Daily Duties

So what do we do on a daily basis? Well today the Pursers Office has to enter all the details of crew who arrived over th eweekend into our database, remove the ones who left, so that we can update all our crew lists, Articles, emergency lists etc. Then we normally have to take all their passports to the Port Immigration to get them processed and get them shore passes to allow them to go ashore. However today is a national holiday so we'll have to do all that tomorrow.

We've just had two boxes of mail delivered which we've been tracking through Fed Ex - so that's two less to worry about. Typically we get about 3 boxes of mail per week and one shipment of ships parts.

There's also a 40' shipping container of supplies/ spares due to us this week. Not sure when it will get here because we're having trouble tracking its progress. Hopefully by Friday night it will be at the ship.

Visas - many crew are wanting to go to Ghana for a weekend so first they have to get a Benin visa, then a Togo visa before they can apply for a Ghanaian one. 6 people have been in so far today for forms and info on that process.

Lots of other miscellaneous stuff as well now about our visit to Tenerife (who needs visas and who doesn't), stuff about Togo Field Service in 2010 and South Africa in August 2010, so never a dull moment.

Just had a call to say another box of mail needs collecting from the agent in town - so I'm outa here:-)