INDAHNYA PENGALAMAN

Hye, bertermu kembali untuk blog kali ini.hahaa. Yaa, mungkin ini blog terakhir untuk sesi tahun 2018. Jika deberi kesempatan, bertemu kembali untuk tahun 2019, haha. So, blog kali ini just untuk menceritakan sedekit pengalaman yang tak seberapa ketika berada di atas merchant ship as a cadet onboard. Macam mana saya boleh terperangkap kat kapal, haa cerita dia cmnie.

Selepas habis ja SPM. Result semua dah keluar masa tu semua budak2 lepasan SPM sibuk memohon U yg diorang minat dan sesuai dengan minat diorang.Last2 saya terjerebak dekat ALAM.hahaha

Yaa, munkin itu dah ditakdirkan dan sebagai manusia just perlu dan harus hadapi apa jua rintangan.kah. Okeyla, 4 tahun akhirnya dah nak habis belajar dekat ALAM .December 2018  final untuk sem 6, perang terakhir sebagai student bakal ditempuh,hahha.

Berbalik kepada topik,banyak pengalaman  di atas kapal, ada yang gembira, ada yang sedih dan ada yang takde perasaan langsung hahaa, ye la,dah sebati dengan cara kehidupan kat atas kapal. Tak cukup tido itu adalah perkara biasa untuk kitaorang hadap. Hari yang paling best adalah hari ahad sebab kitaorang bole cuti tapi tak semua hari ahad cuti, kadang2 hari ahad terpaksa kerja disebabkan kapal berada di port untuk loading/discharging cargo.huhuhu.

paling sedih apabila semua crew yg sign on sama-sama tapi tinggal kita sorang ja yang x sign off.wkakkaa. Itulah lumrah kehidupan.Kadang - kadang kita kena berkoban untuk masa depan kita.betol kan.haha.teringat kembali dimana 7 bulan tak turun darat(shore leave) disebabkan naik kapal VLCC..Just tengok darat dari jauh ja.Apapun bersyukur kerna masih lagi nampak walaupan jarak yg jauh dari kapal.

Okeyla.rasanya takde apa lagi yang nak dicakapkan.Untuk kawan seperjuangan, buat yang terbaik untuk exam.Dan jangan lupa persahabatan kita.All the best for final exam sem 6 dan selamat menempuh alam perkerjaan sebagai pelaut. Here sedikit kenangan saya di atas kapal sebagai seorang kadet.

Chief Mate sign off day

gambar last day sebelum sign off utk kapal kedua

Crew sign off

MT EAGLE TORRANCE

Safety Meeting on BUNGA KASTURI LIMA

GATHERING TIME

SUNDAY FUNDAY

BACK TO ALAM AS SENIOR

MSCR COURSE

FYP DONE

SEM 6

CAVING TIME

Farewell Dinner and Caving Project Report

Farewell Dinner as organizer

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PARTICIPANT : DNS 20A AND LECTURERS

 On 15^th November 2018, we DNS 20B host the farewell party as to complete our Leadership and management project. This is also done to establish a closure among our fellow batch mates and the lecturers involved. The objective of this event is to emphasize on the value of team work among batch mates as well as to create an awe-inspiring memories.

 Our Motto is “TOGETHER WE RISE, DIVIDED WE FALL”. To accomplish this event, we did planning way ahead of time and thank god all our plans came to a fruitful ending.

 On that evening, we had a wonderful experience adding the fact that the lecturers and our batch mates were not in uniform and formal. Everyone working together as a team and a family grilling the chicken and preparing the food brings joy to our heart. We had a short speech session where it creates a special bond between the cadets and lecturers.

 We would like to give our special thanks to Madam Hanim and our batch mates for making this farewell dinner into a memorable evening.

Caving as a participant

 On 18^th November 2018, we DNS 20B participate on the event that 20A hosted. The project went smoothly and we enjoyed that event. Many of us took this opportunity to learn as a team how to maintain patience and support each other while caving.

 It took us approximately 6 hours to complete every check points while caving. It was a tiring experience but it was also hell of a worth! This experience can never be replaced or recreated by any means.

 Special thanks to Madam Hanim and 20A because they planned this wonderful event.

(for this post ) Credit to DNS 20B       :  Mathaauddin Idris (P/L)

                                                                     Nishate Francis (editor)

                                                                     And All ClassMates (pictures)

Farewell Dinner picture :

Caving picture :

Experience on board in relation to Leadership by Superiors.

