The Eleventh Commandmant

Most ships still do not have a dedicated e-mailing terminal freely accessible to crews as a result of which emails have to be routed through the Master. This is an archaic and unethical way of handling private emails. It destroys all privacy and dignity desired of private communication.

In 2007, I was posted on a ship which had recently been taken over from crews of a different nationality. Posted on a wall in the radio room (they had a radio officer!) I came across this notice which had been put up by the previous Master near the email terminal.

This 'Tiger' Master no doubt had a 'firm' view of his own, bordering on the ludicrous!