Hong Kong port has made changes to their crew change rules. Now crew members can easily sign on and sign off from the Port city without restrictions. The new rules have been in force from last night, thus relieving lot of seafarers who wants to sign off or sign on. As per the rules, seafarers […]
This article deals in the safety precautions that needs to be taken while doing the lifting operations on ship. Unlike land, ship is a total different place to work with. It’s a floating body and needs a more precautions for lifting work as compared to land. Here we have discussed some of the measures that […]
I met a ship’s Master today who, along with his crew, had been on board for between 6 – 12 months. None of them had any idea of when they’d be able to travel home. They sit out there at sea, completely isolated with the only face to face interaction being from a pilot either […]
