As the world dips itself in the celebrations of seafarer’s day or Day of the seafarers, thousand of mariners all over the globe are running ships to catch up with commercial schedule. I have not seen anything special on this day on ships, may be an extra cake or so. That is what life is […]
Life At Sea
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 […]
Why I Choose Sailing as Profession Being a Girl
So, this is one of the frequently asked questions and I feel fortunate enough to answer them. There are many definitions that explain the notion of emotion. But as long as I remember, I’d always dreamed to work out of the box, which is not very conventional. People might think that it’s “too classic” to […]
Seafarers are being Denied Medical Assistance in Ports
International Chamber of Shipping has released in its news that several reports have come from world wide of crew members are being denied medical assistance at various ports (NOT Covid-19 Cases). The reasons for sure are because of covid-19 restrictions that are placed all around the globe. But that should not be the case of […]