Lesson 6!

Woo Hoo~ sweet...

i cleared my assessment first time!! hahahahha...now i'm on to lesson 6 part 1.. but that is if i can get my PDL done out real soon...

but yeah......yang just went on to lesson 6 part 2... heez...not that i wanna compete la...but i use it as a bench mark to learn and improve more quickly and get that license in my possession real soon...

i've so much photos stored in my phone now...

1) Lilian's birthday celebration

2) Pre-U frens get together at New Asia Bar

3) Chilli Noodle makan session with my girlfriends

hahahah....it was a blast of a time this week...

but not at work.. i'm glad i'm the kind that can play when its time to play...and work when its time to work.. can't blame me... i made 2 major mistakes at work in 1 week... with all the stress building up...how can i not set aside some time for eating, drinking and playing to release the stress build-up?

i still have alot of explanations to do:

- Pastor Susan, as i haven been going for Children Church

- Adrian, as i haven been making it down for cell

- Deb, for screwing up my new zealand booking

And i have to absolutely say thank you to:

- God, for all the problems at work settled in the most miraculous ways

- Kenny, for helping me with the explanation to my vessel's capt and teaching me alot of stuff

- Capt Fadil for accepting my cargo graciously

- My girlfriends for all the fun!

- My bike instructors for all the biking skills picked up

- My Darling, for putting up with my moods

- My family, for knowing when to leave me alone and when to offer a listening ear

the list can go on...

now let me do some explanation abt wat happened:

First mistake made:

i accepted some pipes onto the vessel, Tasman Mariner 140827, going to the New Zealand port Tauranga. However, it didnt occur to me that this vessel doesnt take breakbulk cargo to this destination and i had aldy sent out a letter of confirmation to the local shipper. Although the time btw my confirmation and her accepting my cfm wasnt long...but she worked fast. She immediately ordered for the barge to bring in the cargo just to meet the timing of our connecting vessel.. the nxt day when i tried to explain to her tt there is absolutely no way for us to take her cargo, she told me all arrangements had been made. We have to take it or she'll  have wasted abt $20,000 on the barge.

i didnt know wat to do. in the end Marco discussed it with capt Fadil and the operations team and decided that it is minutely possible to take it onboard T.Mar but that means the space available for other breakbulk items are greatly reduced as the pipes are stored in a very awkward position.

so ok. problem solved.

den came another NZ booking to Masden Point. It's another breakbulk cargo. 120MT(120,000kg) of steel plates. Initially all was fine. Cargo was initially accepted onboard T.Mar to Auckland(Masden point and Auckland very close geographically). However, Capt adviced that there's no space to take the cargo and thus it had to be rolled to the nxt available vessel T.Independence 140828. And all still seem fine as T.Ind calls directly at Masden point and the consignee had no issue abt waiting for this vessel berthing on 02/08.

the prob came when i failed to re-send a cfm informing the local supplier that the cargo is not going onboard T.Mar(berthing 19/07). so the local supplier had aldy sent in the 120MT of steel plates into PPW(pasir panjang wharf).

now note this. when cargoes are left in the wharf for more than 72hrs(unless they are given 21days free detention), store rent would be charged by PSA. like i had said earlier, the nxt earliest vessel berthing in Sin is 02/08 -- 2 weeks(14 days!) away. imagine the amount of store rent to be paid for the cargo sitting there in the wharf because of my carelessness -- i calculated..would amt to abt $84K. All this would be on Swire's account--- and there goes my bonus.

But of course the bonus is not the main point. The point is, how are we to solve the prob?

Option 1) take the cargo onboard T.Mar as initally planned but had to drop some other shipper's cargo. And pay for the transshipment fee to move it from Auckland to Masden point.

Option 2) pay for the transportation for transporting the steel plates back to the supplier first and then transporting it back to the wharf again 2 weeks later

Option 3) pay for the store rent

Option 4) pray that T.Mar actually had space to take in the cargo.

Conclusion: Capt Fadil said that there was actually some space to take in the steel plates and so he's willing to load it on. And from the consignee's end, they had actually requested to go Auckland instead of Masden point the day before and we were not informed yet. So it turned out, everything settled nicely. Cargo going on T.Mar to Auckland. No extra payments or arrangements needed.

I'm so amazed by how things worked out. God's grace can never be fathomed by us. Never in a million years would i have foreseen that things would turn out this way. Tell me, who would've expected the vessel to have space at the last min? who would've expected the consignee to change destination at the last min? and of course, I'm thankful for the graciousness of Capt Fadil for taking in my cargo without making things difficult for me. ( from wat i learnt from Kenny abt another capt when he made a similar mistake)

so other minor stuff like finally settling my tally report which was way overdue and the trade manager was hounding me for it like crazy. i was trying to tally something that i didnt know wats wrong and at the same time meet all the deadlines for other tasks as my new colleague didnt know how to do any of it. that week had been so crazy and stressful that i almost broke down halfway. it also includes the many hrs of OT that had to be put in to catch up on work. OT till 11plus was smth i nv knew i had to do till that week....and prob many weeks to come...as long as my new colleague doesnt learn fast enuf.

ok. guess i shld stop procrastinating and get down to getting that email of apology and explanation out to my bosses and managers and capt.

tata~ God's grace is absolutely amazing through it all!