On March 3rd 2003 a Schreiner helicopter took pilots Peter Juk, Paul Jong and Han Luik and me from the Maasvlakte to the Shell Tanker "MYRINA".
The Myrina, loaded with 330.336 m3 crude, was 60 km off coast. With a depth of 21.6 m, it entered the 8th Petroleum harbour via the 'Eurogeul' (the waterway in the Northsea, near Rotterdam). It got assistance from the tugboats Thamesbank, Smit Clyde, Smit Humber and Smit Loire.
A boy's dream came true thanks to:
- Wim van de Wiel (Shell Nederland Raffinaderij)
- Hans Ammerlaan (Shell Nederland Raffinaderij)
- John Galbraith (Master of the Myrina)
- Jeannette Vermeer (Nederlandse Loodswezen)
- Jolanda Vijgenboom (Nederlandse Loodswezen)
- Stefan van Zanten (Bureau Overbosch, Politie Haaglanden)
- Ineke en Hans van Wingerden (Bureau Overbosch, Politie Haaglanden)
- and off course my wife Truus
Kees Helder