Faith N

The Faith N (IMO: 8618425) flies a Panamanian flag, for the convenience of her owners the General Ore Carrier Corporation III Ltd. She is one of the largest bulk carriers currently sailing. A bulk carrier is built to carry cargo such a raw ore, but can carry pretty much anything you like.
She is operated by Neu Seeschiffahrt GmbH, Hamburg, and was built by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. in 1990, which makes her a middle aged vessel.
Faith N has a deadweight tonnage of about 261kt, is 325 meters long, 54 meters wide and has a draught of 20.5 meters. The ship has 9 transitional bulkheads and 2 longitudinal bulkheads.
Faith N is a very big boat. The Largest ship ever built was the Norwegian "Jahre Viking" ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) now the "Knock Nevis" and is 458m long, and is currently used as a floating storage/transfer facility. The Empire State building is around 449m high. The Emma Maersk (worlds largest) container ship is 397m. Cunard's Queen Mary 2 is 345m long. The super aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is 341m long.
Faith N will be my home 'till about February next year. We call in on Holland, Brazil, China, Eastern USA, northern Australia, and occasionally other large ports.

The call...

GOOD MORNING MR HOLLAND

APPOINTMENT LETTER

THIS IS TO CFM YR APPOINTMENT AS A DECK CADET IN THE NEU SEESCHIFFAHRT GmbH/BLUE OCEAN SHIP MGT FLEET.

YOUR TOUR OF DUTY WILL B ABOUT 5 - 6 MONTHS AND B JOINING THE ORE CARRIER FAITH N AT ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS.

SALARY WILL B XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

YOU WILL B ALLOWED PLENTY OF TIME TO DO YR COURSE WORK THUS PLEASE ENSURE U CARRY ALL YR BOOKS WITH YOU. ON JOINING THE VESSEL U SHUD DISCUSS THIS WITH THE MASTER AND HE WILL LAY OUT YR WORK/STUDY TIMES. WORKING GEAR WILL B PROVIDED TO YOU ON BOARD.

PLS NOTE THE VESSEL DOES NOT CARRY ANY ALCOHOL THOUGH BEER IS AVAILABLE AND IT IS ISSUED AT THE MASTER'S DISCRETION. WE PREFER THAT THERE B NO SMOKING ON BOARD.

YOUR JOINING ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY C F SHARP, SINGAPORE.

YOU ALSO HVE BEEN ADVISED OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS [ ORIGINALS ] THAT U NEED TO HVE IN

YOUR POSSESION WHEN JOINING THE VESSEL.

DO NOT FORGET THAT YOU MUST MAKE SAFETY - YR OWN, THE VESSEL'S AND YR SHIPMATES THE BIG ISSUE IN YR HEAD.

THE VESSEL IS MANNED BY INDIANS, FILIPINOS. GO OUT WITH AN OPEN MIND, MUSCLES BULGING FR GOOD HARD WORK, LEARNING LOOKING AHEAD TO YR CAREER AS U " CLIMB THE LADDER " IN THE YEARS TO COME..

FINALLY - WHILST ON BOARD NEVER GET INTO DISCUSSIONS/ARGUMENTS ON TWO SUBJECTS, RELIGON AND POLITICS

WELCOME TO THE FLEET & LOOK FORWARD TO SMOOTH SAILING..

PLS CFM RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER.

RGDS

CAPT . JOLLY
NEU SEESCHIFFAHRT G m b H

BLUE OCEAN SHIP MGT
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BEVERLY HILLS
CA 90210
USA