Departments, Ranks and Duties onboard a Cargo ship
On board a ship there are mainly three departments, Deck department, Engine department and Galley(cooking) department. Each department has got specific jobs and duties on safety, security, maintenance and operations of the ship. Overall command is always with the Master or the ship's Captain. Captain is in-charge of the ship and it's crew. Responsibility lies upon him of any type of operation or activity onboard. Also Ships safety, Crew safety, or Environmental safety responsibility are captain's job responsibilities . He is the person on board who connects the ship with the Company(Owner), Management, Cargo charter, Agents, Port authorities and others . A ship runs 24 hours a day (day and night) in sea way. But duties of all the seafarers are not limited in the passage way only . The duties and job-responsibilities continue in sea-passage, as well as at anchorages, at port or even in dry docking time also. The Deck departme...