I’ve known several Eng. that sailed CME on a T-agos class (1500hp apx and 2300grt apx) that had less than a unlimited hp/ton License. Today I talked with nmc and they say I will have to upgrade to unlimited hp to get the needed 600-800 tonnage increase! wtf? I have 6k hp now and 1600 ton, Is this the way it works? if I want anything bigger (at all) I have to go full unlimited tonnage and horsepower? will they accept a few letters of competence and make a exception for this one class of ship? No way do all those 2500 ton ships all have unlimited engineers do they?
[QUOTE=jimrr;153571]I’ve known several Eng. that sailed CME on a T-agos class (1500hp apx and 2300grt apx) that had less than a unlimited hp/ton License. Today I talked with nmc and they say I will have to upgrade to unlimited hp to get the needed 600-800 tonnage increase! wtf? I have 6k hp now and 1600 ton, Is this the way it works? if I want anything bigger (at all) I have to go full unlimited tonnage and horsepower? will they accept a few letters of competence and make a exception for this one class of ship? No way do all those 2500 ton ships all have unlimited engineers do they?[/QUOTE]
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On my last renewal they took my unlimited horsepower and replaced it with 6000 hp. because " I was not using it ".Its bullshit but it stands to this day. Work as a chief engineer on a 1600 ton boat with greater than 10k hp for I think a year, remove the HP limitation and test for 1st assist. eng. unlimited.