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A Rejoinder to a Comment : A very close batch mate of mine asked if I was writing all these narratives from a diary of events or from...

At Last Marine Musings 15 – Back on MV Taronga – This Time as Chief Engineer – Tenure From 23rd July 1981 to 4th Sept 1982 – More than 13...

A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY PICKED UP FROM THE SEA The first Norwegian Captain was an old sea dog. After seeing the way I had tackled and solved...

A rejoinder : For those wishing to read any of the previous Blogs, they can click on "Marine Musings" in blue letters on the top, or...

Courtesy Crew Traffic Marine Musings 14 – MV Taronga – One More Tenure as Second Engineer. Tenure From 15th July 1980 to 3rd April 1981...

Lately, I have started getting notifications from the 'Wix' (Blogsite) Administrators that I am exceeding my limits as far as sending...

A suggestion to those of you who may want to read previous Blogs : When you receive the latest Blog on e-mail, after opening it, you will...

Marine Musings 12 Chapter 5 – ‘Fridge Problems and Trying to Keep my Cool Now that I was seen as someone who will get things done, the...

Prologue: For those of you receiving this Blog on your e-mail, one request. Only recently did I discover this method of getting my...

Courtesy istock Motomachi, Kobe, Japan The Taut Experience of Berthing at Khorramshahr in Iran. I had become reasonably adept at anything...

Courtesy generalcargoship.com Typical Refrigerated Cargo Cartons Stacking in Progress in Reefer Hold - Note the Gaps Between the Stacks...

It was a time of the perils. We were contending with machinery that were on the point of a breakdown. If anything were to breakdown now,...

Marine Musings 12 – MV Trianon Chapter 1 – Taking Over from the Norwegians and Being / Sailing with Them for 17 days. They have a...

Marine Musings 10 – I join Barber Ship Management as 2nd Engineer Chapter 1 – A Short Narrative on Barber Ship Management and Management...

Courtesy Google Maps – Distance 39 kms My next trip was from Neyveli, which was now my temporary headquarters, to Chidambaram, the most...

Courtesy Google Maps – Distance About 132 kms. Tiruchirapalli and Neyveli In Tiruchi, I remember staying at a hotel close to the railway...

It is difficult to describe the state of my mind during this period. I was yearning for something I did not know about. I was searching...

A Turbocharger Rotor before being sent for balancing I had written this more than a year ago and, now, started editing it. I pondered...

The "Chennai Sadhanai" was my last Sisco ship. As such, I carry very fond and pleasant memories of that ship, even though a life...

Second Engineer's Epaulette Marine Musings 8 Chapter 4 – An Interlude - an "Ashes" Cricket Match I am writing all incidents from memory...