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I had expected to be back with my blog (and on the ships) in the beginning of June, however I work for a shipping company. A cruise ship company on top of that. So everything is always subject to very much change and this time around it was not different. Instead of going back to the ships I was drafted into Seattle Office to help preparing for the Senior Management Conference (SMC)*in Miami. This is an affair which the company stages about every 18 to 24 months. The idea is to announce the latest developments and plans for the near and far future and to listen to feedback from the ships.* Apart from it being very useful for both the ships and the office side it is also good fun as we meet everybody again, who we might not have seen for years. There are two SMC’s, with a few days in between, so the Captains and Ships Staff can rotate*and everybody gets a chance to go.* There are a lot of presentations to support this SMC program and as a result I was suddenly sitting in Seattle office making power points for supporting the various Nautical discussions. The first conference took place between 15 and 19 June and now the 2nd one is in progress.* More about that in a few days. The second conference will end coming thursday and then on sunday I will join the Zaandam in Vancouver for three weeks. I have posted my complete schedule for the remainder of the*year on the Tab: Notes*for the reader and my schedule: at the top of the blog. I will also be in Europe and the Caribbean in autumn so I hope that there will be enough*variation to keep all readers happy. My main activity during my last leave was organizing maintenance of the upkeep of the apartment building where I am living and now I am an absolute expert in scaffolding. As this time we tackled part of the outside of the building and the roof.* But I also had time for a little bit of work […]
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I had expected to be back with my blog (and on the ships) in the beginning of June, however I work for a shipping company. A cruise ship company on top of that. So everything is always subject to very much change and this time around it was not different. Instead of going back to the ships I was drafted into Seattle Office to help preparing for the Senior Management Conference (SMC)*in Miami. This is an affair which the company stages about every 18 to 24 months. The idea is to announce the latest developments and plans for the near and far future and to listen to feedback from the ships.* Apart from it being very useful for both the ships and the office side it is also good fun as we meet everybody again, who we might not have seen for years. There are two SMC’s, with a few days in between, so the Captains and Ships Staff can rotate*and everybody gets a chance to go.* There are a lot of presentations to support this SMC program and as a result I was suddenly sitting in Seattle office making power points for supporting the various Nautical discussions. The first conference took place between 15 and 19 June and now the 2nd one is in progress.* More about that in a few days. The second conference will end coming thursday and then on sunday I will join the Zaandam in Vancouver for three weeks. I have posted my complete schedule for the remainder of the*year on the Tab: Notes*for the reader and my schedule: at the top of the blog. I will also be in Europe and the Caribbean in autumn so I hope that there will be enough*variation to keep all readers happy. My main activity during my last leave was organizing maintenance of the upkeep of the apartment building where I am living and now I am an absolute expert in scaffolding. As this time we tackled part of the outside of the building and the roof.* But I also had time for a little bit of work […]
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