Great leaders create great crew create great moments.

A great leader makes a great vessel. During my days onboard I had a very great experience encountering great leaders which is both my chief mate and my captain. My first 3 month was one of the crucial and great experience I have ever encounter because of my C/O. As a cadet , I am impressed with good leadership he had shown to me and as a cadet it was a great honour serving him.

This is my 2nd "Janda/Widow" 

There is this situation which happens in Sri Racha Terminal in Thailand where our No5 Stbd Cargo Pump gasket burst , causing leakage of Diesel Oil on deck. This is only realised by the duty AB as he was doing his rounds. Oil Spill onboard a vessel is a very serious case which might cause a ship to be detained in a port and officers to be held responsible .Right after that the AB quickly infrom my C/O which present in the CCR. My C/O quickly take charge of the situation by stopping the cargo pump and ask all crew to wakie wakie to clean the spillage and fix the broken gasket. Instead of just delegate the changing of the gasket to the boatswain and the crew he , himself help to change the broken gasket with all the crew and clean the oil spillage on deck. We manage to kept the oil spill onboard without any leakage to sea with the scupper plugs. There's no traces of oil seen on the surface of the water that day at all. This shows that officer not only must be able to give orders but he must also shows a good example to the crew on how to handle a crucial and emergency situation onboard. 

A picture of me and my C/O going for a shore leave :D

Another story I would like to share with you guys is my Sarawakian Capt . He has been one of the best captain I've sailed with. Not only because of his attitude but also his skills in solving many sorts of problems encountered onboard. He is a former MISC Chief mate before decided to resigned and join this company. He is very strict when it comes to work. Everything must be in good order and smooth including cargo operation ,  deck maintainance , food , crews welfare but when it comes to relax time , he drops his captain tittle to mix with the crews and get to know the crew well. He's friendly type captain whom hangs out with all crew. He often do weekly checks upon his vessel and crews. He double check every work performed by his C/O and doesn't simply put every cargo jobs upon C/O hands. He regularly confronts engine room department to discuss regarding engine room problems with the engine crew. This is one of the good examples which might come usefull for me in the future for not only considers on deck department but as well as the engine side as I'm not only incharge of the deck but also incharge of the engine department as well. All the crew were pleasant with his attitude , skills and experience he had shown making the ship a home-like experience. 

My captain during our bbq

Last but not least , I would like to share upon all the crews onboard my ship which makes me feel welcomed and ease onboard. This was the 2nd time I celebrated Hari Raya here and I have never feel sad during that particular celebration because of all the crew. My AB and boatswain shares with me every knowledge and experience they had and because of that I'm gratefull to be one of the crew.