ISPS Guard in Esbjerg Harbor

Have you ever wondered how it is to sit.... 8 hours daily on a chair in a room, checking people in and out.... well... checking people in and out when it's day time.... but the guard from 00:00 to 04:00... is pretty lonely.

What I see... all the 8 hours... plus and hour here and there to releave some of the others for dinner or launch... is basicly this (See pic below)

Watching television... playing games... I Almost completed all the Homeworld Remastered campaign on this night watch alone.

Enjoying a soda here and there, some days water only.

We got some nuts onboard today, so now I even can get a snack duing the watch.

For once there are actuelly other people awake then me onboard, which is the first time, we got some guys from one of the shipyards onboard... painting.

Even some Siemens guys are onboard... trying to get some Software to work on the Engines. Which are preparing to leave...

Yes... this is the most active night watch by far so far.

Compared to what happens during day, this is nothing, during day, I can mannage to check in and out up to 50 people, which are quiet at bit thinking of there are no guest at anytime, and when we get up around those numbers of people... I kinda run out of visitor cards.

In some way, I also feel really lucky, compared to thousends of ships, when I sit here on watch, I sit isite a comfortable room, with a good temperature, television, internet and a good chair to sit in... while normally on other ships around the glope, you simply just stand outsite and... stand there.

Well.... I'm signing off for the blog... otherwise writing 2 blogs in less then 12 hours would be overkill. Hopefully I godt some more interresting to come up with next time, otherwise I have to tell some of my past. Like the first blog.