A NEW NAME ,A NEW,,,,.........BUT.......MEN ......MISS OUR FAMILIES......MISS ALL THE CHICKS..........PEOPLE CALL IT MERCHANT NAVY...........................................WE CALL IT..............LIFE........I AM A "seaferer"WE R TH ONE WHO FACES TH SUN'S HEAT
WE R TH ONE WHO CHALLENGES TH NATURE WE R TH ONE WHO DIVERTS DANGERS,
WE R TH ONE WHO STANDS B4 TH STORM,WE R TH ONE WHO LIVES AFTER DEATH,
PEOPLE CALL US---"SAINT"
SOME CALL US-----"GOD" BUT IN ACTUAL-WE R TH "RIDERS OF LORD" WHO OWN TH MIGHTY OCEAN!!!!
PRESENTLY PEOPLE CALL US-----------"SEAFARERS" AND I AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN SEAFARER

Junior Engineer: The “Know It All” Guy

On ships, it is mandatory that a fifth or junior engineer is well-versed with each and every system on the ship, particularly of the engine room, for his own good and probably for the good of others as well. The first thing he is expected to know is the line diagrams (famously known as line tracing) of all the pipelines in the engine room, from fuel lines to bilge lines at the back of his hand. Tracing, sketching, learning and mugging each and every pipe line is supposed to be first lesson the fifth engineer is asked to undertake when he puts his foot on board. After that the second job he is probably asked to do (especially by the chief engineer) is to keep in mind the locations of all the emergency exits, blowers, and fire extinguishers in the engine room. (Senior personnel on board ships believe that a junior engineer is more prone to accidents and often moves around like “Alice in Wonderland.")

According to a written rule, a fifth engineer can take orders only from the second engineer, but unfortunately that rule is never followed and therefore he has to take orders from all the engineers. As the fifth engineer is perfectly aware of all the pipelines on ship, he is of vital importance at the time of bunkering fuel or giving away sludge. By default, a junior engineer is expected to assist fourth engineer in the process of bunkering and sludge discharge to the shore. He is also required to do jobs involving transferring of bilges or sludge from one tank to another and keeping a check and log of all the levels of the tanks in the engine room.