Hi, and welcome to my last post in this blog. Since it is my last post here, it is only fitting that I talk about my experience on board in relation to the leadership of my superiors. I had the golden opportunity to sail on board a RoRo vessel named Pyxis Leader for a period of about 10 months. I had the chance to experience 2 different Chief Officers during my time on board.

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The first Chief Officer, in my opinion, has a strong and confident personality. He is the kind who is very willing to teach new things to us cadets (there are 2 cadets at all times on board this vessel). At the same time, he is also strict and not hesitant to scold us in case of any mistakes. He is the kind who is willing to protect his crew when interrogated by Master if and when he feels that the crew had done nothing wrong. I am also thankful to him as he entrusted me behind the wheel to steer the ship during port entry.

Me in action during drill

The 2^nd Chief Officer that I sailed with had a little soft side to him. He always succumbs to pressure that is exerted by the Master. He would “let it out”, so to speak, on crew members whenever things are not going on smoothly. He however is the kind who is willing to listen to opinions and ideas. He is also the type to teach us passionately especially to us cadets (there are 2 cadets at all times on board) especially in subjects related to navigation.

 Me and fellow cadet

Overall, having served on board with 2 different chief mates thought me a lot about prioritization, communication skills and willingness to listen to alternative ideas in difficult situations. A common parameter between them is that they are expert in situational behaviour. They know how to turn up the pressure during critical operations and at the same time laugh around during our precious and limited leisure time on board.

Me together with mess man and fellow cadet

 In a nutshell, I would say that after training under 2 different superiors, there is a lot of leadership traits that I can pick up and put in good use in the future. I hope to at least perform at their level if not better.

Thank you.

MT Bunga Angsana

I'm Nishante Francis and I sailed on MT Bunga Angsana for 6 and a half months. I have had tons of experience on this vessel be it the good or bad experience. I have experienced oil spills and mooring line parting. Those were the bad experiences.

However the good ones were me sailing to alot of countries where I had some good times. I also had good foods cooked by my chief cook. His nasi lemak was literally out of this world and I would die to eat that special nasi lemak again. 

Life was tough on a chemical vessel. It was Monday everyday and there was work non stop everytime. I had my first break up on this vessel too and it was a nightmare to get through the rest 2 months before I sign off. 

Overall this ship taught me many valuable lessons and this ship will always be my most memorable ship. Thank you Bunga Angsana for giving me the best 6 months of my life!

How to be a good Chief Mate like My Chief Mate

me and c/m seares

C/M Appoulette

me and all the squad of T.Sakura

me and my captain

Based on my experience when i was onboard,i learn a lot from my outstanding chief officer.His name is C/M Sheildon G. Seareas.According to him,the chief officer has to be a good judge to utilize human resources available for jobs at his disposal by means of communication, team spirit and maintain high levels of safety while executing them. At the same time being too authoritative or domineering while doing so places him on the negative side thereby creating a tense work atmosphere onboard.

The chief officer acts as a vital link between the operational and management staff onboard. Being an active member of the management team onboard and controlling various operations on deck, he experiences frequent role shifts. Following one liners would definitely add to value while a mate plans and executes various shipboard tasks as per my chief mate told to me :

• ·         Plan, discuss, re-plan and then act on any major jobs with management and operational staff
• ·         Clear all your doubts before they start turning up into a mistake
• ·         Check your stores well in advance before planning overhauling, exhaustive maintenance
• ·         The best technical team onboard is available in the Engine Room
• ·         Appreciate, listen to and encourage team members and subordinates
• ·         Understand and access potential and calibre of each member of your team
• ·         Always plan work rest schedule considering some extra couple of hours for any emergency
• ·         It’s always wise to have a good inventory of stores prior ordering next
• ·         Prior arrival ports it is wise to plan service, repairs or rescheduling considering facilities available, duration of port stay and port rotation and above all these Safety and Emergency preparedness is a priority
• ·         Do not hesitate from giving feedbacks or returning substandard stores
• ·         A healthy interaction with shore authorities, cargo surveyors and loading masters can save a great deal of time and efforts on both sides
• ·         Never hesitate to prevent any unsafe acts or take more time to inspect and assess risk factors associated with any job directly under your supervision

·         Different nationalities have different styles of working and culture , adapting or understanding them improves the overall efficiency of the team

Thus, before a Chief officer gets promoted to his next rank as a Master where his role becomes more of administrative and managerial, his present rank as a First Mate gives him a lot of insights and understanding into operational aspects and cultural differences, difficulties involved, decision making and its impact on shipboard staff and commercial interests .These certainly are handy when his role as a Master is much wider – more of a directional nature and a guide. The rank of chief officer can be highly decisive in laying foundation of a future Master with good leadership skills and decision making abilities.

