I have heard a different number, a little less than the 1250.
Mates will be at around 800 with 50 increments Going up topping out at 1150. I have heard that engineers will get the biggest raise… It’s all speculation at this point. I don’t work there anymore, I heard this from a guy that does.
How steady are these jobs that seem to pay this much? Should one get away from working tank vessels to look into these companies like HOS, ECO, Hornbeck,etc.? If they pay this much do these mates & captains actually work for it, or do they sit in front of a DP screen all day and fuss with paperwork?
A little of everything just like any other place. Some hitches all you do is sit in front of the DP screen and fuss with paperwork, other hitches you spent it moving around from dock to dock (The Fourchon shuffle). But I must say Captains do have a lot of paperwork and direct contact with the clients. Good captains do earn their pay keeping the clients happy by having a good balance between safety and pleasing the Client. Those boats usually stay busy!
If you get hired on by Candies, you are set man. They have never laid anyone off. The pay is really good these days. It was 500 a day when I left, which was still really solid at the time. The work is challenging at times, but there is also a lot of time spent at the dock.
Candies paperwork is minimal compared to the tanker company I work for.
I left because there is simply not the level of professionalism that there is in other segments of the industry. So many corners get cut and nobody knows it because they have been cutting corners for years. One day something is going to happen on one of the big vessels because they are operated and managed like tugboats that have a crew of 8 and not ships that have a crew of 100.
What is Candies Work schedules?
[QUOTE=coolb43;70138]What is Candies Work schedules?[/QUOTE]
I think some guys are 28-28 and some are 28-14. Depends on where the vessel is. Some vessels overseas (Brazil) are 60-30-ish. Dont know if they work day for day overseas.
[QUOTE=coolb43;70138]What is Candies Work schedules?[/QUOTE]
In Brazil they have some guys working 56 and 56, some 56 and 28, and others 28 and 28, it depends on your preference and which boat you are able to get on. In the Gulf some guys work14 and 14, some 28 and 14, and others 28 and 28, once again it depends on which boat you are able to get on and which positions are availabe on that vessel
They run both 28/28, and 28/14 for domestic Officers
Generally 60/30 for International Officers