Captain Niit's log: Maria Gorthon First Class Carrier

A collection of pictures from my time on board Gorthon Lines Ro Ro / Side Loader Maria Gorthon.
Many fond memories from our travels mainly across the North Atlantic, but also North Sea, Baltic Sea occasional Caribbean.
Cargo consisting of for(rest products mainly newsprint and magazine paper.
Despite enjoying the work and the people I met, the lack of sun shine and nice weather had a profound impact on my personality.
My body "crave" sunshine. That was the main reason for seeking my fortune towards warmer climates,
I am grateful for the experience and feel blessed for having had the opportunity to meet and get to know so many people both on board but also ashore in the Helsingborg office, and later working with the organisations from Skärhamn and Gothenburg, in the various management constellations operating our proud vessel. The various agencies around the world, also became kind of family, many agents whom had been working with Gorthon Lines for many years, and provided their excellent service to the outmost perfection.
...the "snaps" below just a very small piece of the huge bank of memories in my mind...

Other blogs fm Maria...

"Cool Easter Holiday"
"Macho Mucho Cojones Competition"

La Guira Venezuela, 10-kaffe.

Sun in my eye..

Leif Linde with support, Convoys wharf, London.

Electric chart installation.

Assistance required in the Baltic Sea.

Helsingborg and a Stille family greeting....

"Kemi Pekkas" picking ice, enabling the vessel to come alongside

Sandhammaren "supply boat" bringing out spares

Turbo charger...seen it's best.

Lorenzo posing.

Iceberg North Atlantic.

Nils Olsson, fishing and Kenneth Nordstrom supervising.

Maria in Dalhousie NB(Canada) and rain bow

Anders Nilsson and myself on a Seal safari during and Easter Holiday(Blog" Cool Easter Holiday").

Sharp shooting contest.

Birkenhead lock, (Liverpool).

Cadet in action.

Perfect timing..

Departure Baie Comeau (Canada).

Black Eagle visiting...time for a beer..

Bjorn.

Linde's "bargain" from Baie Comeau

Cargo operations, newsprint

Lower hold forward...

Recycled paper discharge in Corner Brook.

Regulations stipulate that a certain amount of recycled paper have to be used in the production of newsprint

Pointe Au Pic (Canada)

Elevator shaft cleaning

Kåldolmar.."Cabbage cocks" free translation..

Dalhousie light house.

Patrick in the dart corner.

Engine shot to balance out...

Artur Arciga

Ch.Eng Office

Waghorn Welding Cu-pole in the Dart range.

Fredriksson "bosuning".

Pilot Philadelphia.

Good night beer.

Anders Lagerlund.

Scottish Lawyer Brendan McKay, who sat up a successful "family firm" in Paris 1965,

basking with a book on one of his trips across the Atlantic.

Cozyness.

Good night.

Stille and sun set...

Seine river on our way to Rouen a summer night.

Mr Muscle.

Waldorf and Statler (The muppet show).

Nisse Prepping the GPS.

Me and Chief Cook Bhong Correa.

Looks like trying to figure out the average price of survival suits??

and the evening has not yet started?

Icebreaker and convoy.

After a close encounter with one icebreaker,

We ended up in Kotka where Kallaranta and his "lads", "stitched" us up for continued journey.

"Ice class 1 A Super" where the material of all steel in the bow is thick. Yet the collision caused severe damage to our bow.

We were requested (by the ice breaker)to keep "full ahead " on our engines, and when the breaker got "stuck" on a "ridge", starting to flash his red lights, we where making 6-7 knots, no chance of stopping or steer out of the track...Ice Breaker called out on VHF, "Maria Gorthon full astern" and then the words.. "Voi Vittu"...just before impact. We knocked him off the "ridge" with force, but my biggest concern was the vessel astern of me., but he managed to "break off" after watching our encounter.