Chapter 532

Athena, as the sailors on board said, was the first to dock at Valencia, Spain's largest port. On the pretext of going to the duty-free shop in the port, two reporters found a restaurant where they could see the whole Athena. While eating, they watched the cargo unloaded from the Athena.

Valencia here is not unloaded grain, mainly loaded with cargo containers. The grain is loaded in the cabin, and it needs equipment like conveyor belt to unload the grain from the ship. Valencia is located on the west coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Large freighters like Athena, even if they need to re export, should also be carried out at a port in Italy or Greece, the center of the Mediterranean Sea, because the cost is the lowest.

Athena stopped in Valencia for a day, then continued to sail north to Marseilles, the largest port in France. The two female journalists are naturally fascinated by France. Their US passport allows them to enter France visa free. However, they are so busy with their tasks that they have no desire to visit the city.

In Marseilles, Athena not only unloaded a lot of goods, but also a lot of goods were loaded into the Athena. But the grain on the ship is still not unloaded.

The Athena goddess stayed in Marseilles for a day and a half, then left Marseilles and sailed to Italy. After experiencing the wharf operations of the first two ports, the two reporters became more and more familiar with the work of large ocean going freighters on the wharf. They know that if they want to unload the grain from the cabin, they must rely on professional equipment on the wharf, because the grain is transported in bulk, not in containers.

This kind of professional equipment is called a grain suction machine. The grain suction machine is similar to a large vacuum cleaner. It will put a pipe into the cabin of the freighter, absorb the grain particles, and then transport them to the warehouse or other ships through the conveyor belt.

Not long after leaving France, Athena unexpectedly docked in Naples. It's not the most suitable entrepot. It's located in the west of Apennine peninsula. Even the layman knows that if you want to re export a large freighter, it's more suitable in Taranto port, Italy, where the boot is close to the heel.

However, in Naples harbor, the female reporter of the New York Times finally met the suction machine they had been looking forward to.

On the wharf of Naples, the Athena goddess, a big Mac, stops quietly on the wharf. The giant grain suction machine extends the suction port into the belly of the Athena goddess, and the donated grain from the United States leaves the ship named after the goddess.

"It's just spectacular!" On the dock, two reporters faithfully recorded the magnificent sight of the grain being unloaded with cameras, while continuing to listen to the direction behind the grain.

"So much food, what will be done next?" The female reporter, wearing a safety helmet, took time to find a safety officer on the wharf and listened quietly.

"It should be loaded on the ships of other shipping companies and transported elsewhere! We in Italy will not import so much food! " The safety officer on the dock, seeing that the other party is a beautiful young woman, is also willing to chat with the other party.

"Other shipping companies, isn't it the parent company of Athena goddess that will be responsible for the next transportation?" The female reporter is very interested in the shipping companies that continue to transport this batch of grain, because only writing about the shipping companies is obviously the following clue.

"Mediterranean Shipping ships are easy to recognize. Their freighters are named after women, such as Artemis and Hestia. If you find a freighter with such a name, it will be Mediterranean Shipping ships in all probability." Wharf safety officer to female reporters.

"Women's names are really strange. What kind of names do I think freighters call Poseidon or Hercules?" The female reporter casually said that she was thinking of an excuse, and then asked about the shipping company responsible for the subsequent journey of this batch of grain.

"What's so strange about that? The boss of mediterranean shipping is a woman! Let me tell you a secret, this woman is from the Mafia hands of this shipping company. The shipyards in Naples love this woman. Almost every year they buy new ships. The tonnage of each ship is bigger than that of the other, and they never procrastinate. Now the shipyards in Naples are almost working for Mediterranean Shipping... "The security officer continued.

"Female boss, mafia, are you kidding?" When the female reporter suddenly heard the news, she was immediately excited.

"Of course, it's not a joke. During the Mediterranean Shipping assets audit, the boss of Naples almost came. All the cargo ships of the whole Mediterranean Shipping line up and drive past the female boss one by one. The female doesn't know the origin, but I think it's more powerful than the Mafia!" The safety officer on the wharf has worked here all his life, and some of the things that happened on the wharf are his eternal talks in his life. When mediterranean shipping was audited, according to the requirements of the audit company, all ships and vehicles belonging to Mediterranean Shipping should be arranged in a row to prevent duplicate statistics. On that day, every cargo ship entering the port of Naples sounded the whistle to welcome the new owner. The safety officer planned to tell his granddaughter about this situation after retirement.

The female reporter continued to inquire about the Mediterranean Shipping News, but the security officer was just a small person, and did not know much about it. But what he said has already made the female reporters of the New York Times jubilant, including the Mafia, the boat king, and the farmers' Association in the United States, the Department of agriculture. How many big people are involved in this grain smuggling industry chain! oh by the way! The oil tankers used to attack the US base at Guantanamo Bay seem to be from the Mediterranean. At the time, the company said the ships were hijacked by armed elements while sailing on the west coast of Africa. The United States has always believed that Cubans did it because it is very close to the sea area of Angola. Angola is in a white haired civil war, and Cubans directly participate in it, so it is nothing to say that they hijacked several freighters.

"Sir, is Mediterranean Shipping responsible for transporting much food? Where will the grain be transported after unloading? " The female reporter continued.

"I don't know how much, but the Mediterranean Shipping turnover is very fast, these grains should be immediately transported by the Turkish shipping company!" The security officer replied.