HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR YOUR FIRST SHIP Keep these things in mind before boarding your first ship and you will (most probably) be mindful and ready: 1. Effective communication Onboard, communication is important, but more important is effective communication. Hundreds of shipboard accidents take place due to this basic reason-ineffective communication. This purpose
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Types of Lifeboat Launching Procedure We will see all lifeboat launching procedure step by step. Gravity davit lifeboat is lowered by davit arms and free fall lifeboat can be lowered either by free fall or davit arms. Gravity Davit Lifeboat Launching Procedure Make fast the painter on the ship’s bollards. Remove the battery charger connection.
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Deck Cadet Life Deck Cadet is an apprentice onboard ship. After successful completion of their pre-sea course they have to go through a 18 or 12 months onboard training, which is usually divided into 3 or 2 phases (approx 6 months each). Let’s have a look on how a Deck Cadet Life is… Schedule Scenario
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We all face challenges, but how many of us don’t give up and use those challenges to our advantage? Let’s talk about women in merchant navy and obviously their uphill battles and oblations. Captain Radhika Menon has always been my biggest inspiration. She’s a intrepid, powerful women who’s also the first female Merchant Captain of
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Today as I sit by my accommodation window, I cannot believe I’m actually here. Everything still feels fresh and new like the first time, nothing has changed. The vast blue ocean, clear skies, crew in their uniforms and of course me…the water baby ( as I call myself) sitting at the window still fascinated by
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