Steward
Steward Marco "Two Sugar" Rossi
Naples, Italy
Aspiring TikTok influencer. The reason there are new rules.
Twenty two years old, first contract, entirely convinced he is one viral video away from a modelling career in Milan. Handles the officers' mess with more charm than skill, which everyone has decided is enough. Responsible, personally, for the new fleet wide policy prohibiting drones on the monkey island.
Portrait is a comic book invention. Under the conditions of my passage, no likeness of the working crew may appear here, names have been changed and faces drawn from memory.
15 August 2026Port Said Anchorage
Anchored in a queue of ships waiting for a convoy slot, watching a city glow on the horizon that I am not permitted to visit.
13 August 2026South of Malta
Thirty four degrees on deck, a dinner that silenced the mess, and the beginning of Suez paperwork season.
10 August 2026The Mediterranean and the Pool
Sea temperature crossed the threshold. The pool has been filled. I have swum in a metal box on the deck of a moving ship and I would like everyone to know about it.
4 August 2026The Supermarket Dash
Eighteen hours in Rotterdam, a shopping list written like an operations order, and a personal stash that is now the most valuable cargo aboard.
9 July 2026Aboard at Last: Berth 8, Garden City Terminal
I am on the ship. I have a cabin. I have met three of the crew. We sail tomorrow on the tide.