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4th January 2019, 11:34 AM
#131
Re: longest time between ports
If you go by voyage numbers the shortage voyage I ever did lasted around 4 hours transhipping from a deep sea chemical tanker to the adjacent berth with a small parcel of chemical bound for a different receiver. Cheaper to put it onto us to transfer rather than shift the deep sea job. Then it was back alongside the deep sea job, a quick tank wash and pump the washings to the deep sea job and then backload three further parcels from the deep sea job for discharge at a U.K. port. Two voyage numbers in 24 hours involving around 700 metres of sailing.
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J.A.
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4th January 2019, 04:36 PM
#132
Re: longest time between ports
I joined the MV Baknes, later to become Silverclyde, as 4/E in Antwerp '73, we loaded fertiliser in bags for Shanghai, suez was still closed so we had to go around the cape, 55 long days later we arrived at Shanghai. The ship was powered by twin medium speed B&Ws I was never involved in pulling so many units whilst at sea than on this bloody nightmare of a ship.
On a bright note however we were followed around in Shanghai, the folks had never seen a westerner! We loaded lube oil on the way back in W.Aus in 45 gall drums, the donkey man spent the 2week crossing to Capetown(beautiful city) hand pumping the oil into the tanks, we took the piss out of him saying it was arriving in Capetown in drums'- AND IT DID!!! chief took pity on him and had it pumped by the locals.
The day we took bunkers at Capetown also corresponded with semi finals of the cup, local radio had the L.pool match commentary on then went straight to the grand prix, muggins here had been running up and down taking fuel soundings trying to catch Newcastle's score the whole afternoon, thought I would be back for the final, 2week anchorage at Sceczin(spelt wrong I know) in Poland kind of scuppered that! but maybe I was the lucky one in missing it.
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4th January 2019, 05:32 PM
#133
Re: longest time between ports
How about the Shortest Leave,
I paid off the GEORGIC one morning in 1955, all hands straight into the ale house, TOM HALLS, just behind the Cunard Building in Liverpool, after several, nay, many more, ales, someone ran in and said the MEDIA wants a crowd, good job, We were carried forward in the rush, into the Cunard Building , and signed on there and then, and the following day, Christmas Eve, sailed for New York.
So paid off one ship in the morning and signed on another in the afternoon.
I never saw home or the family.
Last edited by Captain Kong; 4th January 2019 at 05:34 PM.
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5th January 2019, 05:49 AM
#134
Re: longest time between ports
Been thinking long and hard about this one.
Longest time between ports.
It was Christmas eve and the bottle was dropped by the barman, had to wait until Boxing day before he could get another one.
Think it was Penfolds Port at that.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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5th January 2019, 07:08 PM
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24th January 2019, 05:00 AM
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It was not a long trip, just a long drift. We were on the Fremantle to Christmas Island rock phosphate run and due to continual bad weather we drifted for 28 days and then had the dubious chance of taking 10 young scholars back to Fremantle for school. A very happy sojourn on the mv "Bermuda Trader" for just over 2 years. Got married and had first child.
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3rd August 2019, 02:04 AM
#137
Re: longest time between ports
My longest was on a tramp SS Burmount , We left Vancouver BC to Columbo with a cargo of railway ties and lumber piled on deck as high as the bridge. We had one stop at Tarakan Borneo ,for fuel and other goodies.. No shore leave as we were there for the day only. Then on to Columbo which we reached on the 51st day.
Prior to tha part we had left Adelaide for Vancouver empty I forget how long that took. We lost all our cats in a Mighty storm north of Hawaii.
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3rd August 2019, 06:19 AM
#138
Re: longest time between ports
Victoria, Durban city of the shortest time to get a drink.
Before moving to the city berth UCL ships berthed in the old port where the atrium of the Criterion hotel was the customs gate.
Down the gang way and straight into the bar, what could be better, and there were always some of the local ladies there waiting to make us welcome.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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7th August 2019, 04:48 AM
#139
Re: longest time between ports
Couple of trips, 1st. Pacific Liberty, Panama to London at 5 knots, stores swept out for last evening, everyone got fed but not all the same meal. Arrived Surrey docks 0600 and stores truck at lock with breakfast supplies.
Bermuda Trader we drifted of Christmas Island for 28 days awaiting weather to load and had come from Melbourne with the new loading arm, but back to Freeo with 12 objectionable school hooligans.
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7th August 2019, 09:25 AM
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Re: Longest time between ports
My first ship was MV Betwa and the longest passage we did was from Colombo to Trinidad non stop 8 weeks with no sight of land
Jim Procter
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