Yesterday morning, Aug. 31st, we were called out on deck at 02:30am to begin our entrance into Anchorage. We typically get a "call-out" at least an hour prior to arrival so that we have time to get the deck ready with lines and all the appropriate tools needed to make or break tow. At around 3:30, we flopped on the barge and our day of cargo began.
We had about 120 containers to offload, and a pretty good crew from the Northland yard this time to help make things easier. We worked through the morning, afternoon and evening and Northland provided breakfast and lunch to keep us fueled. At around 20:00 (8pm), we lashed down the remaining container from the backload and we pulled away from the dock. 16 hours of pure cargo ops and a 18 hours workday all said and done by the time we secured the deck and removed our gloves.
It's 04:00 the following morning and I managed to get about 4 hours of sleep enforce coming on watch. My body is screaming "WTF!" As I down coffee and other fuels to shut it up. A hard day indeed, one that will probably take about 5 days to recover from... Just in time to do it again as we stop in Ketchikan on our journey home. Hands are about 80% numb, so I'm gonna wrap this up.
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