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Bimal Shivaji

MUSCAT

It was the quest for adventure and love for the open seas that saw Basma Al Hashmi graduate in maritime studies and become the first woman from the Sultanate to become deck cadet.

Today she is the second officer with Oman Shipping Company and enjoys every bit of sailing with a crude carrier visiting many countries and beyond all that living her dream.

Basma graduated from the International Maritime College in Sohar in 2013. She applied for the post of deck cadet with Oman Shipping Company and in 2014 joined the company, creating history.

And today she has visited all the continents except Antarctica. Her spirit for adventure is still green despite a good part of her life on the seas. I will visit that continent Antarctica too, Basma told The Oman Tribune.

My parents were a bit apprehensive at first when I decided to take up maritime studies and later the job. But I was able to convince them when I said this is my calling, she says. Her siblings, a sister and five brothers, did support her in her chosen vocation. They are all in various fields but not `in my line, said Basma at the ongoing higher education expo at the Oman Exhibition and Convention Centre where she is volunteering for her Alma Mater during her time off duty.

Oman Sail has been promoting sailing as a sport and there are many girls who have taken it up. But Basma started dreaming of a career in the seas, much earlier.

The Muscat girl hopes to set another record down the line when she would rise to become captain of a ship, she says with a twinkle in her eyes.

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