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Old 06-20-2007, 03:03 AM   #1
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Rough trip

One of our vessels was running a bit late - the owner said that he was encountering some rough weather off Sudan - oh, yeah said the charterer, heard that one before.. so he sent us some photos:

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Old 06-20-2007, 03:08 AM   #2
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I have a couple more to show, but my editor on this pc at work won't let me resize them to fit the Cellar limitations - will add when I get home.
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Old 06-20-2007, 04:59 AM   #3
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Holy crap CF....that would be my worst nightmare!!! Awesome pics though
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Old 06-20-2007, 06:00 AM   #4
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This one fits...

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Old 06-20-2007, 06:02 AM   #5
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Wow. That is awesome! Is that a new ship?
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Old 06-20-2007, 06:28 AM   #6
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No, she was actually built in 1976 - so that makes her 31 years old, but these are well-constructed ships built in Poland - this one has just been in a yard about 3 months ago for some repainting and also re-coating of cargo tanks. She performs well - she's currently on her way to Genoa in Italy and then Barcelona, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal where she will discharge her cargo of vegoils.

Might put a few people off cruise holidays... what do you think?
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Old 06-20-2007, 08:55 AM   #7
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eek! I'm with Ducksnuts==raging seas are one of the things that scare me badly.
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Old 06-20-2007, 09:06 AM   #8
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I love the sound of the surf. I would much rather die in the raging waters of the sea than to fall out of a plane.
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Old 06-20-2007, 12:46 PM   #9
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Where are these Vegoils coming from?
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Old 06-20-2007, 01:22 PM   #10
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This particular shipment was loaded in Indonesia and Malaysia - out of the ports of Belawan and Port Kelang I think. We have regular trade with our clients from those countries plus Philippines - discharge can be anywjhere out of the Mediterranean, north-west Europe, West Africa and east and west coast USA.
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Old 06-20-2007, 01:24 PM   #11
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I love the sound of the surf. I would much rather die in the raging waters of the sea than to fall out of a plane.
Not wishing to sound morbid, but how about falling out of a plane into a raging sea?
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Old 06-20-2007, 01:57 PM   #12
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So the vegoils are off loaded in Europe and used to make food that the natives are comfortable with, because it's made locally. No siree, none of that adulterated foreign food for them. Heh heh heh
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:02 PM   #13
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Now with organic sea salt!
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:03 PM   #14
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Well, the oils go into a lot of consumable products these days - still a big market in soap and skin creams, and also for margerine, and we have one client who is a major supplier of base products for the confectionery industry - so the oils are used in the manufacture of chocolates, ice cream and other sweet stuffs.
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Old 06-20-2007, 02:10 PM   #15
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Well, at least you don't have to worry about Somali pirates in those seas!
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