As a mechanic at Claire, one day has passed

Valeryu, today, your son Artur Permin graduated from the Lithuanian Naval High School. What is this feeling? Are you satisfied that your son is going in your footsteps? Maybe you lobbied him by choosing a profession?

Courses friends, acquaintances, sailors, captains, men. The mechanic when I say that my son is studying mariachodka, disapproves: "Why did you damage your son?" As they walk on the sea. Arthur's school was the first degree graduate, barely red. He had the best grades and the University of Vilnius would have accepted it. But she was indecisive, did not know where to go, was distracted. Finally, she simply asked: "Parents, where do they pay money in Lithuania?" I say, "You really eat at sea, you will have bread with butter". "Well, well, then I go to the" moriachodka ", – he said and went near the house.This is somehow spontaneously happened.

And I ended up at the. Klaipėda Maritime School

In 1992 I graduated from the Admiral S. Makarov State Naval Academy of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) .But I am a mechanic, and my son is a boatman The captain's children are sort of mechanics, and at the time I stopped, the working and living conditions of the seafarers in the fishing and trading vessels differed considerably. from 7 to 9 months, went to the fishing zone and were still there, and the catches were taken by the boats.The traders' voyages lasted 3-4 months, and they were constantly en route to the ports. all over Europe, looked at the world, so the schools that formed the s seafarers to the merchant fleet were much more popular than the fishermen. I would appreciate where to stand. Of course, I could go to the Klaipėda Maritime School, but I did well, I decided to reach the highest level. Around 1985, when I was standing, there were two high schools in the Soviet Union – Odessa and St. Petersburg.

It was hard to join at the time?

Stoau and somehow I entered inadvertently. By the way, I was then a Lithuanian envoy. I did not pbad exams in St. Petersburg, but in Vilnius, "in full". At that time, we had 40 candidates in one place. When we were selected, we already went to St. Petersburg as Lithuanian emissaries and we knew immediately that when we were back in Lithuania, we would return to the Lithuanian merchant marine, which was called then LISCO. In the last five years I have served two years in the Soviet Army. I got there, he was born the first son Gintaras, who is now 29 years old. But then we moved to Klaipeda

For a long time in "Shipping"?

Only three years old. I worked on ferries, not on Mirnyj and Captains, but later, I was invited to open Laluna radio

Why did you leave the sea and land on the shore?

Sometimes the trips were a little longer. At first, the rate was 3-4 months, then 6, then 7 months later. My child grew up, I did not see him. I've already thought about the shore. When I had an interesting suggestion – I met the first commercial radio station in Klaipėda. I remember we had a sixth meeting and decided to open such a radio

Did you finance it?

I was one of those minor shareholders, while others were locked up. I worked at Laluna for six years then went to work in the newspaper "West Express", where I worked for ten years as a sales manager

Maybe I can say why leave the Western Express and return to the sea

I do not know why. I dreamed her constantly and I knew that I would never come back to her. I have been working on ferries for DFDS Seaways for almost six years, and I am currently working under contract. I find work online. I am currently working in the ship delivery team. She is hiring sailors to bring the boat from point A to point B. We fly, we ship and return home, we get up, and then we roll another ship.

Are you shipping new ships that have just been built in a shipyard?

Ships are very diverse. Go, recently, the old Canadian ferry was bought from the Greeks, so we could have Greece in Canada. And the last was a brand new boat built in Shanghai (China), we drove it to Montreal

How many crew members need to drop a ship?

Crew usually reduced. We now have a big boat bigger than the DFDS ferry, nine. There were also two representatives of the shipowner. They do not do anything, just be careful.

Have you ever become a man? the mechanic?

I still have a shortage of 6-7 months. I still have time to work at sea as a second engineer and then pbad an exam.

Have you tested several types of vessels that are best for you?

It is interesting to work on newly built ships. They have the latest technology, everything is computerized, automated. But working hard on them requires a lot of thought. Interesting, but doing everything on computers. It is easier to work on old boats where everything turns by hand.

What do you remember most about working at sea? Been stuck in a storm?

There were also such bangs that I wanted to call my wife through a satellite connection and say goodbye. Usually these wrecks are far away, it is imperative to cross an ocean – the Atlantic, that is the Ramsay. For example, we are sailing for the last time in the Pacific for the last time for 35 days. Do not agree with a boat, do not see birds – only water. When the battleship starts, you know that no helicopter will be able to help you, the closest is the boat, which you have to sail for two weeks

Do not be afraid when you come back

And l & # 39; Money is quite different, you will go nowhere on the coast as far as the sea. Salaries vary considerably and depend on many things, even the type of ship. If you work on a single ship, the pay is the same, the tanker is different. Mainly payable by gas carriers.

What is the crew of these teams that transport ships from one point to the other?

Usually they are mixed. The lower link – sailors and motorists – is generally Filipino. It's their monopoly in the world. Leaders can already be from anywhere – the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, England, and so on. t Yes, you must know English well. I am a mechanic, and my drivers are Filipino, without having to talk about how I will communicate with them? They will not understand English in English. Sometimes there are Russians or Ukrainians, who speak very poorly English, it is a contraction with them because of what is called bad communication, lack of understanding. Usually, such things happen to people from third countries who do not speak English. But there was such a case when, for this reason, a real Englishman was forgiven. Once, a company with Yugoslav, Romanian, Polish, Filipino and others met. All were able to speak English, but among them there was only one Englishman who spoke with an accent that no one understood. He was therefore fired because he could not talk to other crew members. [19659328] Valery Permin with his son Artur Permin ” width=”580″/>

Valery Permin with his son Artur Permin

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