(image from the net)
(image from the net)
Finally, our vessel is now here in Yeosu, South Korea. A culmination of a voyage is a chance for a shore leave. Most of us, seafarers, look forward to it. A respite from the routinary life onboard. So everyone would be so excited. Plans are made where to go, what to buy, who will go with whom and how to experience the local culture or just see a places and make tapak sa lupa. But sometimes, all these planning would come to naught.
I requested for internet modem to the local agent but the place where the vessel is discharging Marine Solar Salt is located in an industrialized area which has no internet signal. I requested for Tourist Guide Map which the agent brought but the places of interests are so far from the port. Just for a taxi ride it would cost 68 US dollars one way from the gate of the port to the city's center. The local establishments would only accept local currency. He told me that the cost of a lost shore pass is 500 US dollars. And so on, and so forth.
I expected that discharging operation will be around 5 days using ship’s cranes and grabs but with the port’s new gantry crane and gigantic grab which can work 2,000 Metric Tons per hour, discharging operation is reduced to only 2.5 days. Tomorrow, the deck department will start with holds cleaning preparation. Sailing and discharging is estimated to complete on 05 March 2016 at 0400 Hours Local Time.
With the cold weather and the busy schedule onboard for fixing and preparation for vessel’s next voyage, I think it is a wishful thinking for me to go out. Sa next port na lang ulit mangarap makalabas!
Yeosu, you(’re)-so near and yet so far.
(image from the net)
Pahabol na tanong:
Ikaw kabayan, ano ang ginagawa mo pag hindi ka makalabas ng barko pag nasa pwerto kayo?
