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Far Left: The 67 year old ship owner Dipl.-Ing. Captain Roelf Briese would not beRoelf Briese if he didn?t stick to his course, even in stormy weather. In the picturesque fishing village Ditzum, with its little red brick houses onthe westside of the river Ems, Roelf Briese was born in 1944. Very early he had only one target: to go to sea! Already at age 23, Briese earned hiscaptains license and was sailing onboard of commercial seagoing vessels. On one of those trips, during a heavy storm that lasted several days, he took the decision to ?hit the books? again to study naval architecture. Later on, The Institute of Maritime Study in Leer appointedBriese as an academic for technical ship-management, navigation and mathemat- ics for about 30 years.In 1983 he established his own ship- ping company, the Briese Schiffahrts May 2012www.marinelink.com 31Above: Captain Briese?s wheel house, direct on the Leer port waterfront with a wide view onto thewater. MR May 12 # 4 (25-33):MR Template 5/1/2012 10:05 PM Page 31