This page is dedicated to Captain Mike Lee (1927 - 1992) who was First Mate of the LOTORIUM when I was on her as a deck apprentice in 1956/57.

m/v LOTORIUM Flagship Eastern Fleet

PLADJU is one of those places where,  if you worked for Shell Tankers, you knew about - for the uninitiated it was to be found after 24 hours steaming (overnight anchorage half way) through the Sumatran jungle on a pirate infested river until the refinery was reached just down river from Palambang