Hi, I'm Sameer Yadav
from Rajasthan, India. I'm the 4th Engineer on this ship.
Would you like to know about my responsibilities and duties on board?
So let's begin.
When I head downstairs in the morning,
my first job is to inform the bridge.
That I've manned the Engine Room.
What that means is now there's a person in the Engine Room.
I ensure that all of our machinery and its parameters are all okay.
That all our machines are showing satisfactory performance.
I check things like the generator load,
whether it's fine or not.
I check its temperature,
whether it's exceeding a certain temperature or not.
The lube oil pressure and temperature.
So after checking all this remotely,
after everything is satisfactory,
I check it locally.
By local I mean besides the control room,
we check the machines' temperature and pressure locally.
Why do we check locally?
We do that because we have to check for leaks
for any abnormal sounds.
So that's why we check locally.
After completing that round, I head to the ECR.
That's where we all have our Toolbox Meeting with the First Engineer.
Where the First Engineer assigns us orders.
They give us maintenance orders.
This maintenance is so can run our ship in a safe and healthy condition.
The maintenance is carried out according to a PMS (Planned Maintenance System),
and sometimes there are sudden maintenance sessions too.
According to that, the First Engineer
makes plans and gets the maintenance work completed.
So, I just told you about my routine when at sea.
Now I'll tell you about my port routine.
My routine changes a bit when we stop at a port, but the workload is increased.
Our watches take a 6 on 6 off pattern,
that means that my working hours are from 6-12 in the morning,
then after 12 until 6 pm, I rest.
And then after that, my 6 until 12 start watchkeeping again.
We schedule port watches because they have dynamic operations.
We work continuously at the port
so someone is always needed in the engine room
who can make machines available to the deck at any time,
e.g., the pump, boiler pressure, crane
anything they require really.
So we can provide those to them.
That's why the engine room is always manned while at a port.
If you ask me our port routines are busier compared to our routines at sea.
Where I am right now is the bunker tank sounding pipe.
This is where I'll take the bunker tank's sounding.
Why do I do that?
I do it to find out about our consumption during the last 24 hours.
We also do it to find out whether our tanks have mixed it.
This is why take the bunker tank's sounding every day.
This is also my responsibility.
Right now I'm in the steering gear room.
This is where you'll find a locker that holds different lube oils.
I take their inventory so I
can determine their consumption.
We have different machines that use different lube oils,
so to properly take their lube inventory, I take lube oil inventories daily.
Okay, so it's 5 pm,
and now it's my time to knock off,
meaning, it's my time to enjoy.
So off I go!
When I come back upstairs, I freshen up.
After freshening up I listen to music. Really loud.
I listen to all sorts of music, like
Haryanvi and Punjabi music, I enjoy both.
So I can listen to either.
After that I do some physical activity,
like going to the gym. I really like the gym.
I spend 30 minutes or so at the gym, and come back.
Then I take a shower,
chat with my friends,
and then it's time to eat.
I eat, then I come back upstairs.
Then I head over to the bridge, meet friends there, have a chat with them.
Then I head downstairs. That's when my time to sleep begins.
And that's how my day ends.
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