Entry log : December 18, 2017 Wednesday
There
is some good news that arrived
Earlier
I was worried that my U.S. Dollar Account wasn't working and that I might be
forced to get my salary via cash advance only . Good thing my worries was
proved wrong and that my salary was wired transfer to my account which I
verified using online banking . Its relieving to hear that my U.S. Dollar bank
account is doing fine.
Latest news on work is that I won't be allowed
on shore leave for korea and that I didn’t made it on the criteria and from
what I experienced here going on shore leave here is pretty much selected and
is subjected for approval. Subjected for
approval ???? What the fuck was that supposed to mean ? I wasn’t a seafarer
yesterday and as far as I can remember on my previous ships everyone is allowed
to go out as long as time allows it and does not violate any working
schedules.,
Life
here keeps getting worse as time goes on. They may be technologically advance
on some levels but there work practices and how the way they treat their crew
is like shit. So anyway that leaves me with zero chance of going out and I have
to wait for a month at least to be considered to be allowed on shore leave and
it is still yet subject for approval.
As
far as I know ., it’s a seafarers rights (and practice) to have a shore leave
and this is already an ancient tradition covering hundreds if not a thousand
years of seafaring practice., ITF has
said now that shore leave is a seafarers rights ., the Seamans club and
seaman's union in germany says the same as well . However in Shell / Nakilat -
this company apparently detains crew and as much as possible refrains crew from
taking shore leave. They don’t say this publicly but from their actions its
basically just detaining crews in a less obvious manner and method.
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| Hi tech as it may sound but the thought of someone monitoring your every move on work is a bit stressful ., on this ship every corner has a CCTV to monitor on how crew members work . |
