It covers the journey of the East German Sea Seafarers' Training and Freightship, J. G. Fichte, from Rostock to Havana.

Many prominent actors of the GDR had been committed to this series for the main roles.

The nine episodes had different running times on television and ranged between 60 and 75 minutes, depending on the production.

In the nine episodes, the everyday life and professional situations of a shipyard of the GDR's socialist merchant fleet, from the captain to the crewmen on their ship, are portrayed on both sea and land, based on actual accounts.

The friendship with the socialist maritime states such as the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union is also covered.