The pandemic covid 19 has turned the world into possibilities of the ‘New Normal’ that has found its way into the new age vocabulary. The seafarers are the most impacted as they have been working round the clock keeping the supply chain robust. Everyone thought of expressing gratitude to the essential service providers but somewhere […]
Life At Sea
80,000 Filipino Seafarers Are Stuck On Ship with Expired Contracts
As per the new figures coming from shipping world, around 80,000+ Filipino seafarers are stuck on ships waiting for the repatriation to take place. Though those on cruise lines managed to come back to the home country when ships started calling home ports to disembark the crew, but still lot of them are stuck. When […]
ESM Does Crew Change at Singapore With maiden Chartered Flight
A Happy day for lot of seafarers today. Executive Ship Management flew a chartered direct flight from Mumbai to Singapore for carrying out crew change. This was the maiden chartered arrangement for the company. Indigo Flight took off 8:30 in the morning from Mumbai international Airport to shipping hub port in the South Asia. As […]
Sign Off Procedure Gibraltar (UK) to India: By A Sailor
“Sailors life is completely an adventurous one. They face cramped, stark, noisy, and dangerous weather conditions at sea”. I joined ship on 6th Nov 2019 on a 3 months contract. My sign off was due on 6th February. But due to long voyage my sign off was not possible. Then a possibility of sign off […]
The Sea, A Sailor And Me: My Story
Imagine meeting the love of your life all from an Instagram post that by chance appeared on your suggested feed. It may seem unimaginable, but believe me it can happen as that is exactly what happened to me. My relationship all began thanks to cricket, in fact a Mumbai Indians match. The photo which appeared […]
13 Crew Members Rescued From Grounded Ship Off the Indian Coast
Vessel MT Basra Star, Ran Aground Off the Indian Coast Near Ratnagiri Coast in which 13 crew members were stranded onboard. Out of these 10 are Indian and rest three are Philippines, Sri Lankan and Philippines each. All the crew members have been safely evacuated from the (Oil Tanker as seen in the picture). While […]