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15 findings identified during a vessel inspection

Only 2 logged on paper.

3 days at a loading port

Count what happens to the crew on board.

You have walked into someone's home

A ship presents itself in a similar manner.

Send two inspectors to the same ship and you will get two different lists

The rules are written down.

There is a lot that happens over coffee

In 1760, in Edward Lloyd's coffee house, a group of insurers decided they needed someone independent to look at ships.

Some doors take half a lifetime to open

This one just did.

I sold shoes to pay my way through medical school in Ukraine

That is also where I saw my first ship.

This year, 1,707,301 people stood in one place

I was one of them.

I sent 361 emails to one shipping company

That was after thousands of emails to dozens of companies.

When I was a cadet, I earned $260 a month

Every dollar was already spoken for before it hit my account.