"Everything's fine." Those two words have started more maritime incidents than almost anything else. Here's the uncomfortable truth about engine room handovers 👇 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 "Fine" is a conclusion — not information. 🔴 Tired engineers compress complex systems into one word. 🔴 Normalised deviations don't show up in alarm logs. They show up in incident reports. 🔴 The incoming engineer who asks no questions isn't confident. They're setting themselves up to be surprised. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ I've written a full breakdown of why handover culture is broken on most vessels — and exactly what to do about it. Including the 5 domains every world-class handover must cover. Including what the Chief Engineer must model from the top. Including the one question that turns a bad handover into a good one. 🔗 Full article at chiefengineerlog.com Save this post. Share it with your engine room team. The next watch handover on your vessel could be the one that matters. 💬 Drop a comment below — what's the worst handover habit you've witnessed at sea? #MarineEngineering #EngineRoom #MaritimeSafety #ChiefEngineer #Seafarers #Watchkeeping #MaritimeIndustry #STCW #OffshoreEngineering