Title says it all. I’m thinking of joining but I can find much info online. I was also wondering how much time is usually spent at sea, what are the main ports and how much time off would I get between ship. Thanks in advance to anyone that can answer.
When I worked for Patriot the SUP guys were saying there was no requirement to get off the ship when your hitch was up. Some guys stayed out there beyond 6 months, with one OS telling me he made $75,000 that year.
Granted — he was stuck on Diego Garcia and soaked up all the OT he could, but that was his claim.
(This was 2015)
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I’m MFOW, full book, but that sounds about right, keeping in mind unless you’re pretty unmotivated, you should be sailing AB in about 4 years
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Do SUP ships only man MSC ships? To my knowledge I wouldn’t think a commercial sailor would be at the place mentioned.
Just out of curiosity:
Did he make closer to 180 days, or closer to 365 days? A lot of windage there.
SUP has only a few companies under contract. Matson, APL and Patriot are the most notable. If it is a government contract ship, it’s a good bet Patriot is the operating company.
I heard of Matson, I’m hoping to get on with them hopefullly.