It was 2:30 ship time when we finished loading. This lot won’t turn as much of a profit, many are women and children, most are in poor health, I expect only 2,500 to survive the trip to Malta. The crew has been working around the clock to keep the number 2 engine online, but the engineer is almost certain it’s going to have another coupling failure. If it does fail it will almost double the trip time to Malta. I am tempted to cut life support to the cargo quarters to boost engine output but given the cargo’s already weakened state I fear that any change to its condition will result in an unfavorable resell price.