Tag: ship

A Shippie’s Diet

The regular readers of this blog know that I was a shippie until very recently. Shippie is a term used for a person who work on ship. I worked in the capacity of a marine engineer on five different ships.…

Its a Small World

I remember this from a few years back. June 2007 to be precise. I had flown to Cairo to join the ship which was supposed to cross Suez Canal in a couple of days. Since the ship was to arrive…

Barter!! Its Still Exists !!!

Being a marine engineer by profession, my job took me around the world in past five years. This particular incident at an Argentine sea port, Necochea. Me and an electrical officer had gone for a city visit in the evening.…