Carlos called Rainer and asked if he had time for a meeting, they agreed now worked for both of them. As he exited the Helm, he told Carla and his First Mate he was headed to CERN Ranger for a pre-voyage meeting. As he stepped onto Ranger, he felt a bit of nostalgia and as he was met by Rainer he stepped onboard. The two friends hugged and shared greetings. He looked around and saw much he remembered and much that had changed. They toured Ranger and as they did Carlos asked if his staff had been trained on the operations of the equipment. Rained smiled at his old friend and said, he had followed Carlos’ code ever since he was his First Mate. Carlos smiled and stated Ranger is looking ready to set to Sea. What has Chen provided you as far as a schedule for loading as you make your stops? Rainer provided him the list. Carlos said that the first one of these I received from her I was not even sure what side was up. Rainer smiled and agreed. Carlos laid the sheet flat on the Helm stations and marked the document with Bow, Stern, Port and Starboard, help any. Rainer smiled and asked how he knew what was the bow. Carlos smiled and said, noted the blunt end is the Stern! Rainer smiled. He opened the GEN V, Smart Laptop on the Helm and entered his code and it opened with a Hello Carlos. He then checked the emails looking for a recent one from Chen and found it. It was a list of container numbers with dates and locations on it. He copied it and opened the scheduling folder and selected this week’s schedule and entered the date and time Rainer stated he was leaving and then copied the document to the schedule. Moments later it provided a day-by-day schedule of the Port, each containers number and the total number of containers he would pick-up at each Port, it also listed the Marina, its phone number and contact person. He saved the document and printed it. Here is your schedule. You will also note that it has sent it to each crew member, rangers daily schedule and also for the Cook. He did a quick check of the read-outs and noted that Beak and Team had set everything that CERN used for information flow and also now that they had set everything to display the next action /Port, etc. He turned to Rainer and said, if you are unsure, asked Ranger as he pushed the large green button on the keyboard and asked, Who am I? Rangers responded with: Carlos! Where are we? Amsterdam, North Marina, dock #7. What is this week’s schedule? which it displaced it on the screen! Return to normal settings: as Ranger reset the Helm to its normal configuration. Have a great voyage good friend. Note: If it is not on Chen’s Load List, Do Not Load It! Always place the container where she defined its location! They hugged as Carlos left the Helm.
Julio was listening closely to Rosa as she was taking about her, Kendal and being near him was going to be an issue with the current arrangement. Julio was amazed at the way his sister weaved her discussion with a blend of needs, wants and must haves. Some points he saw coming, others came from out of left field and without warning. At times, logic was a total waste and other time, it fit wonderfully. Julio saw several places that he could step in with a conclusion, but she was clearly working thought this as she was talking. As she finished, she paused and thanked her brother for listening to her. He smiled and asked her if she can define what would work for them? She said, she was not sure. Julio asked if he could provide a recommendation or at least a starting point. Rosa smile and said, please. Julio started with what he considered as the Must Haves: The three of them together at one location. But maybe working out of different locations that are kind of close. Nice start little brother, but can you define it a bit more? Julio stated the downside is this; you are going to have to give-up heading-up the Law Suite here at Amsterdam and become the Permanent Legal Adviser for Yellow-Nape located at CERN Group Hangar. That should provide you a starting point, yes? Okay, but I do not want to give-up my work here Rosa said. Julio smiled and said, lets face it, there is a strong likelihood that there will be three very young DYH Amazons added to this group by this time next year and you, like Carla, are not going to want to be away from your Roosters, who both of you will want them to share in the experience, yes? Maybe, letting Yang manage the Law Suite here, for three years, at which point, I see him joining Priscilla to be nearer to his home country and you reevaluating what your interests are in Managing two locations /Groups. Regarding your position at CERN, I see that growing 4-times its size in just this next year and the staff needed just to keep-up with simple growth at CERN Group. You are going to be busy with the Maritime, Legal Action that will begin this Fall on this side of the Pond. The legal documentation for the increased activities of Carlos’ group, the likely legal action resulting from reorganization of CERN Group, plus the normal day-to-day activities of working with their legal group, which in my opinion needs a major reorganization. You will likely need support staff and would likely include Angeline as she becomes more interested, possible acting as liaison between your remote office and Amsterdam, Yellow-Nape Hangar. And sorry, but your little brother will still be your boss, he said with a smile. She stood and hugged her brother.
The deck crew with the Israelis had cleaned everything out of the Surgery and the attached room. Carla had drawn a floor plan for the new area and provided the document to each individual. The senior Israelis has taken control of the project from the labor side and began directing individuals to complete work starting high with cleaning and painting with another crew working on creating a seamless transition between the two rooms. He reviewed the drawing with Carla regarding the installation of the furnishing, cabinets, and equipment as they completed the painting. With it being mid-day, when the Cook announced that mid-day meal was ready, they elected to take a two-hour break to allow the paint to complete drying with the ceiling exhaust fans on and all the doors open. Carlos was meeting with the Marina manager regarding the other twin 760’ vessel still at Hamburg Marina. Carlos stated that when Rainer returned here after his first trip, he will have near nine days before his next schedule voyage and I will request he brings the second 760’ vessel here. Carla will be done with her work in the Surgery this evening and that we need her to define the exterior colors and the décor of the interiors of the Twins and you have updated draws of CERN Switzerland, clearly, we need to add the Surgery update to the drawings. I’m not seeing a need to change anything beyond that. In my talks with Samuel, we will have new variations of the armament in all quarters, including the communications tower and its many systems. The only work I see regarding the drive engines and drive pods is the new superchargers for the engines and upgrading the magnesium plates to the larger size plates. What recommendations do you have? There are new generators on the market that use less fuel and provide a cleaner electrical signal. We did install them on Ranger and Beck was happy with the cleaner signal. For some reason that I do not understand, CERN tends to grow algae in its ballast tanks much quicker than any of the ships we service. I recommend that we have that service group visit and evaluate that issue, as CERN likes a very specific waterline. Carlos agreed and requested he arrange that prior to them leaving at 1:00 hours early, Sunday. We will likely be back the following week, Thursday early, as I will be interviewing staff for the first of the Twins, which will be traveling all of the Americas.
The evening light was fading quickly as they finished the work in the Surgery. Carla and the First Engineer were very happy with the work completed and the new equipment installed. Carlos arrived after they had completed their final touches. He was impressed with their new Surgery and saw Carla smiling in agreement. She thanked him, knowing she had a very special Rooster that cared for her and the work she enjoys. They talked about the Twin 760’ cargo carriers and their Décor. Carlos informed her that the equipment would be the same as would the layout. But that he did want the exterior to be a bit different so that there would not be any confusion. Regarding a Name for each, he was thinking, CERN Americas and CERN Eastern. Regarding the interior he was thinking something along the lines of an Americas’ based Décor for that one and one with a Far Eastern Décor for the other. She smiled and looked at him and asked if he knew what the differences in those Décors would be and he looked at her and said, No, but it sounds like I do, as he smiled. Plus, I heard you use those terms. She smiled and hugged him. He asked how she felt about a wedding in early-mid January as everything is pointing to the CERN Switzerland being in drydock during that period and his First Mate is planning on traveling to see his family in December and returning early January. She looked at him and asked how long have you being thinking about our Wedding dear. Well, at least since I asked and you agreed. And I knew that I wanted to assure we had time together for a Honeymoon. She blinked several times as she was happy, but surprised that her Rooster had thought about those items. Well, that’s great sweetheart, lets talk about that over dinner, shall we go out or eat here? Carlos said, let’s go on a date, let’s eat out! She smiled again!
