Once again my job has changed. In a few days, one of my collegues is going on holiday. Right now he is taking care of the stone dumping splithopper barges Geelvinck and Verrazzano and I'll have to take over his job. Next to these two vessels, I'll also have four other splithopper barges (La Boudeuse, Le Gerrier, Le Sphinx and L'étoile) under my supervision, but they are just anchoring here inside the Palm Jebel Ali.
The Geelvinck and Verrazzano are dumping rocks (Quarry Run, 0-500 kg) on the islands of Dubai Waterfront and on New Island. The Geelvinck can load about 1800 ton of stones. The Verrazzano can load slightly more, up to 2250 ton.
To load the barges, we use a shoot like shown in the picture below. Dumptrucks are loaded with about 30 tons of stones. The ride onto the shoot and dump the stones, which get 'shooted' into the barge.
The Geelvinck and Verrazzano are dumping rocks (Quarry Run, 0-500 kg) on the islands of Dubai Waterfront and on New Island. The Geelvinck can load about 1800 ton of stones. The Verrazzano can load slightly more, up to 2250 ton.
To load the barges, we use a shoot like shown in the picture below. Dumptrucks are loaded with about 30 tons of stones. The ride onto the shoot and dump the stones, which get 'shooted' into the barge.
Once the barge is at the correct position to unload, it simply splits itself open and the stones fall down.
Managing those barges does not only imply I have to take care of the dumping of the stones (position, time, what material, how much material, ...), but I also have to make sure there is enough food on board, that the flights for the crew get booked in time, check how much salary they can have for the month, ... And for the first weeks I will not only have to do it for the two stone dumping barges, but for all six of the splithopper barges here in Dubai.
2 comments:
As I understand it correctly, you are a "jophopper" like we say it in Dutch :p
of course it's a "jobhopper" ...
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