The Story Behind The Muster Station

Did You Know That Ship's Muster Station Is Like Seafarer's Financial Foundation?

Written By: Christopher Torralba ( Seafarer )

Founder of:  cecventures.com

One day when I am working on deck in aft station my vision goes in Muster Station and I think that I can elaborate some short story in one of the most important location onboard, because I Think muster station have a similarity in Seafarer's Financial Management.

Muster station

1. Is the location where we conduct our mustering every time we need to perform an actual drill.  

and almost every month we perform it continuously.

2. Before we go here in our designated place in muster station you knew already what is your duties and responsibilities right?

3. We conduct a drill because we never knew when and where an emergency might happen. we have our duties to know our impart on how we can respond in such kinds of emergencies.

4. We never expect a fire, abandon ship, oil spill etc in real situation, but still why this thing should be implemented when we are onboard? simply because our ship has a plan for us in any case of emergency we have almost everything we need for us to survive.

The big question is If our ship has a master plan in our safety and escape if ever we need to leave the ship for whatever emergency might happen, Why many of us spend a decade already in their sea career and yet we don't have any plan for our financial management such as , retirement, back up fund , personal life insurance or even preparation in unexpected disability or worse might death?

Do we really need to plan for this stuff ? you don't need to answer because I know that you understand what I mean.

Seafarer's Finances

1. From the very first time that you've got your first job at sea we practice at the ship that we need to be informed in any emergencies and what is your duties and responsibilities in " ship's familiarization.

meaning from the very first time.

so from the very first time you've been onboard you should know your plan in your finances, you should able yourself to learn the capabilities to grow your money even in your very first contract.

2. When you got onboard you have your duties and responsibilities onboard in any case of any emergencies. remember your cabin card?  

same as your finances do you have  a personal plan or duties where to grow your money, where to invest it and how you can protect it,  so that while we are working as a seafarer likewise our money works hard for us as well.

3.We conduct a drills so that we can practice our duties and responsibilities in any case of emergencies so that we know what to do in real emergencies,

likewise in our finances we should have these duties and we should know how to respond in any financial crisis such as loss of job,  leaving too long, having a long vacation & many more.

4. We never expect any emergency and the truth is most of the time actual drill sometimes is just making fun. but Financial crisis is not a good joke financial crisis is a real deal.

So before it's too late, learn how to manage your finances well and be prepared in the real and true to life emergencies.

Learn from the people who already did it, and how they can help you as well.

I hope you learned something from my short story, Ship is just a piece of metal that can be put into junk if it's useless anymore, Seafarer's lives is more precious than that.

God bless to my fellow seafarer's

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