A job had to be done.
Every body thought Somebody would do.
Somebody thought Anybody could do.
Nobody did the job thinking that Somebody would do.
Finally Nobody did a job which Anybody could do.

The poor Cadet completely lost all his memory and started weeping continuously; he did not have any one to console him on board. Therefore, he ran to the portrait of the “Sea Angel” and cried in front of her till his eyes became dry, he asked her to help him out from this situation and left a chocolate at her feet and prayed for justice.


A few hours later the Senior Superintendent of the Company arrived on board in great haste and grilled the Master, Chief Officer and the entire crew on their third rate performance and summed up that their professional competence was zero.


Next day the Senior Members of the Classification Society landed on board to check the performance of the ship and they drew the conclusion that the maintenance on board the vessel was not up to the mark and withheld all the Certificates of the vessel.


The same evening Representatives of the Owners directed a team to inspect the standard of ISM in the Management Company and they grilled the Staff at the Management Company. They found major lapses in the working of the Management Company, such as the vessels reported that the sea was very rough and waves breaking on the foxle in the Noon Reports, but the Chief Officers continued to write in the weekly summary of the computerized PMS that they had carried out greasing of the forward mooring winches and the forward most hatches.  Basically the staff at the Management Company did not correlate the Noon Reports with the computerized PMS Reports. Many more short comings in the working of the Management Company such as issue of spares, maintenance routines not carried out etc were unearthed. The Owners then decided to remove 20 of its ships from This Management Company in India and hand over the same to That Management Company in Philippines.

The Owners also penalized the Classification Society for carrying superficial ISM Audits of the Management Company, while issuing the SMC and DOC; as major routines listed in the Manufacturers manuals were missed out by the Management Company. They therefore, transferred about 100 of their ships from Some Classification Society in one Country to Another Classification Society in Some Other Country.  


Lo and behold, within a few days Filipinos landed on board and the Indians were directed to pack up their baggage.


Next day, while the Filipino Cadet was cleaning the painting of the “Sea Angel”, the Indian Cadet arrived with his baggage and started sobbing in front of the beautiful painting. He got this job after running around in Mumbai from pillar to post for two full years and he was worried that all his dreams were shattered. The Filipino Cadet felt pity on his brother; he pulled out a dirty rag from his boiler suit and wiped his tears, picked up a chocolate from the feet of the “Sea Angel” and put it in friend’s mouth. He just hugged him and said “Don’t worry my dear friend God will always help you”

GOD BLESS YOU

FOR THE WANT OF A NAIL THE SHOE WAS LOST.
FOR THE WANT OF A SHOE THE HORSE WAS LOST.
FOR THE WANT OF A HORSE THE CHARIOT WAS LOST.
FOR THE WANT OF A CHARIOT THE KING WAS LOST.
FOR THE WANT OF A KING THE KINGDOM WAS LOST.
SO
ALL WAS LOST FOR THE WANT OF A HORSE SHOE NAIL

BY P Kondal Rao, Chief Officer, MV MELODIA