Last updated Nov 24, 2023 | Career Guide, Experiences, Seaman's Life
If you stay long enough in your seafaring profession, you begin to see and experience crazy and unexpected things. This happened to me after being promoted on a tanker vessel. But who doesn’t like one? Besides, a higher rank means a bigger salary, right? Well, if you...
Last updated Nov 24, 2023 | How-to Guide, Recreation, Seaman's Life
Fantastic shore leave doesn’t just happen. You plan for it and make it happen. Aside from earning dollars, mobility a.k.a shore leave is the next perk a seafarer has. We are given opportunities to taste a bit of every port whether we stay there for...
Last updated Nov 24, 2023 | Recreation, Seaman's Life
When you go ashore, you travel from water to dry land. This is always what seafarers do when they are in port as most of their time is spent at sea. But not all seamen go ashore. Not all seafarers are convinced of the benefits shore leave has on our physiology and...
