Wow. That is really bad. I remember reading years ago that even the Greeks were paying a Matros $1500 a month. It’s only a few hundred dollars a month more than I was making as a Deckboy fifty-two years back.

If the term “minimum wage” is used here the same way as in the USA it’s not a very useful number to compare anything to.

I get what you’re saying, but with the influx of weird registries (e.g. San Marino, Gabon) you know it’s what they’re most likely to pay.

I guess it will be enough to still be a Big Chief back in your native country.

[image] freighterman1: If the term “minimum wage” is used here the same way as in the USA it’s not a very useful number to compare anything to. Yes but there has to be a bottom to compare to. In 2005 while working a contract with one of the major cruise lines I aided a Filipino electrician ma…

The plan was always supposed to be that monkey flags should be pressured to accord higher wage to mariners, in order to nudge those operators toward Western (ideally U.S. flag) registries. Not happening anymore.

Yep, the guys I spoke of work for a company headquartered in Miami, FL but… the flag is Bahamas less than 200 miles away. :rofl:

Yup, just the thought of the guy who ran Carnival used to enrage me. Every day I’m more overjoyed to be retired. It’s what keeps me returning to this forum.

The $690 quoted would be for a 48 hour week and a 30 day month. A rating normally has a minimum number of hours of overtime available to be worked each month usually about 150 hours at time and a half bringing his gross to $798. Wow the unemployment benefit is way better here but I guess that is the…

I admit to overstating it as a “plan”. We used to have this type of discussion aboard ships, especially when a trade mag would hint at such an idea. This was late 70s into the early 80s. Haven’t heard such talk since, as FOC snowballed into the monster it is today. I stated some time ago that, back …

Global Seafarer Minimum Wage Set to Rise to $690 Per Month by 2026

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Well, it seems that I can add, but not subtract.

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