Fred around the world

Fred's Logbook

Date / Time: 2014-04-27 13:59:50

Voyage from: Brunsbuettlel to Elbe-Esuuary

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Fred is back home.

He signed off in Southampton and arrived home on 25. April.
The globetrotter certainly looks good !

He was not worn out from his travels and not too tired to take action.
For this reason he went on tour from Brunsbüttel to the North Sea once again.

Around four o´clock in the morning we were on our way to the pilot station. Frank was on duty and he knows Fred for quite a while already.

Fred watching Frank at work

A glimpse behind the scenes:

The day gets off to a good start.

Time to go to the pilot boat, which will bring us to "Leonie P", a containership from Hamburg.

On board the pilot boat.

Daybreak on the River Elbe.

Nice, isn´t it?

Sunrise near Cuxhaven.

Look, a dredger !

Already there? Here comes the pilot tender.

Approaching the pilot vessel "Elbe" by tender.

First we went to the bridge to say hello.

The messroom

Then we went to the galley to say hello to the cook, who is a true fan of Fred and his adventures.

After breakfast we watched the tender at work. The tender just picked up some pilots from the pilotvessel and will now bring them to the inbound vessels.