We were always bunkering at anchorage, never in port. Of course we received papers
from Singapore bunker authorities giving us any right to claim. But the barges
always came late and ETD was pressing. We had not enough crew to manually
sound the tanks, so remote sounding was normal. The barge was filling up our system
with compressed air thus faking the real results. Only after leaving anchorage we
suddenly encountered differences up to 80 mt . A good chief always has reserves
but I hated those barge captains who knew our deficiencies in time and manpower.
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