There's a quiet competition on every vessel between the deck department and the engine department about who works harder. The engine room guys will tell you they never see daylight.…
Ask people outside the maritime industry how much a sailor makes and you get two types of answers. Some say it's basically nothing, just a working class job. Others say…
Ten years ago a chief officer on a medium container vessel earned roughly 3500 to 4500 dollars per month. Today the same position on an equivalent vessel pays 5000 to…
Most seafarers accept the first offer. The agency presents the rate, the candidate says yes or asks for slightly more and gets told no, and signs. It happens constantly. And…
People who work offshore and people who work in the merchant fleet have a mild contempt for each other that both sides find amusing. Offshore guys think merchant sailors are…
The maritime industry runs on a certain amount of mythology about pay. Some of it inflates expectations unrealistically. Some of it deflates them. Both types cost people opportunities, either by…
Seafarer taxation is the most financially important topic in maritime employment that almost nobody discusses clearly. Get it right and you keep significantly more of what you earn. Get it…