A Day in the Life of a Mega Ship Captain | Full Schedule

The galley they start at six o'clock in the morning so I allow them half an hour to prepare themselves and I head for my breakfast. Okay, so I'm waiting for my breakfast, they'll bring it to me. Thanks, thanks. I come to my office first thing in the morning to check if there is any urgent email that needs my attention, I'll try to reply to them. Otherwise, if it's not urgent, I will leave it later on after our meeting this morning. I will go through the previous emails and I will see if there is any information or request. So I will discuss with the senior officers and senior engineers later on. Quick glance on the weather forecast just to have an idea about what the forecast for the next 24 hours and I will prepare for the morning meeting. Meeting prepared, now let's go to the bridge. Morning. First thing first is the morning coffee. So whenever I come to the bridge, first thing in the morning I check the ETA, estimated time of arrival. I need to make sure that we have always safe margin for weather, for traffic before we arrive at the next port. I don't like to keep ourselves tight in ETA. So now we are going ETA more than 48 hours to arrive at the next port. Especially now we are tracking tropical storms, I will show you in a second. And I check the engine RPM. Now we are doing 61 which is good. This is what we requested from the engine room. And just have checked for the traffic and the weather forecast. So one of the checks in the morning whenever I come to the bridge is the weather forecast. I need to have an idea about the weather for the next three days, next four days. Especially now we are tracking three tropical storms. So I need to do a speed that will allow me to avoid these tropical storms and at the same time I will not be delayed for my next port. So I can check the weather either online or via the messages received by satellite information or through the weather charts. After the initial checks here on the bridge during the morning time, let's head outside and have some fresh air before we go down. Let's just listen to the sea sound and enjoy the moment. Okay, enough fresh air for today and now let's head to work. So I come to the control room before our meeting to check the cargo. We are transporting LNG cargo which is at minus 160 degrees Celsius. So I need to make sure that the cargo is not warming up and is not exceeding the requirement of the next port. This cargo as well is continuously evaporating. So we are using this vapor in our engines. So I need to make sure as well that this quantity used in the engines is not more than they calculated at the beginning of the voyage and will not end up consuming from the cargo that will be delivered to the next port. So I check the cargo pressure, temperature and the quantity. Just a quick glance before I proceed to the morning meeting. Okay, all good. All within our calculated budget and within next port requirement. Let's head now to our morning meeting. Every morning at 7.45, except some days, I meet with the S&T ship management team to discuss the jobs to be performed during this day to avoid overlapping of the jobs and each department will know what the other department is doing. So I meet with chief engineer, chief officer, second engineer, electric engineer and gas engineer and discuss all the jobs during this day. I update them about the ETA, weather forecast, any updates from our office, from the next port's agent. And later on, we go through the work permits and the risk assessment. We approve them, we sign them and then they can proceed with the job. Meeting completed, let's go to my office. Okay, back to my office. I spent most of my time sitting at this desk and in my office because all the communications are through the emails. Communication with our office, communication with the next port's agent to prepare for pre-arrival documents, communication with the crewing agency to prepare for crew change and communication with the vendors, with the service providers. All the communications go through the emails and this is why I spent all my time sitting at this desk. And for the next four hours until lunchtime, I'll be working on the emails and the company softwares. 12 o'clock, lunchtime. Thank you very much. Since I'm waiting for my next meal, let me show you my view. Thank you very much, thanks. This is the time when I meet with other officers and engineers and have a chat about everything except work. Thank you guys, good night. Thank you. Another visit to the bridge for the second coffee of the day. So after lunch around noon time, I send the, which is called the noon report. So basically these reports, they have the information of the last 24 hours. Information regarding the speed, regarding the distances traveled for the last 24 hours, the weather encountered last 24 hours, conceptions. So I'll wait for the second officer to prepare all the navigation reports and figures and I will wait for the chief engineer to prepare his parts of the conception, the engine parameters and all this stuff. I will fill up my part as well and I will send it to the office. Three o'clock in the afternoon, I will go on deck for safety round. Usually I don't go on deck every day, but at least once a week. Different area, different outfit. I go on deck mainly to double check the safety items, have an idea about the ship's condition, check the paint and fabric maintenance, check the cargo tanks and related pipelines and have a walk in the mooring stations. Safety round completed. Gym time now. After the gym is the family time. I just have chat with my family and go through the WhatsApp voice messages. Okay, it's 8 pm now. Let's go to the bridge. So before I go inside the bridge, probably you won't see too much because all the lights inside the bridge and outside are switched off and even the screen's dimmer is reduced just to allow the eyes to see outside and they can detect small boats and small lights. Good evening. Last visit to the bridge to make sure everything is as planned. Before I go to bed, I leave a couple of instructions and orders to the officers in the book called the night order. So they follow them and they can call me anytime if needed, of course. Okay, gents, watch. In my way down, a quick cargo condition check. Back to my office for the last checks before I go to bed. We are sailing around the world, so we are in different time zones. We keep receiving emails 24 hours a day. Our office is in a different time zone. Next post agent is in a different time zone. So I just check if there is any urgent email that needs my attention. Otherwise, other emails can wait until tomorrow. No need to call the officers or chief engineer during night to reply to these emails. I check the weather forecast, especially now we are tracking these tropical storms. Just to have an idea about the path or the course of these tropical storms. And once I finish all my jobs and tasks, I will switch to my private computer and I will work on my private stuff. Enough work for today. Time to go to my cabin for some rest. By the way, if you want to see a tour of my cabin, check out this video here. Good night.