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To this date, I have been in command for 10 years 6 months and 20 days.
And with that experience, I can tell you that the job of a master is one of the most challenging job in the world.
Not only because the captain has a great number of responsibilities but also because he/she would feel isolated too often.
He/she would sometimes have to take tough decisions and no one would openly want to support that unless the issue is over when everyone would give their opinion if the decision of the master was right or wrong.
Believe me, I have seen this too many times in my sailing experience as a Master of the ship.
But in spite of all these, do you know which rank I consider the most important and difficult phase of my sailing career?
It is the time when I stepped on a vessel as a fresh 3rd Mate. Just after my cadetship.
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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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