16MAY2018

Location: Gulf Sulfur Terminal; Tampa, FL

Events: Got up at 0330am CST for a 0505am flight and finally arrived at M/V Martin Explorer at approximately 1pm EST; Assigned schedule & quarters; Given Engine Room Familiarization tour by Assistant Engineer and Barge Familiarization by a Tankerman; Vessel was discharging sulfur to terminal upon arrival (began discharge approximately around 1130am EST) and completed discharging operations at approximately 0930pm; Vessel got U/W en route around 1030pm headed to Corpus Christi, TX to load sulfur, reportedly will take 3 days to travel.

Things learned about vessel/barge: Engine Room layout and fire extinguisher locations and fixed CO2 system in Engine Room; Location of emergency shutoffs and alarms; Vessel is fueled from Barge and Barge primarily carries Sulfur, Barge is named Margaret Sue.

Classroom information application(s): STCW applications to this vessel relevant to safety and drills, deck lightning procedures as related to NavGen rules

Supplemental Information: This boat is a lot bigger then the M/V Pic I was on last year, definitely feels less cramped. The crew are hospitable, though like last year the majority of them are far more venerable then myself.

Rules of the Road Scenarios? We did pass an inbound tug & barge while transiting the channel to sea, we passed them port to port as per common practice.