On 24 January from Kaohsiung Harbour we boarded the German freighter “LT Cortesia” bound for China. Departure was “on or about the 24th”, and, indeed, while we were first told by the agent that the ship would be along side at 13:00, she did not come alongside until 21:30. No matter though, the agent was great and kept in contact with us at the hostel until she was alongside, at which time he sent a taxi for us that took us through the port directly to the ship.
First time on a freight for us, and as you can see by the pics, these things are ginormous (is that a word?). The terminal’s business is frieght and not passengers, and so we had to be quite careful of all the cranes lifting freight about us whilst we awaited the lowering of the gangway. Going up that rickety gangway was something else also. We were greeted aboard by the very able Captain and then after the paperwork were led to our cabin by the 2nd officer, who explained the safety regulations aboard along the way.
1月24日、この日は高雄の港からドイツの貨物船「LT CORTESIA」へ乗船する日でした。前日訪れた代理店からは、貨物船は午後1時ごろ港に着く予定なので入港したら連絡するといわれていました。しかし結局船が着いたのは午後9時30分時頃。私たちは代理店が手配してくれたタクシーで高雄の港へ向かいました。
港でタクシーを降りると、とてつもなく大きな船が目の前に。頭上では複数のガントリークレーンが船から貨物を降ろしていて、その大きさに圧倒され、しばしその様子を眺めていました。しばらくすると船からハシゴのような頼りなさげな長い階段が下りてきて、それを恐る恐る上って船の中へ。まずは威厳ある船長へ必要な書類を提出し、その後きりっとした雰囲気のセカンドオフィサーから私たちの部屋と船内の案内、そして安全についての説明がありました。
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