Old memories revived

Loading on Allcargo Laxmi through barges at Goa

We could not moor to dolphins for some reasons. So we berthed alongside tanker berth no.8 at Goa. Barges came alongside on starboard side and loading was completed using ship’s cranes and shore grabs. Everything went smoothly.

Loading iron ore pellets

This was my first visit to Goa by sea in last 13 years. It was in 1999 when I had come a couple of times on another ship M.V.Nand Srishti. Two years back I had come for a two day camp held at Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Mangour Hill, Vasco organized and conducted by Sukrit, a Ludhiana based NGO. It is about four kilometers from Goa port and is easily reachable.

We decided to go to Gurudwara and meet our old friend and host Mr.Jagwant Singh. He is a very generous and good-natured person. He is the one at whose place we had stayed for two nights, when we came flying down to Goa for the gurmat camp. He has been living in Goa for the last twenty years and is a diver by profession. He also volunteers as Gurudwara president.

We were in luck and we reached Gurudwara in the evening for attending the evening so-dar diwan and doing a bit of sewa. Jagwant promptly recognized me, when I called him on phone and came rushing down to Gurudwara. We exchanged greetings and remembered and talked about the time spent together during the camp.We could not moor to dolphins for some reasons. So we berthed alongside tanker berth no.8 at Goa. Barges came alongside on starboard side and loading was completed using ship’s cranes and shore grabs. Everything went smoothly.

Gurudwara Singh Sabha,  Mangour Hill, Vasco, Goa

This was my first visit to Goa by sea in last 13 years. It was in 1999 when I had come a couple of times on another ship M.V.Nand Srishti. Two years back I had come for a two day camp held at Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Mangour Hill, Vasco organized and conducted by Sukrit, a Ludhiana based NGO. It is about four kilometers from Goa port and is easily reachable.

We decided to go to Gurudwara and meet our old friend and host Mr.Jagwant Singh. He is a very generous and good-natured person. He is the one at whose place we had stayed for two nights, when we came flying down to Goa for the camp. He has been living in Goa for the last twenty years and is running a diving company.He himself is a very experienced and good diver, though he does not dive himself any more. In a way, he is also connected with marine industry and is not a stranger to ships and shipping world. He also volunteers as Gurudwara president.

Jagwant Singh with blogger Captain Yashpal Singh

We were in luck and we reached Gurudwara in the evening for attending the evening so-dar diwan and doing a bit of sewa. Jagwant promptly recognized me, when I called him on phone and came rushing down to Gurudwara. We exchanged greetings and remembered and talked about the time spent together during the camp. He was kind enough to drop us in his vehicle at the port gate.