Official Log Book · Deck Department

Johnny Storm

Chief Officer, Merchant Marine
Port of registry: Hamburg j.storm@example.com +49 40 555 0187 johnny-storm.example.com

Master's Remarks

entered at eight bells, morning watch

I have served 14 years at sea on container and multipurpose vessels, the last 5 as chief officer. I run cargo operations, stability calculations, and a deck crew of 12, and I keep the paperwork in a state a port state inspector can read. My cargo claims record over the past 4 years stands at zero, which I intend to keep boring.

Record of Service

watches kept as entered below
Date Position Wind Remarks on the Voyage
2021–present 53°33′N, 9°58′E
off Hamburg		 WSW 5, steady
Chief Officer · Hanseatic Star Lines GmbH
m.v. Elbmarschen, 2,800 TEU container vessel, North Europe to West Africa
  • Planned and supervised cargo operations across 46 port calls per year; average berth time cut from 21 to 17 hours.
  • Held drill and maintenance schedules that returned 3 consecutive port state inspections with nil deficiencies.
  • Trained 8 junior officers in stability and lashing software; 6 have since sat and passed their chief mate orals.
2017–2021 1°16′N, 103°50′E
Singapore Strait		 NE monsoon, 4
Second Officer · Vestfjord Reederei KG
m.v. Geesthaven, 12,500 dwt multipurpose, worldwide tramping
  • Navigating officer for roughly 110,000 nautical miles of ocean passage, including 9 project cargo voyages with heavy lifts to 250 tonnes.
  • Rewrote the passage planning checklist after a near miss review; adopted fleet wide across 7 vessels in 2019.
  • Kept charts and publications corrected to the week; audited twice yearly with no findings.
2014–2017 36°08′N, 5°21′W
Gibraltar Strait		 Levanter, 6
Third Officer · Vestfjord Reederei KG
m.v. Geesthaven, same vessel, junior deck officer
  • Stood the 8 to 12 watch; maintained lifesaving and firefighting appliances for a crew of 18.
  • Ran monthly safety drills and logged them; drill compliance held at 100% for 3 years running.
2012–2014 53°52′N, 8°42′E
Elbe approaches		 variable, 3
Deck Cadet · Norddeich Schifffahrt AG
coastal feeder service, Hamburg to Baltic ports
  • Completed 18 months of sea time across 4 feeder vessels; record book signed off without remark.

Watch Bells · Certificates

papers sighted and in order
Chief Mate CoC, unlimited (STCW II/2)♪ 8 bells
GMDSS General Operator's Certificate♪ 6 bells
Advanced Fire Fighting & Medical Care♪ 4 bells
Dangerous Goods (IMDG) endorsement♪ 4 bells
ECDIS type specific, 3 systems♪ 2 bells
Ship Security Officer (ISPS)♪ 2 bells

Schooling Ashore

B.Sc. Nautical Science, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Elsfleth
2010–2014 · thesis on squat effects in the Elbe fairway
Chief Mate management course, Maritime Academy Hamburg
2020 · passed orals at first sitting

Stores & Sundries

  • German · mother tongue
  • English · fluent, working language
  • Norwegian · conversational
  • Cargo software · MACS3, CASP
  • Celestial navigation · kept in practice, by choice
Entries above examined and found correct.
Given under my hand at Hamburg, this day.
Johnny Storm
Chief Officer · Signature