Dear Readers,
It is Thursday the 28th of November, and we are back here with the latest issue of PCW.
There was a gap on November 14th (PCW Week 46) because my father regrettably passed on the 20th of November after battling cancer. So, it meant that I had to focus on things here in Grenaa, Denmark, including supporting my mum.
It is the first time I ever lost a parent. I recall now that when I told others, “I understand.” when they told me about a similar event, I frankly had NO Idea about it for real.
Losing a role model and a father who with dignity, honesty, and integrity was a guiding star throughout my shipping career is a hard loss. Thanks to him, I got into shipping in Aarhus at the age of 16 1/2 in 1979-1980. After his diagnosis, when doctors expected him to have about 4 months left, he defied the odds. We were lucky to have him for another 3 1/2 years. During that time, whenever we had the chance, we talked “old days” onboard ships and memories together, particularly the trips we shared on mv Thyra Torm, Alice Torm, PEP Comet, CC Andromeda and others as a family. As a tribute to him, I have inserted a link to show the career of my father in shipping (made 2017).
According to my father’s wishes, he wanted to return to the ocean. We committed him to the ocean outside of his latest home in Grenaa on Tuesday 26th of November. Father’s motto was not unlike the Nike ad, “Just do it” or perhaps rather, “Just go for it”. He always gave his support when I had this or that idea…I will try my best to live up to that for my children with him in mind!
Time in this world is limited. The world goes on although we sometimes believe that the world will stop if we were not here….So let us treasure every minute of every day!
Looking forward to the business at hand, we have today in our issue the following interviews available for you:
1. Liburnia Group a solid and versatile shipping & chartering company based in Rijeka, Croatia.
2. International Windship Association, based in the UK, focuses on propulsion by wind for cargo vessels.
3. The Port of Aberdeen famous for its strategic location and oil/gas projects handling.
We hope you will enjoy these interviews.
In this issue, we will skip the trade intel and shipping news as there hasn’t been enough time to research due to my family situation. However, we do have wise words and the featured picture and video of the week.
We we will be back in full swing with our next issue, the final one of 2024, to be published on December 12, 2024. Also do NOT forget that our 300-page YEARBOOK is being compiled and will be published worldwide on February 15th, 2025.
With best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Bo H. Drewsen
bo.drewsen@projectcargo-weekly.com
Liburnia Group
International Windship Association
Port of Aberdeen
A Pod of Dolphins Riding the Bow Wave outside Western Sahara in the Atlantic
Editor’s Note:
Nature at it’s best whilst a passenger onboard mv ABB Vanessa in March this year enroute from Sines, Portugal to Soma, Japan.
Here is a link to the travel edition of ABB Vanessa.
Editor’s Note:
As a further tribute to my father and his demise on Nov 20th here a fitting picture from the memory bank that I took whilst we were passengers onboard mv CMA CGM Andromeda from Hamburg to Malta some years ago.
