Ship Visit

Yesterday (November 15, 2007) before going to batangas city, Capt. Gines told us first on what to do when going onboard M.V. STRAITS SUCCESS. He also told us our objectives in that trip. When arriving to port, we wait for 3hours because the ship arrived late. When the ship is berthed on starboard side alongside (means right side of the vessel is berthed to pier), I saw thousands of cars that is discharged by the ship.
When going to the ship, we first take the forward and amidships drafts of the ship but we were not able to take the draft in the aft part of the ship because it’s in discharging operation. Our group is the first one who visits the bridge. We first take a look at the map and get the variation and the heading of the ship using the wharf edge method. And then we take the tide data which is prepared by the 2nd officer before entering batangas strait. After jutting down the necessary data we need, we take a look at the critical machinery on the bridge such as MFHF (medium frequency, high frequency), GPS (global positioning system), Navtex, Gyro Compass, Navigational lights etc. After visiting the bridge Boatswain Gonzales tour us in the deck and point out different machinery and explain their function.