At night you see things you don’t see during the day.
It’s as if there’s one world by day and another by night,
although the activity never stops, it seems like two different ports.
The port is active 24 hours a day.
Yes.
Whether it’s Monday, Sunday, a holiday or nighttime…
24 hours a day here we are manning the decks.
Yes, each port is a world of its own.
The daily activity is the same, but every port is different.
I love being here at night.
For me, the heart of a ship is down below,
and unfortunately, you rarely see it
because it’s noisy, it smells bad or like grease, it smells of oil, you get dirty.
In the end, all that makes us avoid going deeper.
For example, I leave here at night when everything’s dark, you can hear the sea…
and for me that’s total relaxation.
And if you’re sailing and you look up at the sky … that’s really something else.
For me right now, the port is my home.
It’s… I don’t know.
Even if there’s nothing there and it’s empty, for me it still has it all.
People who aren’t used to it are impressed when they come,
Sometimes by the sheer scale of the machinery or by the…
In the end, you learn to love it.
There’s something addictive about it.
My father was a dockworker, my uncle was a dockworker…
I grew up in this world.
And my home depends on my job.
Everything within the port works a little differently to life outside.
This life takes some getting used to.
I think there are some people who couldn’t stand this lifestyle.
Looking back, I realise I left my whole family alone.
Especially during the times I was at sea 10 and a half months a year…
And that lasted nine years.
Your problems, everything, you have to leave it all at home.
When you go to sea you have to completely change your mindset.
Those who don’t know how to leave their home life at home… aren’t cut out for this.
It’s quite a unique experience, you need to gain ground against the sea…
in the fight against the sea.
In the end, the sea imposes certain conditions on the work you’re fighting to do every day.
Our work is made up of a little bit of each worker.
Yes, it’s true that when you see it, there’s something of you in there.
For me, the port is like a door or path leading to the sea,
bringing us closer.