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So it’s not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page. Jiffy (also jiff)
noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.
Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
Rewritten January 2011
M/T Ramona EX Tärnhav
Picture from www.shipspotting.com Photo by Andreas Spörri
Picture from www.shipspotting.com Photo by Andreas Spörri
M/T Tärnhav was built 1974 in Ulsteinvik, Norway
Length= 111.28m
Beam= 16.03m
6852 DWT
Tärntank sold the ship to Älvtank and was renamed to Ramona.
In 2002 Ramona was sold to OW Bunkers, Danmark and was renamed to Olivia.
very early to catch my
early morning flight from Göteborg.A quick cuppa and I was off towards the airport in a taxi to catch my early morning flight from Gothenburg to Amsterdam. Arriving to Amsterdam airport and it was a few minutes' walk to the train station and I took the train from Schiphol to Rotterdam.
Tärnhav was discharging Naphtha in Rotterdam when I came onboard at SHELL Pernis. I recognised
the Chief Officer immediately when I came onboard.
He was 2nd Officer on Vestria back 10 years ago when I was working as a AB on Vestria.We had two 2nd Officers onboard, both from Skåne and as the Chief Officer was from Malmö, Skåne all the deck officers were from Skåne. Yeas, we were a “Kick ass” team.
Tärnhav was chartered to transport naphtha between Wilhelmshaven and Antwerp or Rotterdam. So it was the same cargo all the time, no thank cleaning. Loading in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and discharging at BASF in Antwerp most of the time. During my time onboard we did one or two trips to Rotterdam.
and 1995.Very strong winds and they measured waves 16m in height and that was a record for the North Sea. Oil rigs started to drift and some ships went under.
All the furniture's in the accommodation was smashed to pieces even though they were secured by bolts to the deck.
Coming in to the mess and day rooms just to discover a heap of trash. We received gale and storm warnings
every day on the navtex and weather reports. So those 12-15 hours between ports were long enough.Even though it was bad weather the AB on my watch took off to the galley to arrange some food for me. Rice, should be healthy, right? So I had a bucket of rice soaked in a very good salad dressing. Of course, this wasn't very healthy and I managed to lose f@ck all of my weight.
was in the middle of the night during my watch and even though it was freezing cold it became bright like a sunny day and it became very hot. Well, it felt like sitting around a
fire and having BBQ.I asked the AB on my watch to run
inside
to turn on the fire alarm while I was stopping discharging and closed all hatches on the tank hatches. Yes, this was a ship built pre SAAB radar era. So when we discharged we had the hatches open to see when the tanks were empty.I could hear the fire alarm and the AB came back on deck. The fire alarm stopped and I asked the AB to go in and start it again. Unbelievable how someone can wake up in the middle of the night and just turn off the fire alarm before all crew had muster at the fire stations and an investigation had been done about the cause of the fire alarm.
After an hour or so they came down to the ship from the terminal and asked if we were ready.
- No we are not ready. I stopped because of the fire ashore, I said.
- You can start again, they said.
- I had tried to get contact with the terminal several times during and after the fire, but in vain. I will not start until you explain what had just happen ashore.
They had opened the wrong valve and burning gasoline or naphtha had started to spray out from the gas escape tower. They had been shitting their pants but not a word of what's going on or even an alarm. We had thousands of tons with naphtha onboard and it was impossible to get any contact with the terminal. Safety first!
Next time we discharged at the terminal our engine department was discharging sludge and asked for a little list to be able to empty their tanks.
I was in the ballast control room when I heard a bell or something.
- What is this? Is it the ice-cream man passing wanting my attention?
Well, what do I know? But I went out to the manifold and the emergency stop. All of the sudden we had 10 bars backpressure and rising, so I pushed the emergency stop. I tried to call the terminal but again, in vain.
A long time passed and I saw a guy passing on a pushbike so I shouted at the guy.
When the crew from the Terminal came down I asked what had happen.They told me that it was an emergency shut of the valves ashore.
Well, I refuse to discharge until I have a man on the jetty all the time so I could get in touch with the terminal. Obviously the telephone
on the jetty was good for nothing.The Surveyor told me that there was always problem on this jetty and that he had complained several times. Captain said that we had to live with this.
- This is how we make our money, he said.
Well, not me, so they sent me home.
I had a very good AB on my watch, he was living in Brazil and we were spending the watches telling each other cock-and-bull stories. (of course, we held an sharp look out at the same time)
There are quite a few Swedish sailors living in South America and SE Asia and I was in the
progress of moving to Bangkok, nice weather instead of the rain and snow we are used to in Sweden.We found out that he had relieved me on Dala Corona as an AB when I signed off Dala Corona in Göteborg a few years back. Swedish shipping world is not a big world and you're always running in to someone you know. Well, anyway, it's very good when you have a good AB on your watch and not a drunk or a total f@ck up.
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Monday 16 th
of January 1995
and I signed off (was sent home) in Rotterdam. We arrived to
Rotterdam in the afternoon and my flight back to Sweden were on the next morning. They expected the ship to be ready 0200 in the morning and the Captain wanted us to stay onboard until the ship left Rotterdam.His plan was for us to leave the ship 2 o'clock in the morning and then walk around on the Rotterdam railway station until 8 o'clock in the morning when it was time to leave for our flight in Amsterdam.
Seriously! Where the h..l do they find the Captains for their ships?
I left the ship in the afternoon and I got the train to
Amsterdam and I had a good time in the city and I went straight from the bar to the airport. Of course, even though I was young I arrived to Sweden a wee bit tired.
I just did a week on Tärnfjord a few years later when a 2nd Officer jumped the ship in Gothenburg. They called in the morning and I was on the ship just after lunch. Captain onboard asked me what had happened on Tärnhav.
He told me that there was a note in my file at the office saying "No good Officer. Not welcome back" crossed over and replaced with "Good Officer. Welcome back" .
My next ship was United Polaris , I signed on 29th of January 1995 in Stockholm.
1996 Tärntank sold her to Älvank and she got the name Ramona. Before Tärntank sold her they did a major upgrade of the ship. They built CCR with SAAB radar. But unfortunately just before she was sold 1 of the high jets froze during loading and, hmmm, I think you get the picture. She had to spend time at the shipyard again.
I was lucky, they called me from Tärntank and asked me if I wanted to be Chief Officer on that
I was lucky, they called me from Tärntank and asked me if I wanted to be Chief Officer on that
Tärnhav as Ramona
Photo from Älvank's web page.
Photo from Älvank's web page.
I wish the cameras would have been better back then. Buthmm, laying in a box for 10 years before I scanned them has for sure done nothing to improve the quality.
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