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RICAS, Oudehaske, Friesland

My employer WAGENBORG arranged a medical course for me to be attended from May 11 till May 15 of 2009. I spent the nights at a great hotel (of the Fletcher group) in Heerenveen, Friesland, not far away from my birthplace Oosterzee. The course was at the RICAS compound in Oudehaske and was of good quality, fine instructors and LOTUS experts.

ice navigation in Finland

Ice-navigation from April 4 to April 13 of 2007 in the Bothnia Gulf on the KONINGSBORG, underway from Mantyluoto to Kemi and Oulu. In the Last 2 ports we loaded woodpulp for Livorno and Savona in Italy. In the seaman's house of Mantyluoto the crew performed a bit of Karaoke with our German Hostess Anna, who played the flute.

holidays in Fortaleza, Brazil

From February 7 to February 22 of 2007 my wife and I spend our

holidays in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.

My son Paul, who lives in Belém, Para, a state near the Amazon River, spent a week with us in the Samburá Hotel on the Avenida Beira Mar, where we had a splendid time together (see picture)

On October 1, 2006, I visited the "55+ in beweging" organization at the Sports Center "OPGANG" in Risdam North.

Mr. Appie Baantjer, the writer of the detetective books BAANTJER, in which Piet Römer plays detective 'de Cock, met C-O-C-K' was present for a short interview. On the picture he is the one in the grey suit.

Haifa bombing ordeal July 16, 2006

THE HAIFA BOMBING ORDEAL

The MUNTEBORG trades between the East Mediterranean ports of Haifa, Mersin, Antalya, Limassol and Alexandria. On July 16 of 2006 she was underway to Haifa, where she arrived at 05:00 hours that same day. Instructions were received from the Israeli Navy to proceed through a different safety lane from usual one, due to possible attacks from the north. The vessel berthed safely at 06:20 at the West Container Terminal.

The discharge activities started at 07:00 hours, after the vessel had been cleared by security authorities, the security level was raised to 2.

In the mean time the VANCOUVERBORG also arrived at the anchorage position of Haifa, but was instructed to sail back to a position about 15 miles South West of Haifa.

Shortly after sirens were sounded several times, announcing bomb attacks, cargo operations were stopped, bomb explosions could be seen north of the Port of Haifa. At 08:30 a bomb exploded just outside the pier, exactly where ships approach the harbor. At 08:50 the stevedores abandoned the work area, for bomb impacts were getting closer to the vessel’s position. The port authorities ordered pilots to take ships out of the harbour, handling tankers first. On the MUNTEBORG the stevedores, when bombing stopped for a while, started to place back the hatch pontoons.
At 11:15 hours a fragmentation bomb exploded at 30 meters from the vessels port side in the water, blasting out 5 of the superstructure’s windows. At 11:50 hours it was the MUNTEBORG’s turn to leave the port, the pilot without boarding the vessel, only giving instructions from the pilot boat, so he could quickly go to another ship, a large bulk carrier. We left the port leaving behind 6 hatch pontoons, so the vessel actually was not seaworthy. The authorities also instructed us to sail to the position where the VANCOUVERBORG and all other ships were drifting. Later the VANCOUVERBORG reported that shells had exploded not far from her drifting position, upon which the authorities ordered

visit to the Morvan in France

from May 14 to May 21 of 2006 I visited the Morvan in Burgundy, France, where my mother lives.

In dit Pension kunt u overnachten voor ongeveer € 40,00 per nacht (met ontbijt), u kunt bellen met Janine Blokker-Vroonland, telefoon 00 33 385 82 66 31