quite a common practice, you came down really quickly when vessel in ballast!

[Samuel Denton]

Yes on several occasions , as mentioned when Medi moored.

[John Arton]

Often when in drydock the shore gangway was placed after and if you look at pics of modern container feeder ships then their gangway is nearly always fitted right aft.
Rgds
J.A.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Mike.
In Genoa, and a Norwegian port up in the Arctic Circle, where the ropes ended up like iron bars, had to run down the deck and let them lay there until they defrosted .
Des

[Vernon Clark]

Anyone board a ship Aft !!
I never did.


64704172_2474602702571857_429969150232756224_n.jpg

M/T Thornaby, At Tonsberg, Norway January 1960. Astern into tanker jetty and discharged through Stern pipe. Gangway rigged up alongside it. Never
even knew till then that we had that capability. Sailing was delayed due to the steering gear fluid freezing, it was cold !!!

[Terry Sullivan]

Can't remember which ship but once had to go ashore by means of a rope ladder over the stern. Severval fell in going ashore sober, no one fell in returning somewhat under the weather.
Terry Sullivan R340406