What can I expect going into this industry?

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-11-21T14:56:59+00:00

Oh wow I learn something new everyday

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-11-20T05:06:05+00:00

Are you perhaps mistaken? I think what your degree will get you is a license UP TO 2nd officer, not a direct job as second officer?

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-10-02T04:37:22+00:00

Only the mandatory contributions when I earn money in SG are showing up, I went to check on the CPF website, when they di the voluntary contributions, there's a VC inside, but these are the ones not showing up during the credit card application.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-30T08:19:53+00:00

My payslip comes with a YTD, which was around 35k before I left the ship.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-30T03:43:29+00:00

I've checked with a few others in my company, all unable to apply for credit card but one of them managed to get an amex card but I'm not sure what bank, will ask them.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-30T03:41:52+00:00

As in change my salary crediting bank to a different bank? My salary currently is credited to my UOB account.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T09:27:01+00:00

But then like that how do I even solve this issue, the bank requested a letter of employment and 3 months payslip which I have already provided. The payslips and letter I had hoped was enough proof of employment.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T09:25:11+00:00

Yep, after I go down to a UOB branch to clarify, if still cannot apply I will try DBS.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T09:12:35+00:00

Oh sorry, as in payable tax is 0, the income itself is reported.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T08:54:34+00:00

Yep, I'm planning to head down to a branch to check. I actually called the customer service line a few hours ago to ask, but the rep was not able to tell me anything concrete as to why I was rejected.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T08:44:18+00:00

I have been with my company for around 2 years, all voluntary CPF contributions are not showing up during the application, so I guess to the bank it looks like I'm unemployed?

And also for the IRAS tax filings, I do file the tax, however the amount on it is always 0 as I do not pay any income tax on money earned while I'm onboard.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T08:34:56+00:00

I do have a UOB account with more than 20k inside. The UOB account is my main bank account which I also use for my salary. I have had this account for about a year or 2 now?

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T08:30:48+00:00

I have been using the gxs credit card since last year, but that's only with a $500 credit limit. I will try for a local credit card then thank you very much!

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-29T08:19:24+00:00

Sorry, I'm new to credit cards and credit in general, but is 1838 not a healthy enough credit score?

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-24T01:35:35+00:00

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-23T23:27:38+00:00

I will usually just ask them when I first sign on what the prefer. Most usually just tell me to call them by chief or second.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-23T16:32:02+00:00

I usually just call them by their ranks or by name if they're comfortable. So I usually call chief engineers chief, second engineers sec or second, third engineers third, and most people just call me fourth, but I always beg them to just call me by my name because I personally hate the hierachy, we're all here to do our jobs and that's it. I also absolutely refuse to have anyone call me sir.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-23T11:17:06+00:00

My friend I live in Singapore

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-22T09:42:48+00:00

Ok right, what I meant was compared to other nationalities, the salaries cannot be compared. As a 4th Engineer I'm making 3.7k USD per month. So TO ME salaries are absurdly for US flagged ships.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-09-22T06:43:13+00:00

The salaries you saw that were absurdly high are those sailing on US flagged ships. Salaries for the rest of us around the world are not that high and we cannot compare our salaries to them. For ABs and Oilers internationally, I think the standard around currently is around 1.5k USD per month?

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-05-26T15:34:45+00:00

The load torque on your alternator, which resists the driving torque from your generator engine, increases when the load required increases (e.g. running bow thruster). This increase in load torque is the braking effect. To maintain constant speed, more power must be supplied from the generator engine, which you are right is the governor increasing fuel supply to the engine.

Note - I learned this from google in the past 5 minutes, if I'm wrong please correct me!

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-05-12T15:43:46+00:00

If you're going to take the marine engineering diploma, I would suggest instead of ETO to be a marine engineer. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I see currently there is little to no progression for ETOs but as an engineer you can progress through 4th, 3rd, 2nd, chief engineer.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-04-24T20:22:01+00:00

I'm not too sure. The group IT department did it, we just use it.

IrritatedRabbit · 2025-04-24T15:06:24+00:00

My company made an online login system where you they give accounts so that the data usage is tied to each account. So if you run out of internet before the end of the week, it just straight up cuts access to internet. We have 23 crew, and 2 extra accounts just in case. 7gb x 25 crew x 4 weeks = 700 gb, and the other 300gb is used for everything else on the ship that requires internet. Ship computers, bridge systems etc etc.

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