ENTRY DATE:
August 09, 2016 Tuesday
Location :
Fujairah anchorage area enroute to the pacific ocean
Right after
unmooring operations , everybody is relived to get the fuck out of Fujairah and
unfortunately we won't get out of Fujairah just yet and we still have a
bunkering operations that would follow. It was already close to 5am early in
the morning when unmooring is finished and obviously were already exhausted
from the heat and work of unmooring the ship. We had to drop anchor somewhere
near the anchorage area.
Soon after
securing the pilot ladder and gangway, a small boat arrived and delivered us
some engine room supplies. We didn’t even bother tp help out as were already
exhausted and let the engine crew do their own business - for us we went back
to our cabins and rested until we were called back again in the afternoon.
After the
bunkering, We went back again and heaved up anchor. This time the anchor winch
was having problem heaving up anchor, Possible culprit was that the hydraulic
was over heating from the weather (aside from huge amount of leaking) and
neither 2nd engineer nor electrician can fix the problem. Can't imagine that
this was the first time ever that I had to get a fresh water hose somewhere on
the deck to wet the winches and "cool it down" . This is how run down
the equipment here on this ship, ( hopefully this won't totally break down for
good until I get out of this ship) , Anyway the winches started working again
after the "cool down" and the anchor was totally heaved up and the
ship started its journey towards the pacific.
Whatever
the case maybe , I'm glad were already out of the Fujairah area, and the
weather will start to cool down by probably as soon as tomorrow.
Over the
next few days, we were doing the typical stuff of maintenance. On my end I was
doing work greasing up mooring wires, together with O.S. Marder, O.S
"mark" , O.S. Molina and A.B. Cordova. Apparently we have to wire the
whole wires with some black grease, which is kind of messy and in addition
doesn’t stick to the wire very well and probably will have to clean later.
Aside from
that I also put up inside the pump room together with pump man Obina to take
out the oily water inside the very bottom of the space, and when I mean oily
water as in black oil mixed with water. I also tested a new type of head light
equipment while at the pump room, It's much more lighter and maneuverable
compared to my traditional head light mounted equipment safety helmet. Testing
of the equipment was a success.
After the
task was done after a few days , I was back doing odd work like the usual
chipping and painting of rusted areas, plus cleaning the mess on the mooring
wires etc.
During the
off days (Sundays), I spent it with just plainly resting and finishing a new
set of equipment. One is a new version of my "Side arm" tool holder,
and accessories and sewing of the new grey colored coverall I recently found
(actually this was a superintendent coverall left behind).
Another
thing that happened during Sunday is that I ordered stuff on the bond store.
(it was a pack of cola). For some reason, Filipino crew here cannot order via
salary deduction and had to pay all the stuff we ordered by cash while Myanmar
and Indian Ship Officers get away without paying a dime, which is unfair and
racist policy (they get charged via pay slip deduction). I'm not exactly sure
if this is because they haven't worked out the bank details yet or probably
they just don’t give a shit about Filipino's here and are a bunch of racist
psycho's . Nevertheless whatever is the case , Filipino's here including me are
not happy about this policy and solidifies more the fact that Norstar Ship
Management , together with CF Sharp are not equal when it comes to treating the
rights of crew here. Be as it may if they're racist ! They can shove off this
damn principal up in their asses, and I hope all the crew of this racist
principal ditch them out someday.
