0:00:02 > 0:00:04Aberdeen Harbour...
0:00:04 > 0:00:08Yes, so you can pick up to a speed of five or six knots, please.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10..a multi-million-pound business
0:00:10 > 0:00:13at the cutting edge of maritime technology...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15That bridge is on the move, Bob.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Roger, on the move, guys.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20..where everyone works together...
0:00:21 > 0:00:25I can't slap these guys, you know. I'd like to.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27HE LAUGHS
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Well, you've got to be on the ball. You've got to be alert.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32..in the most challenging conditions...
0:00:32 > 0:00:36If your feet get caught in that, it'll drag you over the side.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- BLEEP- happened there, man?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45..to keep the harbour running...
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- Oh, my God! Get off me.- Come on!- Urgh!
0:00:51 > 0:00:52THEY CHEER
0:00:52 > 0:00:56..every single day of the year.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58You're looking good on starboard side.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00No, we don't drive a submarine.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Over the course of a year, the harbour becomes shallower.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Easterly gales, and the River Dee's spates,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24deposit silt - which becomes hard and compacted.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29So every spring, it's dredged.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33UKD Marlin VTS.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36That's all clear up at the ice plant.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Peter Thomson is the ship's master.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Good to go, thank you very much. Clear to go.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52They've been dredging for over three weeks now -
0:01:52 > 0:01:54and are in the final few days.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59We've got some runs to do down the middle of the basin.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03There's a little few high spots that we need to remove.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08We're nearly pumped dry now.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Phil Kershaw is dredge master.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11So we'll shut the top doors.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14OK, Phil. I'm going to back up now.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Phil will lower a pipe to suck up the silt.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22But not until the captain tells him to.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Just listening to what Peter says.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27If he starts backing up and I haven't heard him,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30he could crunch the pipe up. Not very friendly then.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35We'll take the port pipe, Phil, please.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- OK, Phil, let's go. - Down, down, down.- Yep.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47On the bottom.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50The pipe's on the bottom.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Ready to start dredging now.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Howard Drysdale is port chaplain.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23This gangway wasn't built for the fat.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24HE LAUGHS
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And it's part of his job
0:03:26 > 0:03:29to visit the ships that come in to the harbour.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- How you doing? Enjoying the sunshine?- Yes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Almost like home.- Yeah. THEY LAUGH
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Today, however, he's here for a very special reason.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- How you doing? - I'm fine, thank you. How are you?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Very well, thanks.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- When are you sailing? - Sailing? Today.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- You're sailing today? - Yeah, I think so.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53We have a very special visitor coming to the Seafarers Centre -
0:03:53 > 0:03:57HRH Princess Royal is coming to the centre.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59And she wants to meet with real seafarers.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Can you not get your charterers to delay you?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03THEY LAUGH
0:04:03 > 0:04:06On to the next ship,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09which shouldn't be leaving until tomorrow evening.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- You're looking smart. Did you shave for me?- Yep.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14THEY LAUGH
0:04:16 > 0:04:18How's things with you?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I hear you're getting a charter tomorrow, is that right?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Yeah, we're leaving tomorrow morning at six.- This cannot happen.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24This is happening.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We have Princess Anne coming to the Seafarers Centre,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30and I was going to invite you over to meet with her.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It's a blow.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36The Princess Royal has specifically asked to meet seamen,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38and Howard's not having much luck.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I know it's a working day, and you're all busy and stuff,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45but if any of you guys can get off then,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47we'd love to see you over at the Seafarers Centre.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Any special dress code? - Come as you are.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52The last thing she wants to is to see a seafarer in a suit.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54It'll be good fun.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- We'll spread the word.- Nice to have met you. Have a good day.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Yeah, the same.- Bless you, now.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03See you later, boys.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The harbour may be efficiently run,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17but a lot of work goes on behind the scenes
0:05:17 > 0:05:19to make sure it stays that way,
0:05:19 > 0:05:24as Andy Watson and Rory Forbes know only too well.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Good morning, DCO. PHONE RINGS
0:05:26 > 0:05:30See, it's all go. Hello.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- See that, two phone calls when the telly's there. Ta-da.- Problem.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39They are DCOs - or Dock Control Officers.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Oh, not the booms. - Aye.- Boom, boom, boom.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- That's Christmas trees coming 0600 Sunday.- And the booms are on the way?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Aye.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Both pieces of equipment are connected to the oil industry.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- There's a boom. Boom, boom, boom.- I just said that.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Did you?- You just killed that joke. You actually just killed that joke.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01And that's a Christmas tree. So they're a secret.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03You don't get to see them at Christmas.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05We'd have to kill you if you saw it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08We'll see how much room we need.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It's their job to make sure the booms are moved
0:06:11 > 0:06:14so the Christmas trees can be delivered as scheduled.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18No, you're not taking your music I refuse to listen to your music.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Enya.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27No, we're not listening to Enya. I'll fall asleep when I'm driving.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- My coffee's cold. Again.- Good.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32MUSIC: "Orinoco Flow" by Enya
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I'm not listening to that music any more.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38HE LAUGHS
0:06:44 > 0:06:46You see these two booms here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50This one ideally would have been back in the same place as this,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53but unfortunately it can't come back because of this rack of pipes.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57The only problem is - getting hold of the agents to move them.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02OK, super. Thank you. Ta-ta.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Gone for lunch.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Phone his mobile. - He's going to phone back.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- It's OK, I'll phone his mobile. - You are harsh.- Aye, I know.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10You are harsh.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14He's not answering his mobile. He's avoiding us.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18When he knew we were going to phone him back, he's gone out to lunch.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Cos he's scared.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26There's just one more thing niggling Rory.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28What does a Christmas tree do?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Here we go, Google knows everything.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It is an assembly of valves,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38spools and fittings used for oil wells.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41So now we know, I will never need to ask that again.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Look, I'm no' listening to old-man music.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Look, I'm no' listening to... I'm no' listening to....
