day 5

Early start this morning. First job was to help with the loading of drums of aviation fuel. Some needed to be marked to remain on board to take to another stop. We got 7 lorry loads on today, with about 5 more to go tomorrow. I had to take a trip to Grimsby to launch the landing craft and also do some load test on the crane. Unfortunately, the part of the crane wasn't working so it will be fitted and tested tomorrow before taking it round to the ship in Immingham (approx 7 nM). This week will all be loadiing of cargo, it is interesting work because they're aren't many general cargo ships left in the world so it is good to have some experience in it.