June 17th is Fathers Day in South Africa (and in some other parts of the world i believe).. May not be as big as Mothers Day, but still an important day in any Fathers life..
I saw below dedication which rang very true, so i thought i should share it with all of you..
Below is my dedication- from one shipping and freight FATHER to all shipping and freight FATHERS
- FATHERS that brave pirate infested waters to get the precious cargo to wherever it needs to go
- FATHERS that brave the hurricanes, typhoons and gale force winds to ensure that what we need reaches us on time
- FATHERS that operate the giant RTG’s that carry the containers in and out of the ships
- FATHERS that operate the cranes and derricks on board the ships and the straddlers on the shore
- FATHERS that work long hours on the ships away from family and friends
- FATHERS that drive the long distance trucks between the cities and the ports
- FATHERS that wait in long queues to off-load or pick up the containers
- FATHERS that sleep with the phone on the couch at home prepared for any operational emergencies at port so as not to wake up the kids
- FATHERS that handle the lashing and unlashing on board the ship making sure that the cargo is properly secured
- FATHERS that handle all the IT functionalities on shore and on board the ship ensuring the proper operation of the systems
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I could go on……….. but you get the idea – to ALL those FATHERS Keep up the good work and have a good Fathers Day.. As Loreal says – YOU ARE WORTH IT 🙂
PS : Apologies to all the Mothers for not posting something like this on Mother’s Day, but if i had only come across something like above :(.. But better late than never.. I salute all the Mothers in the industry as well for all the outstanding work that they are doing..
I have in fact posted a few articles about Women in shipping on this blog previously..
- https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/2009/08/05/women-in-shipping-a-tribute/
- https://www.shippingandfreightresource.com/2010/10/18/an-all-women-south-african-ship-crew-makes-history/
