Life of a marine engineer has become so dull lately. I''ve been sailing for over 30 yrs now. Remember the days -  when we had plenty time to go out, see places, make friends n enlighten ourselves about the lifestyle/cultures of various places, all over the world.

These days, due to short stay of ships in port, one can hardly go out. You reach somewhere after 25 days, they finish ur bulkcargo in one day. you remain busy attending the cranes/grabs/cargo pumps n whatnot. Its even worse if u r in a  container ship, it takes a few hours to empty out n reload.

All work n no play is making marine engineers dull men.