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How beautiful the sea is, but that’s what everyone says when they have their feet on the ground..
We may know the impressive sea, the holiday sea, the writer’s sea, the calm or the choppy photographer’s sea that inspires artists to limitless freedom…but we don’t know the sea like them…the old sailors.
“The sea for me has been my whole life… The sailor is a walking ambassador wherever he goes”, says the sailor Bashkim Bushi.
“The sea is very beautiful when you look at it especially from land, it is also very beautiful when you are sailing in the sea. But the sea is also very difficult, it is a sacrifice“, Aleksandër Gjermeni – chairman of the Adrijon seamen’s association.
“The sailor also has a principle, when he goes down to earth, he forgets everything he left behind. It starts all over again. Start it!”, Bllazha Karaxha-detar.
The history of the Albanian seafaring has its origins in the Illyrians who made a living with simple navigational means, further over time the Albanian naval fleet developed so much that it culminated in 1961 with the opening of the Naval Academy.
“The history of the Albanian seafaring is very early due to the fact that Albania being wetted by a good part of its territory of 350-400 km is wetted by the sea, it has been continuously developed, from the south to the north, since ancient times , ranging from wooden boats to metal ships. Nin the history of the Albanian seafaring, there are many old seafarers, artisans, well versed in maritime affairs. After the liberation, the fleet took a very big development and managed to create and increase in tonnage with metal ships, bringing the total tonnage of the entire fleet to 150 thousand tons.
It was October 11, 1976, at 10:30 in the morning, when Mati’s steamship left the port of Durrës towards the shores of Constanta in Romania with a load of 2066 tons containing products such as wine, brandy, etc…
“The Mati ship is a German product manufactured in Emden, Germany in 1953, it was bought by the Albanian side in 1963, it was a 3540 ton ship, after 3 months it was brought to Albania where it worked as an internal transporter, and later on as an external transporter because there was a need for the state, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania started the roadsi”, Luan Jaupi – the son of captain Adem Jaupi.
“We left Durrës loaded with bitumen and other things, such as alcoholic beverages. At that time they were trade agreements, regular import-export contracts. Loading completed, all formalities completed, off we went. The trip to Constanta took 4 days.“Halim Milaqi – sailor.
The crew consisted of 34 sailors and was led by captain Adem Jaupi, who through this report shows the details of a journey of more than a week, which was both difficult and adventurous, but also which has left a mark in the history of Albanian maritime…
The general breakdown report with dusty sheets from the past is dated November 2, 76, detailing the arduous voyage, the outcome of which was unforeseeable… But the crew members, those still alive today 46 years later they remember the difficult moments when the ship was damaged, the weather was getting worse and worse, and they were alone in the middle of the sea with a hand extended by the Romanian side, which did not react…
With the ship split in half, firmly held in the remaining part over the Black Sea, with hopes lost by the Romanians, they were waiting for help from the port authorities in Durrës as well as the Albanian embassy in Romania… so, the sailors did not lack cooperation with each other in those moments, and as they say they had reasoned minds and courage as long as death is always in front of the eyes at sea…
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