CHAPTER 2 OF EELCO'S JOB ON MV AVALON
While alongside in Dordrecht NL, we discharged a part of the cargo of wheat mv Avalon brought from northern Spain. The rest of the load we discharged in Zwijndrecht, a port just around the corner of Dordrecht. Once empty, we received orders to sail for IJmuiden –
also in the Netherlands – to load a cargo of 3480 mt of steel coils. The place we loaded those coils was a special place. Due to the fact that those coils are not aloud to get wet you can not load them while there is a drop of rain. So Tata Steel in Ijmuiden made a shed where ships like the Avalon can go inside up to their accommodation and then they can load whatever the weather. Yes you can guess the name of that place: 'The All Weather Terminal'. The loading goes on 24/7. Once we were loaded we left for our discharge port of Kolding in Denmark, Solvesborg in Sweden and Stettin in Poland. Kolding was our first port and in order to reach it we had to pass through the "Kieler Kanaal". In all the ports the discharging went efficient and quick.
