Captain
Walther Ludvigsen's Logbook from Tapline's oil terminal
port at Zahrani,
Sidon in Lebanon - 1951 to 1970
Capt. Ludvigsen was a mooring master (ship's pilot) at Tapline's Zahrani terminal from 1951 til 1970. He was one of a group of mainly European mooring masters whose job it was to board the oil tankers, pilot them into one of the 5 (later 4) loading berths, supervise the loading and then take the ship back out to sea.
Details of the mooring and loading procedures are set out in the Port Information and Rules.
The logbook is in the format:
| No | Date | Berth | Ship | Nat | Arr | All Sec | Dep | Ball | Load time | Rate | Total | Tug | Captain | Destin | Remarks |
| Year 1951 | |||||||||||||||
| 67 | 29/11 | 3 | Caltex Bordeaux | FR | 0645 | 0815 | 2130 | 3 | 7-08 | 16665 | 115276 | Sandy | M. Kayal | B. Dambes | My first storm in Sidon (See previous page) Ex Meuse Argonne |
| 71 | 21/12 | 2 | Thorshov | NO | 1610 | 1735 | 0930 | 6 | 7-07 | 14170 | 100483 | Chandler | S. Arafat | R.dam | Port closed. Ship boarded at anchorage. (Ferncastle) |
| 72 | 23/12 | 2 | Alfred Clegg M/T | NO | 1910 | 2045 | 1555 | 3 | 6-11 | 16400 | 101690 | Sandy | B. Baradie | Hamburg | Xmas |
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