Does anyone know the truth of the rumor that MSC is asking the USCG for waivers to sail without 1 A/E, Chief Mates, or enlist 2 A/E , 2/Os to cover the job? **Heard that a Chief Mate just walked in Hawaii. 6 months overdue. How long until MSC collapses and the Navy has to step in and doing someth…

[image] Johnnymariner: Which leads back to the crux of how do we get more people to join the industry and/or incentive unlicensed to move up. It comes back to money. If it’s not too late already, it’s really close, but this industry used to pay the equivalent of at least twice what it’s curr…

[image] Boat: For young mariners who want cool experience and a variety of opportunities it’s a fine company. If this were true they wouldn’t have a crewing shortage

[image] troyanastasio: How long until MSC collapses and the Navy has to step in and doing something drastic? Since MSC manning was taken away from the Navy to save money. I’d be curious to see how much is actually saved.

Crewing shortage isn’t unique to MSC. All companies and union halls are also desperate for people. It is magnified at MSC due to how they work their schedules and training, but everyone needs mariners right now. The truth is young people don’t want to sail. Maritime grads are taking land jobs becau…

Pay is not the issue and there are a lot of speculations on what the Deck Officers are making. Try a FOIA request. Confusing but eye opening concerning the misinformation here about MSC actually pays beyond base. Even on the lowest paid ships the 3rd Mates are making a hell of a lot more than $130,…

[image] Capt_Phoenix: There have been doom and gloom articles predicting future mariner shortages for many years now Here’s an example discussed on here almost 8 years ago: [image] US needs 70,000 more mariners? Maritime Employment cpt.Paddy here with another artic…

[image] Xavier6162: Even on the lowest paid ships the 3rd Mates are making a hell of a lot more than $130,000 after 8 months of what appears to be confinement due to lack of reliefs. I’m talking about the industry as a whole, not MSC specifically. [image] Xavier6162: All that just to say…

[image] Boat: Cadet shipping at MSC is a blast One of my distinct memories from being a cadet at MSC was sitting on the bridge of the ship trying to google if my credits would transfer to Colorado School of Mines or something, when the 3rd mate who had seen something besides MSC assured me th…

I always found that the one thing my friends and I who cadet shipped with MSC found was that our experience was basically that we could get away with whatever we wanted because the problems there were so much bigger than “the cadet blacked out in Sasebo” All our stories go along the lines of “dude …

Everyone has their own experiences. Some would argue running gas from Houston to Tampa and back and doing nothing else would be a boring type of repetitive hell. Loading an aircraft carrier, destroyer, and hooking up groceries to a helicopter all at the same time some would argue is badass. I loved …

How long before Navy takes control of MSC manning?

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Here’s an example discussed on here almost 8 years ago:

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How long before Navy takes control of MSC manning?

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