This is 3rd Deck Officer Junior Cristito M. Acosta of Teekay Shipping, onboard Jiaolong Spirit. Their vessel is from Texas underway to South Africa and it was already been delayed because he was reported missing since evening of April 23, 2020. Below is the information that is given by his family At around 6:00pm-6:45pm, his […]
Boiler gauge glass needs to be blow down, regularly, to make sure that it is showing the correct reading and there is no blockage in the line of water and steam. This is also to check that, water and steam cocks are not leaking. This is a physical mean of showing the correct level of water in the boiler. […]
I came across a diary maintained by a mariner that spoke about the hardships and the agony the seafarer goes through being away from home for long periods of time. He had everything written from his point of view, somewhere I felt that this officer didn’t understand that his wife faced the same and much […]
