Maritime organisations and colleges to start your seafaring career in the UK (also relevant for international students)

Photo by vasu jamwal on Pexels.com Below is a run down of how to start your career at sea in the UK, most of these organisations have availability … Maritime organisations and colleges to start your seafaring career in the UK (also relevant for international students)

Maritime organisations and colleges to start your seafaring career in the UK (also relevant for international students)

Below is a run down of how to start your career at sea in the UK, most of these organisations have availability for international students also. Getting your foot in the door – First of all you will need to approach either a training organisation or shipping company that runs its own cadetship programs independently.

Pollution myths surrounding the shipping industry

A couple of years ago I read the Facebook post of a reasonably well known person in my town, he wasn’t going to influence too many minds as the town I live only has a population of around 4500 people, but he is a business owner and former landlord of one of the few pubs

Seafarers – being in the union, is it worth it?

In January 2008, in the first week of my cadetship, a meeting with a union representative was organised for us giving a presentation and Q&A on the benefits and importance of being a member. The presentation gave the usual benefits in the area of pay and conditions negotiations, the perks that union membership gave and,

A seafarers opinion on career change, happiness and when to stop chasing that “dream”.

2012 was an interesting year for me, I’d been a fully qualified marine engineer for about a year but I was about to make a change of employer that would set me free on international travels much further afield. Previously I had been working and training in companies that operated in UK or European waters

Taking ownership of your health under the tight schedule of a travelling professional

I wont go into the obvious healthy behaviours here required to keep you in check for the majority of your life, I’ll list them below but I think these are things we all know deep down and the greater issue is having the discipline to actually implement them regularly. These are things such as –

Basic investments and future stability to consider with a career working away from home

Careers working abroad can often be financially rewarding as well as a life and personality enhancing experience. The nature of working abroad however can mean very specialized careers that don’t easily transition to a return home, often resulting in a pay cut and/or change to lifestyle whenever we make the decision. It’s essential we get

The ideal travel grab bag, the bare necessities

This might seem like an obvious topic, but many seasoned travelers will no doubt have the experience of forgetting any number of items in their less experienced days of travelling, from the dead batteries of the various electronics we carry to then find our travel adapter isn’t suitable, the dreaded lack of a pen when

My second trip to Brazil, how Andrea and sports world nearly ruined everything

Back in my much greener days in 2013 I went on my second trip to Brazil, I had my visa, I’d already been to Rio de Janeiro a few months earlier, this time I was heading to Vitoria, what could possibly go wrong. My journey started as many often did then, with a hire car

The authoritarian powers of a cotton wool bud wielding covid tester

***Disclaimer*** I have the utmost respect for the medical professionals willing to risk their own health venturing so close to my hooter, this is a topic for general and comical experiences regarding the relentless covid testing involved when travelling these days. My first covid test experience was during my first ever quarantine in Aberdeen, UK.