My Ship Life
- WHAT IS A SEAFARER?
✍️...Sailor Bhoma Ram
THE INDIAN SAILOR
👮भारतीय नाविक 👷
⚓ I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH SAILORS ⚓
My Life is α Seα & My Home is α Ship
IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PROBLEM WITH MERCHANT NAVY, THEN YOU CAN MESSAGE DIRECTLY FROM ME ON WHATSAPP, I CAN HELP ALL OF YOU SEAFARERS AT ALL TIMES, I AM READY TO HELP YOU FROM PLACEMENT TO DOCUMENTS.👉NO SERVICE CHARGE👈 I WILL ALWAYS WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH INDIAN SAILORS.👮,👷
YOU OWN SKILLS AT SEA, COMPETENCY AT WORK PLACE AND GET BEST FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR LIFE ON MERCHANT SHIPS.
MERCHANT NAVY IS GREAT CAREER. YOU HONE SKILLS AT SEA 🌊 , COMPETENCY AT WORK PLACE AND GET BEST FRIENDS FOR ALL YOUR LIFE. SWEAT💦 SMILE😊 & DOLLARS 💵 : ALL AT ONE PLACE. ON MERCHANT SHIPS🚢
A SAILOR IS A PERSON WHO WORKS ABOARD A WATERCRAFT AS PART OF ITS CREW, AND MAY WORK IN ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIELDS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SHIP.💥 🌊💦
SAILOR HOLD A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS AND RANKS, EACH OF WHICH CARRIES UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH ARE INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF AN OCEAN-GOING VESSEL. A SHIP'S CREW CAN GENERALLY BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES: THE DECK DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE STEWARD'S DEPARTMENT, AND OTHERS.💫
THE PROFESSION OF THE SAILOR IS OLD, AND THE TERM SAILOR HAS ITS ETYMOLOGICAL ROOTS IN A TIME WHEN SAILING SHIPS WERE THE MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORT AT SEA, BUT IT NOW REFERS TO THE PERSONNEL OF ALL WATERCRAFT REGARDLESS OF THE MODE OF TRANSPORT, AND ENCOMPASSES PEOPLE WHO OPERATE SHIPS PROFESSIONALLY OR RECREATIONALLY, BE IT FOR A MILITARY NAVY OR CIVILIAN MERCHANT NAVY. IN A NAVY, THERE MAY BE FURTHER DISTINCTIONS: SAILOR MAY REFER TO ANY MEMBER OF THE NAVY EVEN IF THEY ARE BASED ON LAND; WHILE SEAMAN MAY REFER TO A SPECIFIC ENLISTED RANK.
⚓I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH INDIAN SAILORS ⚓
JUST AS INDIAN NAVY PROTECTS INDIA,INDIAN MERCHANTS NAVY SERVE INDIA🇮🇳☣️🔆✅
✍️.... seafarers are nearly invisible to the societies they serve.” Sailor Bhoma Ram
“I had heard a lot about Odfjell from my fellow students through the years at school, and when I saw that the company was hiring cadets I reached out to Sigurd to learn more. He spoke very warmly about the company, about countries he had seen, new cultures and exciting work tasks - exciting cargo. It sounded very appealing, so I decided to apply”
“Invisible,” is the perfect word for it. Consider the goods in your very own home. How did they get to your hands? Who was integral to bringing them there? What shoes are you wearing?—They probably made their way to your local outlet store by way of a cargo ship. How did you get to the grocery store today? With petrol, gas?—A tanker probably brought it here. Your cereal you ate for breakfast? That grain was probably shipped aboard a dry-bulk carrier.
The seafaring community is integral to the global economy, yet how often do you think of who drives these ships and makes international trade possible? These are your seafarers. .
If you’re sailing for leisure on a cruise ship, do you think about the crew who made your bed once you’ve disembarked? They’ve likely been cleaning cabins, making drinks, and servicing the ship for 11 months or more. This isn’t their two-week vacation, it’s their life. Working on a cruise ship isn’t a fun summer job helping them travel the world (as it often is for dancers, entertainers, musicians, and the like). Seafarers are living at sea for decades in order to support their families back home.
Cruise ship sunset selfie before the nightly entertainment (and my workday) begins.
Looking for a challenging career that can take you around the world and give you a unique expertise? One thing is guaranteed: As a seafarer, no day is ever the same.
“I wanted varied work. I have always been a bit restless, always wanted something other than a 4 job where I must sit in the same place every day. I also like to travel, visit new places and challenge myself in many ways,” Andreas Arnesen, cadet in Odfjell, said.
A Seaman's Life.....
A Seaman's life is a hard and sometimes lonely life, without family and far from friends. A long way from home doing your job to earn money so you can support your family. Not in every port you'll find a phonebooth to call your relatives, wife and children but fortunately nowadays there are mobile phones! However, if you're out of simcard-credit it's hard to get an up-grade because most ships stay ashore for just a few hours, so no way you can go shopping. It's a tough life and not without danger; all seamen need to have good education and they need to have a lot of knowledge about their ship before they can come onboard. Don't even think they are just sailing a ship, maintenance is also a big part of being a seaman. Most seamen I speak stay 11 or 12 months on one vessel, depending their contract. Some stay just 2 and in extreme cases even 18 months. It is a tough life but also social job. In my opinion they sacrifice themselfs to support their families who are a long way from where they work.
“As a trainee, I was pretty excited and nervous. Suddenly I was going to travel to South China and live on a boat. I was the youngest on board and completely new at this,” he said. “Everything was new but exciting. In the beginning, there was a lot to come to terms with, but after a while I started understanding why we have to do what we do the way we do it, and what I have to do in my position. The best part of the job is that you are never done, there is always something new to learn and understand. The more I learn and master, the more fun it gets”.
