All views and opinions expressed in this article are of author only. 1. Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Illia. I’m 24 years old, and from Odesa, Ukraine. Currently, work as 3rd Officer on container vessel. 2. How did you get into sailing? Joined the maritime college and […]
Recently I was featured on a learning platform the Encovate. It was a beautiful gesture acknowledging and felicitating educators. I was wondering if I had made any contributions to the growth stories of my students or trainees. I traveled down the memory lane over 25 of years of my corporate and academic career and many […]
This is the second part of our series that aims to train all the cadets appearing for the shipping companies interviews. The basic aim is to make you aware of the questions that are frequently asked by the various shipping companies in their interviews. In the times when, getting placement sis getting tougher, these types […]
As the news is coming, third officer onboard a chemical tanker named as ‘MV AYANE’ shot dead Chief Mate and Captian onboard the ship. Incident took place around 23:30 on 23rd October, third officer after killing both officers, called up on VHF and talked to authorities regarding what he has done and wants to surrender. […]
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 […]
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 […]
As per the recent seafarer’s happiness index issued by the mission to seafarer’s organization ‘Happy At Sea’ it clearly shows a drop in the index. This means that seafarers are less happy as compared to the last year in the same quarter. In the year 2019, last quarter happiness index was 6.39 out of 10, […]