Comments on: Southern Juice

By: poolshark

poolshark — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:25:38 +0000

Oh, just a minor contribution and a great pleasure, actually. By tracking the Southern Juice (the vessel for me largely resembles an active reminiscence to a somewhat more – err… – experimental stage in my life) I stumbled across your wonderful and most inspiring blog. Thus, in a way she still carries me around a bit.

Cheers

By: tugster

tugster — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:03:31 +0000

poolshark– thanks for the info. little did i know that today’d bring a new juice tanker in . . . built in 1986 this one . . .

By: poolshark

poolshark — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:14 +0000

Well, best of all… The Southern Juice originally wasn’t meant to be a tanker at all – let alone an orange juice tanker. It was built as a bulk carrier which could also be geared to carry containers. By the time I was aboard this ship – trying to become a seaman – she was busy carrying containers from Europe to East Asia. Back then her name was “Conscience” and her hull was – ironically – orange (!).

It was only in 1997 that she changed profession – so to speak. Here’s the records:

http://www.lloydwerft.com/de/auftraege/projekt-detail/items/southern-juice.html

It was my first and my last ship: so I failed on this one. But she still is a beauty!!!

And isn’t it somewhat of story in itself: Formerly carrying around these boxes, the contents of which could at best be guessed by those who don’t believe in official manifestos declaring “general cargo” (would there be toys next to guns, pesticides next to spices…? Industrial screws next to plastic flowers produced in a Bombay Sweat Shop?), she now carries juice… I like it, my kids like it and we can only hope that her liquid contents are as innocent as her white coating.

cheers

By: bowsprite

bowsprite — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:20:18 +0000

ODocker has a VOSS: Vodka Orange Soda Siphoner

By: O Docker

O Docker — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:39:57 +0000

If this thing ever collides with a vodka tanker, I volunteer to do the cleanup. On the West Coast there were purpose builtlumber schooners made of the same lumber they carried. There's a famous bit of rolly water outside the Golden Gate called the Potato Patch because in days of yore potato barges would often dump their cargo there.

By: Mage B

Mage B — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:34:48 +0000

RYN: Tur koise car carriers. There are several variations, but some have turquoise bottoms with cream colored tops…..she says smiling. I swear…..she says looking in her ship files………..

By: Allen Baker

Allen Baker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:50:08 +0000

Nice shots on a chamber of commerce, picture postcard of day.

Nice seeing you and Bowsprite along the KVK.

By: bowsprite

bowsprite — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:57:08 +0000

One worker of the Red Hook terminal said those bananas come with HUGE hairy tarantulas!!! –that would be our screams.
(he also said coco beans stink like old gym socks.)

By: bowsprite

bowsprite — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:54:18 +0000

Will, I believe Mrs. Claus’ contention is that her husband is not an elf. His crew are elves, but he is a White-Gloved non-elf.

By: Mage B

Mage B — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:34:34 +0000

Ah, but some of us are rounder than others. LOL

Yes, here we have an aging Dole ship. Small, fine lines, and an off yellow ocher that screams tired banana.