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Containerfart i storm på Stillehavet - Handels- og Søfartsmuseet

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fare for, at »Sinaloa« var kommet ud af trim <strong>og</strong> kontrol. Kaptajnen<br />

<strong>og</strong> overstyrmanden, som Ikke havde fået søvn i flere døgn,<br />

havde udarbejdet en nødplan for skibets navigering, hvis dette<br />

skulle ske. Naturligvis uden at orientere n<strong>og</strong>en om bord om, at<br />

denne fare bestod, for at deres ængstelse ikke skulle smitte af <strong>på</strong><br />

besætningen <strong>og</strong> gøre ondt værre. Der var selvsagt roser til kaptajnen<br />

<strong>og</strong>så hjemmefra denne aften, for omend der ikke <strong>på</strong> n<strong>og</strong>et<br />

tidspunkt bestod n<strong>og</strong>en egentlig livsfare, så var faren for alvorligere<br />

havari overhængende i perioder. Forestil jer, at man<br />

i givet, <strong>og</strong> værste, fald skulle have styr <strong>på</strong> over 100 tons containerlast,<br />

der har revet sig løs af fortøjningerne, at skulle sikre<br />

dem med kæder, så de Ikke rovsede randt i bunden af skibet.<br />

Og så har mine tal <strong>på</strong> havarerede ananasdåser hele vejen<br />

igennem været forkerte, viste opgørelsen. - Det drejede sig ikke<br />

om 40.000 dåser ananas, men om 340.000 dåser, der gik til spil­<br />

de.<br />

Container Service in a Storm in the Pacific<br />

Summary<br />

In the Summer of 1979 Hans H. Thomsen, the writer ofthe article, signed on<br />

as radio operator on the East Asiatic Company's ship M/S »Sinaloa« in Van­<br />

couver. For the next four years he sailed with the »Sinaloa« and other EAC<br />

ships. Among other things Hans H. Thomsen brought with him the weight of<br />

ten years experience as radio operator on various Greenland radio stations, but<br />

he knew nothing about life as a sailor.<br />

The article, which is based on his own diary entries, gives a direct portrayal of<br />

the tasks of a radio operator and of life on board.<br />

The M/S »Sinaloa« sailed in line service in the Pacific, and the article describes<br />

to what extens all navigation is dependent on the weather, even in the case ofa<br />

new container ship with modern technol<strong>og</strong>ical aids and navigation equipment.<br />

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