Abhiram Oak is a Merchant Navy officer and currently sailing. Due to travel restrictions imposed by the lockdown he was unable to sign off on time, and thus is stuck on ship since then. Originally planned to get off the ship in month of March, so that he can be at home during the times […]
Crossing the Line or Equator Crossing ceremony (Baptism ceremony) commemorates a seafarer’s first crossing of the Equator and it is a very important event in any seamen’s career, regardless the type of vessel he/she is working on.Seafarers – especially when they are far from their homes and families -are full of superstitions and the need to […]
Shipping is the drive-engine of any economy. “If shipping stops 90% of the world will be frozen and rest would starve to death.” One can only try and understand the gigantic efforts that the seafarers put to facilitate world trade. The COVID 19 pandemic brings unprecedented effects. As the economies suffer, shipping too is now […]
