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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...

Flashback In the previous Blog (36), I had narrated a severe explosion that we had, originating in the Fore Peak Store, followed by...

Marine Musings 8 – On Board the "Chennai Sadhanai" as 2nd Engineer Chapter 1 – I join the Chennai Sadhanai in Kashima. Tenure from 24th...

Marine Musings 7 – Chennai Muyarchi From 7th June 1974 to 18th Oct 1974 CHENNAI MUYARCHI - IMO 7235848 Vessel type: Bulk Carrier Gross...

Sometimes, you have no choice but to sail with greedy people. Sometimes, you have no choice but to sail with people with inflated egos,...

Certified Third Engineer's Epaulettes - These are to be worn with Uniform Shirts Having Flaps on the Shoulder. Note the Violet (or is it...

"You can take me out of the Ship and Sea, but you won't be able to take the Ship and Sea out of me" Sorry - the above may sound crass,...

My last chapter of "Marine Musings 4" My Farewell to the Chennai Perumai (although I did a 21 day stint later, when she was coasting...

MARINE MUSINGS 4 Except for the human element part, I suspect that the contents of this Blog will put my non-seafaring readers 'at sea'....

Chapter 15 – Departure Routines on Board – What we do on Board when we sail out of a port. Routine voyages followed after our departure...