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.