I'm alone in the wheelhouse and we're just standing by our barge, waiting for repairs to be done. About a week ago, this barge broke away from the dock in high winds and sustained some heavy damage, and they've been working to patch things up ever since. We normally would have left 48 hours ago; … Continue reading Under the Hart Bridge
After a solid month of work, I should be an hour from landing in SeaTac right now. Instead I'm fueling a tugboat. Draft & cargo issues on the outbound barge kept us from coming up the river until noon today though we arrived at 1 am, and we all missed our flights home. I want … Continue reading Stuck
July was the month that saw me with the most independence I've had since I got hired on with this company. When we left Jacksonville just after midnight a month ago, the mate didn't even get up for departure and I was out on deck with just the ABs while the captain did his job … Continue reading Paper Trails
