The World Moves With Mariners

Eight missing from a cargo ship that sank in the Pentland Firth, another grounded near Southampton – these local accidents remind us that the ocean is the most dangerous workplace on the planet. So why do 2,000 seafarers die each year, and what can be done to make them safer? Rose George Sat 10 Jan 2015 03.00 EST Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 20.43 EST I take poorly to planes. I am a nervous, panicked and unsettled passenger. In the worst moments, I take Valium, and perhaps – inadvisably – a drink, too. I sit in my seat trying not to grip things too obviously, saying my mantra as the plane rocks through turbulence: “Pretend it’s a ship. Pretend it’s a ship.” I tell myself that the air is water, and that ships rock constantly on water, so what’s the difference? Sometimes it works. I am terrified of planes, but calm on ships. I spent five weeks on a container ship and only felt unsafe when it was in pirate waters. I was on a huge metal object, buoyant on water, operated by

ADMIRALTY INFORMATION OVERLAY (AIO) Version 2 in a Nutshell ( Effective 30 Aug 2018) ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO) Overview The AIO is a worldwide digital dataset that is designed to be displayed over ENCs in ECDIS and other chart display systems to provide additional information during passage planning. The AIO is refreshed every week, as part of the AVCS Weekly Update and is issued on disc and by download. A New Edition of AIO is issued twice a year. The weekly disc contains the base edition and all the updates, so you only need to load the most recent disc on board. Some back of bridge software applications allow the vessel to download the updates each week. The AIO New Edition is a large dataset, so you should work with your ADMIRALTY Chart Agent if you wish to avoid large download sizes by loading from disc instead. In common with all ENCs, downloaded weekly updates can only be applied to the most recent base edition issued. Where the ENCs do not include temp

Glimpse of what a Seafarer faces https://youtu.be/05wAt4UyibE https://youtu.be/FPt4M3Wrr5w Forget any romantic notions of life on the ocean wave – most modern-day seafarers are simply ‘prisoners with a salary’ It was only late afternoon, but already dark and stormy, on the Thursday of the week before Christmas 2009, when the cargo freighter Danny FII approached the Lebanese port of Tripoli en route from Uruguay to Syria. She carried 18,000 cattle, 10,000 sheep and 83 humans, including four passengers, and had been converted from a car carrier into a modern-day Noah’s Ark. Danny FII was not a new ship, but it was modern, because her crew was international: a British captain and chief engineer, 59 Pakistanis, some Filipinos, a Lebanese and a Syrian. Though she was Uruguayan, she flew another country’s flag. She was a typical member of the 90,000-strong fleet of freighters that sail the seas, bringing us 95 per cent of everything that we consume. Eleven miles out from Tripoli,

7 Reasons Deck Cadets and Junior Engineers are Not Getting Jobs The recent financial crises have affected everyone in the maritime industry. Jobs are scarce, though every day you might hear in the news that some top-notch company took in five new ships or increased its pool of employees. Strange it might seem to be, the fact remains that the gray clouds of unemployment are still not completely off the marine market place. The top rank professionals will swim smoothly, as they have always; however, those at the bottom has and will have to bear the brunt. Talk to a freshly graduated junior engineer or deck cadet and I bet the only thing you would hear about is getting a decent break (or even on any damn shitty ship would also do). They want jobs badly, I mean really bad! And why would they not? There are many who have taken loans for their maritime training and even have mortgages to clear off. In fact, that is what every one of us would do once we pass out from the college. Look fo

20 Institutes Offering Graduate Marine Engineering (GME) Course in India The Graduate Marine Engineering (GME) course provides mechanical engineering graduates an opportunity to take up one year course and enter merchant navy by becoming a marine engineer. In order to become a marine engineer after doing mechanical engineering, one needs to do a compulsory 1-year Graduate marine engineering course. In India, this course is offered by 20 institutes which are approved by the Directorate General of Shipping. They are mentioned below. Contact the institute directly in order to know more about the course and admission procedure. 20 Colleges Offering Graduate Marine Engineering (GME) Course in India 1. HIMT College, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu 2. Academy of Maritime Education & Training, Chennai 3. Coimbatore Marine Centre, Coimbatore 4. Chidamabarm Institute of Maritime Technology – Strangely this institute does not have its website even in 2017. The address for it is:

How to become a Marine Engineer after doing Mechanical Engineering ? If you are a mechanical engineer and wish to get a job in the merchant navy, then you can do so by becoming a marine engineer using your mechanical engineering degree. Mechanical and marine engineering courses have several subjects in common and this makes it easier for a mechanical engineer to get an additional degree in marine and open new doors of opportunities. Moreover, with the present shortage of maritime professionals in the shipping industry and lack of quality mechanical engineering jobs in the market, taking up marine engineering is an ideal choice for those already having a degree in mechanical engineering. How to Become a Marine Engineer ? The best part of pursuing a marine engineering degree after mechanical engineering is that you don’t have to go through the four years of rigorous engineering training, which a marine engineer has to go through. All you need is a one year speci

Career of Electro Technical Officer on Ship Having chosen a marine career (good choice!) as your field of work, here is some information to help make your search wider. You are determined to find a job at sea then we offer you a suitable option for that- an electro technical officer. An electro technical officer is one of the most important people on a vessel, especially when it comes to his/her expertise of handling electrical equipment of the vessel. For those who are interested in maritime jobs, a ship officer handling the electrical supervision of the vessel can be a suitable career choice. As an electro technical officer, your main duty would be to ensure functioning and maintenance of electrical equipments on vessel. What does an electro technical officer do? An electro technical officer handles several responsibilities on vessel mainly related to electrical systems. Like most jobs at sea, as a ship officer handling electronics on a vessel, you are most