IHolland America Line ibize uWerner Timmers, ukaputeni oneminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-40 ehamba ngomkhumbi, ukuba athathe izintambo kuRotterdam lapho umkhumbi uqala ukusebenza ngoJulayi 2021. UCaptain Timmers wajoyina iHolland America Line ngo-1984 futhi usesebenze kuwo wonke amakilasi thumela ngaphakathi komkhiqizo, muva nje njengenkosi yaseKoningsdam.
UCaptain Timmers uzobhekisa amabombo eRotterdam ezinyangeni ezizayo zokulingwa kwasolwandle bese edlulela esikhumulweni semikhumbi iFincantieri e-Italy, lapho kwakhiwa khona lo mkhumbi, ukwengamela umsebenzi wokuqeda ngaphambi kokulethwa.
"Njengesinye seziphathimandla esihlale isikhathi eside emikhunjini yethu esinolwazi oluningi, siyajabula ukuqamba uCaptain Timmers oyinhloko yeRotterdam," kusho uGus Antorcha, umongameli IHolland America Line. "Iminyaka yakhe yokusebenza olwandle nokwamukela izivakashi kanye nabasebenzi bayo kuzoqhubeka nokwakha usiko olugqugquzela ukwenza kahle emsebenzini kanye nentshisekelo yokuhamba."
Selokhu aqala ukujoyina iHolland America Line ngo-1984 njengomfundi, uKaputeni Timmers usebenze eqenjini waze waba ngukaputeni, okuyinto ayithola ngo-1996. Kusukela lapho ube ngumphathi we-Eurodam, iKoningsdam, iNieuw Amsterdam, iRyndam, iZaandam neZuiderdam.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukuqokwa njengomphathi wokuqala we Rotterdam, futhi ngilangazelele ukungena esikebheni esivivinyweni solwandle nokubona umkhumbi uhlangana phakathi nezigaba zokugcina zokwakhiwa, ”kusho uCaptain Timmers. "Ukusebenza kwami isikhathi eside neHolland America Line kugcwaliswe ngezimangaliso eziningi, futhi lokhu kuqokwa kuyisici esivelele."
Umuntu waseDutch ongowokuzalwa, uCaptain Timmers wakhulela eRoosendaal, eNetherlands. Wakhetha umsebenzi wasolwandle ngonyaka wakhe wokugcina esikoleni esiphakeme ngemuva kokuzwa umuntu wasolwandle ekhuluma izindaba zokuzijabulisa phakathi nosuku lomsebenzi. Ujoyine i-Nautical Academy eVlissingen, eNetherlands, kwathi ngemuva kokuphothula iziqu ze-nautical sciences, wathola iziqu zesibili kwezobunjiniyela basolwandle waphinde wajoyina iHolland America Line njengesikhulu sesine.
Lapho engekho emkhunjini, uCaptain Timmers uhlala nomkakhe, uSherron, nezingane zabo ezimbili eMount Dora, eFlorida.