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I'm not listening to old-mannie music. You'll like this one.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Listen to this one. Listen to this. Let me play you this one.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00LOUD HIP-HIP MUSIC
0:08:00 > 0:08:02See there you go, much better music.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Ian Still and Jean Claridge are preparing to celebrate.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18So you're a professional at this decorating?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21At blowing up balloons, yes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27As one of the few sandwich shops in the harbour, they're always busy.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Some of the boat guys,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33you get a few guys off the ships when they're in docks.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36You get a lot of people like that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The good thing with a lot of the offices nearby, it's word of mouth.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We get lots of people from all over now.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49Even Val Morrison, barmaid at the Crown and Anchor, is a customer.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It's just about two minutes along the road from the pub,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54which is fine for me.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Because you nip along, and you come back within two minutes
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and you've got your dinner.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The shop's been given a face-lift -
0:09:03 > 0:09:06and they've decided to have a re-launch.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09And that's why we thought, well,
0:09:09 > 0:09:14- why don't we get somebody to cut the ribbon?- Yeah.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20The first person that came to mind was Val, our local celebrity.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- When I mentioned it to her, she jumped at the chance.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26She was delighted that we asked.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27It's an honour for me.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33I'd never have thought three, four years ago,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36that I would be going to open a shop.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Never in my lifetime.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45And they're expecting a big turn-out.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Shall it go here? That might cover a wee corner up.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51How does that look?
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Now, I think I look fine. Joan Collins, eat your heart out.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08The seagulls have been naughty again. Wee terrors.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12The joy of being at the harbour-side.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Aberdeen is legendary for its predatory seagulls.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24When we're loading the vans in the morning, they come down
0:10:24 > 0:10:28and if there's not a couple of people outside they swoop down
0:10:28 > 0:10:33- and take butteries and sandwiches... - Everything. Flying off with it.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- See if this bird- BLEEP- on my head after me being dressed...
0:10:55 > 0:10:58If the harbour becomes silted up,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00it's trickier for ships to move in and out.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08So they're restoring Albert Basin to its designer depth of 7.5m.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I'm looking now at the yellow.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15That's the end of the pipe there - that red square.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19And that's the depth at which it's dredging.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23The screen also shows how much silt they still need to remove.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30What we're trying to do is to make all these yellow squares...
0:11:30 > 0:11:36Turn them blue, which changes them from a depth of 7.2m to 7.5.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It's a bit like playing Space Invaders.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44The worst thing we can get is something in the pump.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47You lose all your flow and everything.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51The pump starts rattling about and you have to take whatever's in out.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Got a sheep last week.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59We've had bags of cats and dogs and all sorts.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09It's industrial...whang, isn't it? It's pretty bad.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10HE LAUGHS
0:12:18 > 0:12:21As well as being port chaplain, Howard is also
0:12:21 > 0:12:24superintendent of the Seafarers Centre.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I'm printing photographs out to put on a display board
0:12:29 > 0:12:31so that when Her Royal Highness comes tomorrow,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34there'll be something for her to look at.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40David Kenwright is the centre's chairman of trustees.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45We'll put it on this way around so everyone can see.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49In the interim period, we'll put it in the chaplain's room with
0:12:49 > 0:12:55the cloth over it that I've pinched from the club.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56HE LAUGHS
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Everybody can see it if it's pointing into the room.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03David will be presenting the plaque to the Princess to unveil.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07I think you're going to have to stand in front of the pool table.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10If you stand behind the lights...
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- I think the lights are a good idea, actually.- Oh, stop being modest.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17THEY LAUGH
0:13:17 > 0:13:19But otherwise...
