Ž. The novice spent 36 years of his life on the captain’s bridge alone, and in total sailed the seas for 50 years with more than 14 ships.
This captain can be safely called a patriot of the Lithuanian fishing fleet, who very impressively immortalized its history in his books. In 2016, he was awarded a letter of thanks from the then prime minister, Algirdas Butkevičius, for his dedication and loyalty to the seafaring profession.
Ž. The newcomer really wanted to preserve for future generations the way Lithuanian fishermen lived and worked in that era. Together with the journalist Adele Žičkuviene, he wrote two books in which, like Savelijus Golubev’s photographs, the real life of fishermen is reflected. This is the best story of the failed Lithuanian ocean fishing fleet.
in 2013 their book “Letters from the Sea” was published, which contains authentic letters of a sea captain, written for 30 years from various fishing areas to his wife and daughters. The captain wrote more than 800 letters while working at sea, and only saved 460. In 2016 the sequel, the second book of this duo, Bridges of Longing, is letters from the shore to the sea.
Ž. The newcomer was born on January 29, 1938. in Taurage. In the 1960s, he graduated from the Klaipėda Maritime School (now the Lithuanian Higher Maritime School). Working at the Oceanic Fishing Fleet Base since 1961, in 1969 he became a captain of all types of vessels.
In 1970-1981, he worked in the Lithuanian Production Fish Industry Association as the head of the Production Information Department. engineer, in 1981-1992 at the base of the Oceanic fishing fleet (since 1989, the Lithuanian state fishing fleet company “Jūra”), in 1992-1993 he became the head of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean fishing sub-region of “Jūras”, in 1993-1996 Chief of the Safe Navigation Service (chief captain of the fleet).
When “Jūra” went bankrupt, in 1996-1997 worked as the chief naval specialist of the Association of Lithuanian Fishing and Fish Processing Companies, 1997-1998. Captain of UAB “Lanksva” ship “Raseiniai”, 1999-2002. Assistant captain of the Klaipėda State Seaport Directorate’s rescue ship Šakiai.
In 1968, he won the title of the best shipmaster, in 1979 he was awarded the medal of the Ministry of Fish Industry of the USSR for very good work, in 1984 – the medal for 10 years of safe sailing.
Almost a book could be written about every stage of the captain’s work. Especially since he was a very good storyteller, who did not lack a subtle sense of humor. For the media, this man was a real treasure. Sometimes, when he told about how “living” ships were cut up, written off for scrap metal, when the captains cried, he got upset himself.
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