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Provided the ship has enough provision, water and fuel, everybody loves time at Anchorage.
Right?
We all love having the opportunity for a breather from the continuous cycle of loading, unloading and everything in between.
Even the environment on the wheelhouse is bit relaxed while the ship is at anchor.
But it is not unusual that the wind speed would start to increase, or for a nearby ship to drag her anchor or even own ship start to drag anchor.
The relaxed environment might become hair-raising, unexciting and spine chilling.
So let us face it. Keeping an anchor watch is only easy until everything is fine and the anchor is holding.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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