 Tq Sir for sharing this knowledge with me.I will never forget all the knowledge that u gave to me.

SALAMAT MIRAMI PO SIR....

8 Ways To Improve Organising Skills

Organization skills are the one thing most successful sailors have in common.

Without the ability to organize your work and your resources, you could be twisting in the wind in no time. You may have been able to muddle along back in the day, but in today’s competitive environment, you need to work any advantage in your favor.

Fortunately, there are at least 8 ways to improve your organization skills without too much effort on your part.

Be proactive
Most sailors take the work one day at a time, coming in ready to take on whatever happens. However, that means you are reacting to a situation rather than preparing for it in advance. The best way to make the most of your day is to prepare for it in advance. Know what you need to do for the next day and make preparations for them before you leave for the day. This not only takes the guesswork out of your workday, it might even give you some insights or ideas of how to do the work better.

Make a list
Part of being proactive is making a list of all the things you need to do for each day. The benefits of this is of course so you don’t forget anything. An added bonus to making a list is crossing it out. It gives you not only a concrete way to keep track of the tasks you need to do, but it motivates you to keep doing it because it gives you such a sense of satisfaction and accomplishing crossing each item on your list. This is putting all your ducks in a row, and you shoot them down one by one, metaphorically speaking.

Make a schedule
At the same time you are planning the day and making your list of tasks, you should make a schedule, giving each task a prescribed time to do each one. You can ensure you meet all your deadlines, and nothing is left by the wayside.

Be an early bird
You are more likely to get more things done, and in time, if you start early. Of course, this should reflect on the work schedule you make, but getting started early also means there are other things you can do to keep you on your toes, such as daily exercise and a good breakfast. Starting early also means you avoid stress by having plenty of time to get to work and do anything else you need to do.

Establish a filing system
Most of your files are probably going to be digital, but you still need to know where everything you need is stored. Looking for lost files will take up as much of your time as looking for misplaced items. You need to make sure all your files are in its proper place. You should also have a master document of all your files, and the location of those files.

Minimize interruptions
You may think it is obvious, but you waste a lot of time dealing with interruptions to your work. This is why it is important to make a schedule. Follow the schedule and avoid distractions as much as possible. Turn off your mobile phone, close the door to your office, and avoid useless meetings.

Learn to delegate
You might think you are saving money by doing everything yourself. The fact is, you can save a considerable amount of time and effort by delegating tasks to the right people and focusing on core activities.

Organize your workplace
Whether you work alone, or you have employees, you want to arrange your work area so you can be more efficient. You can minimize the time and effort it takes to get things done. Even putting the photocopier next to where you keep your paper supplies can help save a few steps and trips that ultimately increase your productivity, and that of your employees.

Organization skills are crucial to the success of any sailors. Some sailors are naturally organized, but even if you aren’t, you can develop them. These 8 ways can help you improve your organization skills in practical and workable ways.

My experience Onboard

Assalamualaikum to all my article reader,I want to tell my experienced onboard a ship during my seaphase training onboard LPG tanker M.T MINISTAR.This ship was been built on 1968.This ship was the oldest ship that I ever meet.This ship was carrying ammonia liquid as a cargo.It was a small ship that only have 86.5m LOA.GT for this ship was only 963t.First thing that I want to tell is the experienced during sing on this ship.I was been sent to this ship by boat that been own by this vessel.This vessel has their own boat to make easy to go to shore or anywhere or taking in provision.

After sign on,I straight away meet my captain and chief officer,both of them was from myanmar n nearly 70 percent of the crew was myanmar including ab and engineer.I was being send to my cabin that very small,hahahaha.This ship doest not have any air condition as ventilation.It only used fan as a ventilation system.That make me little uncormfortable because during sailing,my room became the most hot room because my room position is only upper from engine room.The crew on this ship was only 14 person to run this small and old ship.

This vessel route is MELAKA,BINTULU,INDONESIA,MYANMAR AND PHILIPINE.The caargo was sport charter that mean this ship only run if being chartered by any company.All of the mechanism in this was to old.All are using mechanical and manual system such as crane and steering system.Their steering system does not have an auto piot system that mean u must control it by yourself alltime during making way.The crane was being manual to lifting up the boat and taking up the provision.

The crane required 4 person to be handle because all the mechanical is manual.

