Good day Travelanders,

This is my voyage plan from Onne port to Tema port in Ghana.
I hope you enjoy the journey with me Onboard MV Echo Oscar.

Welcome onboard.

Necessary documents, publications, charts and requirement to fulfil -

Documentation -

All crew discharge book, yellow card and International passport to be collected by Captain.
International passport to be submitted to immigration for stamp out of the country.
Outward clearance to be processed through company agent from custom.

Charts required -

Use Chart catalogue to determine the necessary charts required for the voyage.

BA Chart 3288, 3287, 3286, 1386, 1385, 595, 3118, 1384 and 3432

Publications required -

African Pilot volume 1, 2 and 3

Admiralty List of Lights and Radio Signals - 281-1, 281-2, 282, 283-1, 284, 285, 286-3

Departure ship stability calculated - 4.5m even keel
Minimum underkeel clearance - 1.0m
ETD Onne port - 20-11-2020 / 0900hrs
ETA Tema port - 25-11-2020 / 1000hrs
Steaming time - 5knts for 5days 5 hrs
Avergae speed - 5 knts
Total Distance - 520 nautical miles

Tide -
Low water - 0900hrs/ 0.2m
High water - 1500hrs / 1.2m

Route on GPS - Number 5

Checklist to complete before departure -

Passage plan checklist
Pre-departure checklist
Ocean Passage checklist
Navigation in Narrow channel checklist.
Departure notification form
Pre-tow checklist

Master's standing order to be followed by OOW -

- Keep proper radio watch on VHF channel 16 and radar watch
- Regular Fire, safety and security patrol
- All water-tight doors closed at sea
- Vessel on ISPS level 2
- Maintain safe speed and distance with minimum CPA of 1.5nm
If in doubt, please call master

Vessel south west agbami field

Enroute Tema port from Onne. Deep waters

Tema port anchorage

Some of the charts used

emmaodet:
Good day Travelanders,

This is my voyage plan from Onne port to Tema port in Ghana.
I hope you enjoy the journey with me Onboard MV Echo Oscar.

Welcome onboard.

Are you the captain of the vessel? What is the size of the vessel and her crew?

emmaodet:
Departure ship stability calculated - 4.5m even keel
Minimum underkeel clearance - 1.0m
ETD Onne port - 20-11-2020 / 0900hrs
ETA Tema port - 25-11-2020 / 1000hrs
Steaming time - 5knts for 5days 5 hrs
Avergae speed - 5 knts
Total Distance - 520 nautical miles

Tide -
Low water - 0900hrs/ 0.2m
High water - 1500hrs / 1.2m

Route on GPS - Number 5

Do pirates attack vessels plying this route?

aieromon:


Are you the captain of the vessel? What is the size of the vessel and her crew?

Chief Officer of the vessel.
Crew - 14
Size - 3,500 gross tonnage

aieromon:


Do pirates attack vessels plying this route?

Hardly but possible

emmaodet:


Chief Officer of the vessel.
Crew - 14
Size - 3,500 gross tonnage

Pretty large ship. What do you transport and how many days in a month do you spend on the sea?

aieromon:


Pretty large ship. What do you transport and how many days in a month do you spend on the sea?

AHTS - Anchor handling, Tug and supply/support vessel.
I do minimum 2 months at sea, a month at home.
Offshore equipments and materials

emmaodet:


AHTS - Anchor handling, Tug and supply/support vessel.
I do minimum 2 months at sea, a month at home.
Offshore equipments and materials

I've learnt something new today, thanks.

How busy is the Onne Port and do you see it being viable as a destination for cargo vessels?

aieromon:


I've learnt something new today, thanks.

How busy is the Onne Port and do you see it being viable as a destination for cargo vessels?

If not for the Covid-19 effect, it is mkstly busy.
Cargo vessels berth there regularly and that is why they have FOT and FLT
FOT - Federal Ocean Terminal designed for big ships/foreign going or ocean going vessels
FLT - Federal Lighter Terminals for smaller vessels.
Container vessels and Bulk carriers do come there regularly to load and offload

emmaodet:


If not for the Covid-19 effect, it is mkstly busy.
Cargo vessels berth there regularly and that is why they have FOT and FLT
FOT - Federal Ocean Terminal designed for big ships/foreign going or ocean going vessels
FLT - Federal Lighter Terminals for smaller vessels.
Container vessels and Bulk carriers do come there regularly to load and offload

Is there any reason why Maersk vessels from Asia have to touch base with Apapa and Tincan before heading to Onne?

emmaodet:


Chief Officer of the vessel.
Crew - 14
Size - 3,500 gross tonnage

Awesome! You're the first career sailor I'm observing on NL. All the best on the high seas.

RuggedSniper:
Awesome! You're the first career sailor I'm observing on NL. All the best on the high seas.

Thanks bro

emmaodet:


Thanks bro

Any update? You've got a very cool job.

Nice

emmaodet:


Thanks bro

You're welcome.

emmaodet:


Thanks bro

weldone bro I'm really impressed. I have a pan to have a vessel one day by the Grace of God.

Can you please enlighten us on what it takes to have and run one

Following. OP abeg bomb us with pictures.

emmaodet:
Necessary documents, publications, charts and requirement to fulfil -

Documentation -

All crew discharge book, yellow card and International passport to be collected by Captain.
International passport to be submitted to immigration for stamp out of the country.
Outward clearance to be processed through company agent from custom.

Good morning Chief, please I want to switch from tankers,I'm an AB onboard with large tanker experience. kindly help me with connection. Thanks and God bless.

HeightsKE:

Good morning Chief, please I want to switch from tankers,I'm an AB onboard with large tanker experience. kindly help me with connection. Thanks and God bless.

Hello bro.
To be honest, getting jobs post Covid-19 is not really easy.
I even have relatives who are on my neck to bring them into the industry and not being able to do that for some time has lead to frictions.
They believe I have what it takes to give them job but it is not soo. Nobody believes me.
To them, I don’t want to help family but only want to be enjoying. A very bad african mentality.
The agent I do use most that I know can help me died last year march (so painful).
Anyway, let’s connect and see how we go about it.

emmaodet:


Hello bro.
To be honest, getting jobs post Covid-19 is not really easy.
I even have relatives who are on my neck to bring them into the industry and not being able to do that for some time has lead to frictions.
They believe I have what it takes to give them job but it is not soo. Nobody believes me.
To them, I don’t want to help family but only want to be enjoying. A very bad african mentality.
The agent I do use most that I know can help me died last year march (so painful).
Anyway, let’s connect and see how we go about it.

Ok thanks a lot for your response.
I have my mandatories and isps. I'm in Lagos. Thanks again and God bless.

On my bucket list is a trip on a container ship from Europe to the USA through Panama Canal.