I am aboard the product tanker, "Sunshine State" hauling refined oil to the actual sunshine state, "Florida". We haul jet fuel, premium and regular gasoline, and aviation gasoline in our six cargo tanks. Each full load of this cargo is valued at nearly 39 million dollars. We load the product at the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, MS.
The main engine is a Mann B&W and puts out about 12000 horsepower. Being it so new, not many breakdowns, just a lot of preventative maintenance and inspections.
This is the top of the engine, with me on the bottom left. It is over three stories high with decks at each level.
The engine control room still has the new smell even. All three of us engineer and the two oilers work from 6 to 6 so it is easier to do big projects. At night the engine room is unmanned and one of us three engineers has the duty each night, so the alarms ring in the room of the engineer on duty. But we very rarely get an alarm at night.
Our monitoring system is very good and any problem is caught at an early stage.
Very nice to see the pictures of the ship you are on and the conditions you work in! You look great, Andrew, and happy with your job! What a blessing to have the talent and job that you have! Will be looking forward to more pictures!
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