“Here they build you up and you grow in confidence and in experience as well,” said Second Engineer Eszter van Heiden (Germany). On Logos Hope, lady officers and marine engineers are just as welcome as anyone else, simply because it’s a place where people are valued. Able Motorman Match Siu (Hong Kong) could see this as soon as she arrived one month ago. She actually experienced culture shock at seeing the Chief Engineer having a nice conversation with an ordinary watchman. “In my culture, an officer cannot interact or even eat with lower ranks,” she said. Even though this relaxed view can be quite an adjustment, the willingness to learn from each other is vital to ship life. Respecting each other in love has changed many aspects of these ladies’ jobs for the better.