Last updated Nov 24, 2023 | Career Guide, Experiences, Seaman's Life
If you stay long enough in your seafaring profession, you begin to see and experience crazy and unexpected things. This happened to me after being promoted on a tanker vessel. But who doesn’t like one? Besides, a higher rank means a bigger salary, right? Well, if you...
Last updated Nov 24, 2023 | Career Guide, How-to Guide, Shipboard Ranks
Becoming a ship captain involves lots of sacrifices in time, money, and effort. The process is challenging because the job of commanding a vessel is serious. Due to that responsibility, the master of a ship is compensated greatly compared to other crew. A ship captain...