My experienced during manouvre was the nightmare for me bacause I was required to manouvre the ship manually while stading non stop for 4 hours.It was the bad experienced for me because it cause my leg to stretch all the time.But from this,I got the very precious moment that all my batchmate cannot get that is handling the manual ship.I feel like a king during my duty because I wan controllent the movement of the ship,that was unforgotten moment handling a big ship by my own self.I was not long on this ship because I was getting offer to other company that is more better for me.I was only 6 month in this ship.

Leadership Skill

Every person was born with a leadership inside themselves In between they are using it to right way or not.As we as diploma in nautical studies student that study to be an officer one day insyaallah we have to learn how to be a good officer and good leader in a ship.Once you become an officer,your chance to be a captain is high and being a captain is not a simple job that everyone can do.The four stripe in captain shoulder indicate the amount of responsible that every captain must sustained.Being a captain not just command a ship but being a role model to every crew onboard a ship.

A good captain will show a good example to every crew and be a good leader in every part in the ship.A captain of a ship will give an order to every officer and crew off the ship for the ship to run smoothly to dilever a cargo safely.Leadership onboard merchant vessel is totally different than on shore leader because every decision onboard that must be made by a captain is very crucial  decision because it can determined the effect that will be happened if he make a wrong decision such as collision or accident.

As a leader onboard a ship,showing a good example to a crew will make them more appreciate their leader and will follow their leader order accordingly.As my experience during my onboard training on MT ORKIM LEADER,my experience with my captain was very interesting and that was the moment that I was cannot forget.My captain name was Capt.Basyaruddin,he was from indonesia and was command for 12 years.He taught me so many thing and new thing for me that cannot be get at my institutuion.The thing that he taught me only can be get by experienced as a leader.

He was a person that very proper in everything that he is do,for example he give each officer a job and then he will recheck back again every task already be given before submit it.If he spot any mistake at the job that been given he will teach back the officer and show the proper way how to do it.I never get captain that show very good leadership in their self in proper way.

Leadership on The High Seas

Every person was born to be a leader even not to give a command to other person, we still a leader to ourself to lead and choose our own way in our life. Especially we as a students have very big responsible to complete our study and pass the examination with flying colours. In addition we studies in this our belove alma mater in Malaysian Maritime Academy which is mainly focus to become a captain onboard merchant vessel. It is very huge responsible once you become a captain to ensure and manouvre the ship to reach the destination to deliver the precious cargo which is worth million dollars safely to the charterer. A captain also responsible as the golden stripes on his shoulder to handle every single things onboard including small things happen onboard vessel. 

MT Alam Bakti

Leader as a captain onboard merchant vessel to give command to his officers or crews is very important to ensure all crews are doing their task accordingly. Leadership onboard is totally different if we want to campare to manager or supervisor on land because every decision made by the captain need to take consideration every things including cargo onboard. If the captain make a wrong decision its can give bad impact to crew onboard and can leads to death due to accidents which might be happen anytime. 

Myself during onboard

As I experienced during my 12 months seaphase onboard on product tanker vessel MT Alam Bakti, it clearly shows that the leadership of my captain really impress myself to make him as my idol to become captain of merchant ship one day. His name is Captain Nasiadka Janusz from Gdynia, Poland. Obiviously I can observe from his leadership that give very good impact to the crew and the surrounding of the ship. Firstly, He as a captain never take a matter for granted even simple things onboard. He always check the task that he give to their officer to ensure they doing the task properly and correctly. Then, he always give a due every task to their officer. This method can make officer more responsible to complete their job and make themselves to not delay their job and meet the dateline given by the captain. 

Myself during onboard

Secondly, Captain Nasiadka always has a short management meeting every weekend with top 4 onboard to discuss anythings related to their job and to rectify any problem such as machinery problem in engine room or any defect of equipments on deck before arrival at port. This meeting to ensure all the equipment in good condition before start any cargo operation to avoid any bad consequences that can be happen due to mashinery problem. 

MT Alam Bakti

After that, me as his only cadet onboard that really need knowledge to learn and someone to guide me to learn something new related to ship onboard. He always to ensure me to learned something new everyday. He will ask me anythings related to this career and guide me if I do not know how to answer his questions. He also do the same things to all crews that he always do an explaination how to do the task before delegate the task. Its shows the great leader not only give command but show us how to do. Im so grateful to have such a great captain during my first time experience onboard. 

During my cadetship onboard, he was my captain for the first 7 months. I learned a lot from him especially from his leadership that he always show to the all crew. Im really admire him as a captain to command a ship. There still a lot of things and story about his leadership. Since my final just around the corner, i will share with all of you guys for the next entry. Lastly, i want to wish best of luck to all of you. Assalamualaikum.