I-Holland America Line ibize uWerner Timmers, ukapteni oneminyaka ephantse ibeyi-40 ehamba ngenqanawa, ukuthatha inqanawa yeRotterdam xa inqanawa ingena kwinkonzo ngoJulayi ka-2021. UCaptain Timmers wajoyina iHolland America Line ngo-1984 kwaye usebenze kuzo zonke iindidi ze Inqanawa ngaphakathi kophawu, kutsha nje njengenkosi yaseKoningsdam.
UCaptain Timmers uza kuya eRotterdam kwiinyanga ezizayo zolingo lwaselwandle emva koko afudukele kwindawo yokugcina iinqanawa eFincantieri e-Itali, apho ikwakhiwa khona inqanawa, ukongamela ukugqitywa ngaphambi kokuziswa.
"Njengomnye wamagosa asebenza ixesha elide kwizithuthi zethu kunye namava amaninzi, siyavuya ukubiza uKapteni Timmers inkosi yaseRotterdam," utshilo uGus Antorcha, umongameli I-Holland America Line. "Iminyaka yakhe yolwandle kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe kunye neqela labasebenzi liza kuqhubeka nokwenza inkcubeko ekhuthaza ukugqwesa kwinkonzo kunye nothando lokuhamba."
Ukusukela oko wajoyina i-Holland America Line ngo-1984 njengo mfundi osafundayo, uKapteni Timmers usebenze erenkini ukuba abe ngukapteni, athe wakuphumelela ngo-1996. Ususela ngoko waba yinkosi ye-Eurodam, iKoningsdam, iNieuw Amsterdam, i-Ryndam, i-Zaandam ne-Zuiderdam.
“Ndiwongekile ngokunzulu njengomphathi wokuqala Rotterdam, kwaye ndijonge phambili ekukhweleni kwiimvavanyo zolwandle kwaye ndibone inqanawe idibana ngexesha lokugqibela lokwakha, ”utshilo uKapteni Timmers. "Ukusebenza kwam ixesha elide neHolland America Line igcwaliswe ngamanqanaba amaninzi amangalisayo, kwaye oku kuqeshwa kuyimbalasane."
UmDatshi ongumthonyama, uKapteni Timmers wakhulela eRoosendaal, eNetherlands. Wakhetha ikhondo lomsebenzi elwandle kunyaka wakhe wokugqibela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo emva kokuva umatiloshe exelela amabali okonwabisa ngexesha lomsebenzi. Wajoyina i-Nautical Academy e-Vlissingen, eNetherlands, kwaye emva kokugqiba i-degree kwi-nautical sciences, wafumana i-degree yesibini yobunjineli baselwandle waza wajoyina iHolland America Line njengegosa lesine.
Xa engakhwelanga enqanaweni, uCaptain Timmers uhlala nomfazi wakhe, uSherron, kunye nabantwana babo ababini eMount Dora, eFlorida.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- He joined the Nautical Academy in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and after graduating with a degree in nautical sciences, he obtained a second degree in marine engineering and rejoined Holland America Line as a fourth officer.
- “I am deeply honored to be named the first master of Rotterdam, and I look forward to getting on board for the sea trials and seeing the ship come together during the final stages of construction,”.
- UCaptain Timmers uza kuya eRotterdam kwiinyanga ezizayo zolingo lwaselwandle emva koko afudukele kwindawo yokugcina iinqanawa eFincantieri e-Itali, apho ikwakhiwa khona inqanawa, ukongamela ukugqitywa ngaphambi kokuziswa.
