06.10.2006-05.04.2007 Chief officer m/y Titan  Titan in La Seyne-sur-Mer

26.05.2006 - 27.09.2006 Second Mate (Safety and medical Officer) m/v CMA CGM Capella CMA CGM Capella (photo courtesy of Ivan Meshkov/ Shipsp...

Deutsche Schoner cover

08.08.2005 - 20.12.2005 Marine Superintendent r/v Tonle Pandaw on Tonle Lake

George and Nikos

RMS Windsor Castle Later: SS Margarita L / Rita Ship of sheer beauty! ( Author’s collection) RMS Windsor Castle 1960 - 1977

m/s Margarita L on Salamina

30.01.2003 - 03.02.2003 Owner's representative/ Captain m/v Columbus Caravelle Columbus Caravelle alongside Gaoyanglu wharf, Shanghai (p...

04.03.2000 - 31.05.2000 Chief Officer 01.06.2000 - 07.08.2000 Captain 02.10.2000 - 01.11.2000 Chief Officer 02.11.2000 - 04.02.2001 Capta...

Having signed off last April I knew that the stay in Singapore was over and also my counterpart resigned for landbased work, I was now the s...

Having signed on last October as Chief Mate we got the news of a new acquirement by Conning shipping, an old 2nd hand cruise ship made in De...

24.01.2000 - 16.02.2000 2nd officer m/s Oihonna Oihonna (unknown photographer)

10.12.1999 - 07.01.2000 Chief officer M/s Winden Winden (unknown photographer)

07.04.1999 - 22.09.1999 Captain m/v Columbus Caravelle LOA: 117m, GT 7560, Passengers: ~200 Columbus Caravelle in Port Klang

11.03.1999 - 29.03.1999 2nd officer m/s Oihonna M/s Oihonna

07.03.1999 - 10.03.1999 1st officer m/s Railship I M/s Railship I (Photo by A. Sporri)

22.09.1998 - 23.12.1998 2nd officer m/v Superstar Leo Superstar Leo (unknown photographer)

16.06.1998 - 16.09.1998 2nd officer m/v Superstar Sagittarius Superstar Sagittarius at Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia

In 1998 Capt Jan Rautawaara had the opportunity to Captain the old schooner Anny von Hamburg for a summer and from the experience he wrote a...

20.05.1998 - 08.06.1998 2nd officer M/s Roslagen Roslagen (unknown photographer)

09.01.1998 - 17.04.1998 Captain m/v Columbus Caravelle M/s Columbus Caravelle at WTC in Singapore

07.10.1997 - 15.12.1997 2nd officer m/s Finnmaid Finnmaid (photo by Dirk Jankowsky)

02.06.1996 - 10.09.1996 Chief Officer 10.09.1996 - 04.11.1996 1st Officer (Safety) 03.12.1996 - 07.07.1997 Chief Officer M/v Columbus Car...

Having been at it for 10 years in total I had finally completed my studies, at least for now. The universal day in Finland was that on the l...