Biggest danger

Today I started the day cleaning the alleyway. Every morning the crew starts with cleaning the ship. After that I started writing and editing different stories. The crew have also started writing for the weblog, so you will soon be reading different peoples stories. It's interesting to get different perspectives of the whole picture. Everybody is working hard while we're anchored right off the biggest shipbreaking yard in the world. I can see the old ships laying on the beach waiting to be scraped. It's a very unusual sight and I hardly can believe that it's right under my nose. That's where all pollution happens.

In the afternoon Jan, our toxic expert, told us what to do on the "toxic patrols". He showed us the construction of the ships, where the real dangers are and what to touch and what not to touch. The biggest dangers are the empty oil tanks. It seems odd, but when they're empty and not cleaned very well, a lot of oxygen will be there. And it needs just a little spark for an explosion to happen. Tomorrow we'll talk about how to take samples of different toxic materials.

At the crew meeting we were told to be extra careful with the usage of water. Otherwise we'll be in shortage. So the washing machine cannot be used...