He advises seafarers to start off as a trainee as this is an excellent opportunity to find out at an early stage if it is the right career choice.
“When you’re a trainee you’re very young, so it’s easy to change paths if you find out that a life at sea isn’t for you,” Pedersen said. “And it’s also great if you decide that it is the right path, because then you already have some practical experience that helps make the education and the cadet experience easier.”
Teamwork😀
The life of a seafarer is not for everyone, but for these two 18-year-olds it is a perfect fit, and they both feel they have the requisite qualities.
I usually spend my time day dreaming. I dream of the days that we had together.
I dream of the days we will be together again. I dream of the time when we will be both happy and enjoying each other's company, enjoying the bliss of life. I dream of our life together, forever. Everyday I wait for him. I wait for his call. I stop looking at the calendar. It adds agony in my misery to see that it will still be weeks and months before I see him and be in his arms again. I love him. I love him so much
The Ugly Side of Life on Ship – True Story Let’s face it! Working on ship is not only tough physically but mentally as well. Dealing continuously with conflicting opinions, racing nerves, and altering egos, a mariner fortunately or unfortunately falls prey to a system, wherein molding according to a situation becomes imperative. Unlike in other fields, professional politics on ship can sometimes take a form too ugly to fathom.
Sailor Bhoma Ram AB working with A Duy Trang shipping company, narrates an incident which changed his point of view not only on certain aspects of the shipping world but also on the complexity of life we live.
Being a seaman was not top on my list of “Things I Want To Be When I Grow Up.” And even still, after having lived at sea for nearly three years:
I don’t know how to tie a nautical knot.
I can never remember which is Starboard and Port.
And despite my best efforts, I still giggle every time I’m asked to present my “Seaman’s Discharge Book”…(c’mon, you laughed)
I am a Indian sailor .
“Indian sailor” is not a word of my choosing. It’s how you’re referred to when you fly, and when you sign-on to a cargo ship vessel for 6-8 months at a time.
If you’re thinking I don’t look like a sailor, you’re got a keen eye (or not, because look at me).
Though my job requires wearing sequins, feathers, and false eyelashes, I am also a seaman (YouTuber - Sailor Bhoma Ram).
The mental and physical struggles of living onboard are real. Through my exposure to the jobs of other Cargo ship crew*, I discoveredfirst-handd a lifestyle that deserves respect and honor.
A SEAMAN’S JOB IS NOT JUST HIS JOB, IT’S LIFE. IT’S SHIP LIFE.
On my recent visit to Fort Seafarer’s Vietnam of Port Everglades. I chose this tour, wanting to dive back into the maritime community because, whether I feel like one or not, I am a seafarer. This community is my community. It’s a global fraternity I’ll always be a part of.
Ex-crew members are probably all around you, throughout society like silent veterans united by the rumble of the thrusters and the blare of the drill alarm. The struggles of ship life are shared by all who’ve spent nights listening to the waves lap up against steel walls. Who I am today is a direct result of my 44 months lived at sea and the sobering emotions I felt, like:
The sadness of being so far from home and family.
The isolation of living detached from the life on land.
The fear of a rough night at sea spent sleepless amid pitching and rolling.
The tension that mounts among roommates, and the confinements of your cabin becoming unbearable. True cabin fever.
The loneliness felt as your stare out into an ocean with no visible end or beginning.
The gravity in realizing your true size, bobbing atop a world covered in blue.
WHAT IS A SEAFARER’S HOUSE?
Seafarer’s Houses exist internationally, to provide solace and refuge to those trying to live a healthy life at sea.
Consider what this might mean…
Seafarers are typically away from homes for months, with no option to fly home for a quick visit. The sailors and officers on cargo or carrier ships are a small team making long oceanic crossings that take weeks. Cruise ship crew are notorious for bunking in cabins most would consider walk-in closets. WiFi is not the high-speed stuff of Starbucks coffee shops. The list of conditions that make life at sea difficult goes on…and on…And the mental strife that arises from such conditions is nothing to scoff at.
Marino, Fort Lauderdale’s Seafarer’s House in Port Everglades.
With an on-call chaplain and a host of services to help mariner’s feel at home (multi-faith ministry, free wifi, wire money transfer, transit to town, books, electronics, gifts), the Seafarers’ Houses are integral to keeping the Marine Industry up and running by providing service to the men and women that operate it.
Both have had a lifelong dream of becoming seafarers. With family members who used to work at sea, they grew up hearing stories about life on board.
He also highlights an important point: it is all about teamwork.
“It’s important to be on good terms with everyone and be social with the rest of the crew. We spend a lot of time together, so a good environment is key,” Arnesen said. “Also, you can’t just do your own thing and follow your own ways. Everyone has to work together for it to go well.”
Between the shifts on board, there is time off to do other activities. Among the numerous facilities available, an Odfjell ship has Wi-Fi, a gym, and ping pong tables, and some evenings the crew hosts their very own karaoke sessions.
We are proud to serve the international seafaring community, doing our part to improve their quality of life, serve their needs, and tell their story.” Sailor Bhoma Ram
I’m writing to shine light upon a travel lifestyle often overlooked.
IT’S NOT the life of a travel blogger, bouncing around to different luxury hotels and writing reviews in exchange for their stay.
IT’S NOT the life of the expat, living cheaply and working on their laptop as Thai waves lap at their overwater bungalow.
It’s life at sea.
JAI NAVIK ⚓️
JAI JAVAN 🔭
JAI KISAN ⛏
JAI HIND 🇮🇳
👉 SΑILOR ⚓
👉 MY LIFE 💓 IS SEΑ 🌊
👉 TRΑVELLING 🌍 💱
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👉 LOVE 💓 SHIP
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