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- In that case, that's what we'll do. - The green matches the green cloth.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I'll leave it in your capable hands. See you again at 4.30.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- I'll be fine, don't worry.- OK.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Phone. Phone.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Rory and Andy are on shift again.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- What size is your hi-vis vest? - Medium.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Let's check the size of your hi-vis vest.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Small, I think. Small to medium. Extra small.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Look at that.- XXL - that's how big his hi-vis vest is.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53It's a thick jacket.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55THEY LAUGH
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And the tie...when you wear one of these ties.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Aye, it makes your hi-vis vest pop out, doesn't it?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02HE LAUGHS
0:14:04 > 0:14:06What are you like?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13They are off to measure the length of the quay
0:14:13 > 0:14:16for the Safmarine Shaba -
0:14:16 > 0:14:18the fourth longest ship to berth at the harbour.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21That way everything is perfectly positioned for
0:14:21 > 0:14:23when the vessel comes in.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It can come in, start straightaway, there's no hold-ups, and
0:14:25 > 0:14:28she can have a fast turn round and go away,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30which keeps everybody happy.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Apparently.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37We've got two measurements we need to worry about.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Steel to steel, which is the length of the vessel.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Then we've got the measurement for ropes as well.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Space in the harbour is at a premium.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Every metre counts, especially on this berth.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58When you have a few boats coming, you need to know where that
0:14:58 > 0:15:00boat's coming to leave room for your next boat.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Stern.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07That cone is the stern of the ship.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12162m. That's how far I walked.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I know I need exercise but this is getting a bit much.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- Wearing out shoe leather. - Part of his diet.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19We'll buy you a new pair.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31There's an air of anticipation at the sandwich shop.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Is that Val coming?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36No riff-raff, please.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40You're already famous for lap dancing.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45And it's time for the celebrations to begin.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48There's a nice wee crowd there.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And it's with my great pleasure that
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I officially open Doorsteps.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:55 > 0:15:57You might get...
0:15:57 > 0:15:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:59 > 0:16:01You're looking superb, Val.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Here's your scissors back. I'll cut your hair.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06There's not very much left.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12This is our new menu, Val.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Derek's got a wee surprise to tell you about on the menu there.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17- Can you see it?- I see it.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Harbour Queen, AKA Val.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22That's lovely!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It's the sandwich Val most often orders.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26That's excellent.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I've never had a sandwich called after me.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30I just think it's ace.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34The Cheeky Swine, that's a good one. And a panini.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Thank you very much.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40They aren't charging for sandwiches today.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Chicken sweetcorn baguette.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46But hope people donate to Bosies, a local breast cancer charity.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49- Mind you put a donation in that box, you little- BLEEP.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55About 200 people turn up to see Val in action.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01You've got to have a bit of my sandwich.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I'm not taking no for an answer. That's the Harbour Queen, me.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Come on, you. Try this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- It's the new one they've got on their menu.- Thank you.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Here's a tenner, but I need a kiss.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16- Eh? You just do that...- Come on!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Urgh!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20If he was somebody younger, I'd be fine.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23This just makes you feel you're in the same league
0:17:23 > 0:17:25as Madonna and all that.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28The Harbour Queen for me.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Unlike Madonna, though, Val has a day job.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34See you later, my darlings. I need to go.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36APPLAUSE
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Thank you, my darlings.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Thank you, Val.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:44 > 0:17:47But the seagulls strike again...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50My sandwich fell out.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I can't believe it fell out the package.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Even the seagulls like the Harbour Queen sandwich.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Tell them I need another sandwich!
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The Safmarine Shaba is a cargo ship
0:18:19 > 0:18:24which regularly makes the six-week round trip to the burgeoning
0:18:24 > 0:18:25oil industry in West Africa.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Busy morning. We haven't done a lot, just been busy.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37It's the first time that pilot Jeff Gaskin has brought her in.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43It's just unusual for this size of ship in this port.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48So we just have to be a bit more attentive when we are doing the job.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49We don't have the space,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and we need the tugs to turn bigger vessels.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57They're too heavy for the engines in confined waters, so the tugs give
0:18:57 > 0:18:59us that ability to manoeuvre them.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04It will take the pilots, the tugs, VTS and the boatmen -
0:19:04 > 0:19:07all working together - to bring her in safely.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13If it all goes well, it's good.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14If it doesn't go well...
0:19:14 > 0:19:17They won't ask me to do it again. That's fine.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34It takes around 40 minutes to fill the dredger.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Backing up now.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Finished dredging so bringing the pipe up now.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46That's it. He's filled the hopper, now, to its maximum.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51It will now be taken away and emptied.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Aberdeen VTS UKD Marlin, we're completed in Albert Basin
0:19:56 > 0:19:57and ready for it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:10I can increase to full-speed now, and then I watch for the dolphins.
0:20:34 > 0:20:3730 minutes later, they reach the dumpsite -
0:20:37 > 0:20:402.5 miles southeast of the harbour entrance.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47We're just going to deposit it in a minute.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48That's the deposit there.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Once he gets into there, he tells me to drop the doors
0:20:51 > 0:20:52and we drop the doors.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58There are ten doors in the bottom of the ship.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Are you ready?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05There we go.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08The doors are down now.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Emptying the dredger takes just seconds.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Give it a splash out, get rid of a bit of the muck.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And put some North Sea water in as ballast.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Ballast gives the ship more weight in the water,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34making it easier to manoeuvre.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37That's your doors up.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50Over 25 days, the dredger will make this journey just under 200 times.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Aberdeen VTS UKD Marlin - just half a mile from the breakwater.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00'Where's your next stop?'
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Back into Albert Basin.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08We'll go and see if we can clean the rest of it up this time.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25By early afternoon, the Seafarers Centre is filling up...
0:22:28 > 0:22:31..with supporters of the centre,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33and, of course, the odd seaman.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39There are none from any of the ships Howard visited earlier,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42but right at the moment, he has other things on his mind.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48I'd like to say, there are certain protocols you have to follow.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51As much as I'd like to do my usual, and give Princess Anne a hug,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55I'll probably refrain from doing so, and I suggest you do likewise.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08The Princess Royal is in the city to visit an exhibition
0:23:08 > 0:23:11and conference for the oil and gas industry.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16And she arrives even earlier than anticipated.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22She is president of the Mission to Seafarers
0:23:23 > 0:23:27and has always taken a keen interest in their welfare.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Your Royal Highness, thank you for visiting the centre
0:23:34 > 0:23:39and meeting so many of the people who've helped make
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Howard's dream a reality.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43It's a pleasure.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47I'm delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Seafarers Centre.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Aberdeen has become busier than it ever has been in some ways,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54but the type of shipping has changed.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57And the way that seafarers' lives are affected has changed.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00So these centres make a real difference to their lives -
0:24:00 > 0:24:02but to the lives of their families too,
0:24:02 > 0:24:07because you allow them to have reasonable levels of communication,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11which is so important to them. Well done. Thank you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15APPLAUSE
0:24:18 > 0:24:19That was amazing.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22She engaged with everybody. I'm so pleased.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Very successful visit.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27My only disappointment of the whole day was that
0:24:27 > 0:24:31none of the Filipinos could make it. All busy, crew change, sailing.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Operational needs come first.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Safmarine Shaba. Aberdeen pilots, good morning.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Yes, sir, you can pick up to a speed of between five
0:24:55 > 0:24:56and six knots, please.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Right, we'll see how it goes.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Two pilots.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Next one.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18How are we doing?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21One more pilot.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Here he comes.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26OK.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's a challenge to turn in the basin.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Especially when the wind makes her even trickier to manoeuvre.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57This is massive.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00One of the biggest ones we've had in for a long time.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19OK, let's go back in the car. Taking your life jacket off already.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I could fit in that three times.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24# Come on, Barbie, let's go party... #
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Val's revelling in her new-found celebrity status.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38That Angelina Jolie doesn't have a sandwich named after her.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Nor does Cher.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43She doesn't realise she's about to have a few unexpected customers.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49- 'Let's go and see Val for a quick one, shall we?- Aye, a drink!
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Here we go. Here they are.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Come on.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- That's for you, Val. - And your flowers.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58VAL LAUGHS
0:26:58 > 0:27:00We've counted the money.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06And thanks to your great effort, we've raised £250.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Ah, spot on!
0:27:07 > 0:27:11All the money is going to breast cancer charity Bosies.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14You've put in an awful lot of effort today, so me
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and Derek would like to double that,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20so here's another cheque for £250, to give you £500 for today.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23No way.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25APPLAUSE
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- Honestly?- Honestly. - They'll be so delighted.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35It'll do a lot for them. It'll really do a lot for them.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37That's good.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Thanks, Val.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Thank you very much. - You're more than welcome.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Thank you both very much. - Nae worries.- Well done.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Thanks again. That was brilliant.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- VAL:- Hello, my darlings!
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Wait a minute while I give my men a cuddle.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01JONATHAN: This is one of the best lobsters and colours I've ever seen.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Look at that. Pot of gold! That's what we want.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10- ALAN:- Beautiful. This is the day you're glad you're a boatman.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12NORMAN: I'm just making it look easy.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- ALAN:- Never worked so hard in all my life.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18ALI: Stolt Redshank.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Good morning, sir, we are heading out towards you now.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Boarding speed - five to six knots.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27DAVE: Normand Carrier VTS.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31When boatmen pitch up you can let go. Call me when all done.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Thanks for waiting, traffic clearance to sail.
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