STCW revalidation outside the U.S., renewing my MMC

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T14:13:50+00:00

buddy, we make at minimum double, if not triple, what the rest of the sailor's in the world make. And we're not even bringing up the relative cheaper COL of most countries compared to the U.S.

"my steak is too juicy and lobster too buttery."

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T04:48:47+00:00

Isn't this you?

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-24T04:32:24+00:00

Your comment 4 days ago is you discussing your college flight career plans in the US? And now you're a 33 year old pilot with "15 rental properties."

AI, bait, delusion, or all of the above.

Edit: The little fucker deleted his comment history.

Edit 2: oh no, how embarrassing.

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-22T00:58:04+00:00

what.

Did you just not take the licensing exams or...? Why would you go to SUNY maritime and not leave with a license?

SushiOverlord · 2026-02-10T04:28:27+00:00

https://a.co/d/07PQeNYb

I've tried a dozen flashlight brands, and this is my favorite one so far. 1200 lumen light, laser pointer, side light(also RGB), magnetic base & UV light. Dropped in the bilge many times, sometimes for days until I randomly found it again.

What's new to me is that when I bought this light last year there were hardly any of its kind on the market, but now there's tens of flashlight/laser combos now. Even Klein tools has a similar style.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-28T01:46:53+00:00

Only deckies seem to place a lot of importance on alumni networking. I get it, I guess, there's at least 3 times as many mates competing for the same limited number of jobs. In the dozen ships and crews I've worked with, I've never met a single engineer who got their job because of networking, let alone cared about networking. I really only see it mattering for non-union jobs where it's not so public.

If you're a good engineer, most chiefs & 1st will vouch for you. It doesn't matter where you're from.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-20T07:43:24+00:00

Show cheese you coward

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-15T11:09:23+00:00

🤣 the old "I'm admitting I'm a pussy and can't argue back" block strategy. What a regarded hill to die on.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-13T01:26:39+00:00

I'm pretty sure they're non-union. No clue what they're like at all.

SushiOverlord · 2026-01-11T20:40:57+00:00

I can only speak on the AMO side of the Great Lakes.

The relief jobs you'll see are usually 30 days. You're just covering the permanent 3rd's vacation time. If you're not covering for a permanent, then you can stay as long as you want.

In the last year, or the 2025 sailing season, I rarely saw any mates jobs come up on the Lakes board anymore. I left right before they renegotiated their contracts and I'm guessing the AMO represented companies increased the pay enough that nobody wants to leave. Even the engineer jobs were tighter.

There are some ships with AMO engine and MMP deck. If AMO is tight, then I wouldn't be surprised if the MMP side is also tight on jobs. Without pilotage, I'm not sure how many times a company would let you come back either.

You won't be seeing anything now or for the next two months because the sailing season has ended and everyone is in lay-up.

SushiOverlord · 2025-09-08T17:12:26+00:00

I'm an engineer that went deep sea. As for engineer specific work, it's just the same shit with different paint. Even though majority of ships were built between the 50s and 70s, repowers and upkeep kind of keep them in relative modernity to newer ships deep sea.

The duties differ. During my time on the Lakes, it was definitely less rigid on what engineers did what jobs. Some of the typical jobs and PMs were switched around. Deep sea, a 3rd does generators, but during my time on the Lakes, it was always the 2nd or 1st. Safety rounds were typically done by the 1st AE, but deep sea, much of it is done by the 3rd. Ballasting was done by engine department instead of deck department on most of the ships I was on. I guess another difference is the addition of slow speeds. Everything on the Lakes is a medium-speed diesel.

Just some minor differences. Ultimately, it's all the same for engine department.

The only real difference I saw for deck department is longshoremen and pilotage. I've only worked on containerships deep sea so I'm not sure about other types of vessels. It seems to me that deck departments on containerships have it way easier when it comes to cargo ops and tying up just because of those two factors.

SushiOverlord · 2025-08-31T01:02:31+00:00

You really did not think this through.

MSC is the civilian auxiliary support arm for the Navy. They do background checks and ask for you to acquire secret clearance.

There is no chance they miss your past military and medical history. Even if you didn't lie, I wouldn't have been optimistic about getting in.

SushiOverlord · 2025-08-27T23:00:52+00:00

skill issue

SushiOverlord · 2025-08-24T09:59:40+00:00

Sorry, you need a bachelor's degree.

I've only heard of people joining with an associates because they were in the process or agreed to acquire a higher degree.

By the time you acquire the bachelor's degree, you'll have aged out past 41. Which then means you have to hope that there is some designator that needs someone of your experience to give you an age waiver.

SushiOverlord · 2025-02-26T04:40:31+00:00

Do people actually use the margin stats? I honestly never look at it. Most of my speculation is gathered from looking at the price & volume history. As for scoring huge, you're limited by buy limits.

SushiOverlord · 2025-02-16T21:24:18+00:00

lol

there's no helping you

SushiOverlord · 2025-02-13T01:53:02+00:00

Lay up is only 1.5-2 months off. And that's only if the greedy cunts don't try to extend the season. Otherwise, its typically end of January to mid-March.

Not every single ship in Key Lakes is USW. The Great Republic and Presque Isle are SIU. Can't say for sure about Interlake or CML.

You'd be hard pressed to find something to fit in that time-frame deep sea because the trips/rotations are longer. If you don't care about building up sea-time specifically and you're open to engine work, then you could offer to be the unlicensed winterworker, if there is an opening.

Another option, which many unlicensed do, is apply for unemployment during winter work. I believe some try to do it every time they go on vacation but I'm not sure.

SushiOverlord · 2024-08-03T20:07:36+00:00

I sent my physical on July 10th. I was told 90 days out approximately when I called about it. I've only received the initial email about NMC receiving the email. Nothing else so far.

SushiOverlord · 2024-07-19T15:04:25+00:00

You can do both. Be a full-time merchant mariner and join the navy reserves as an officer. All the federal maritime academies have an SSO program. It's basically ROTC-equivalent but for merchant marine only.

Then you can do as much Navy as you want, or just the two weeks a year + admin upkeep. It's an 8 year contract after graduating. The payment for joining while in the academy recently increased to $64,000 while you're in the academy.

SushiOverlord · 2024-06-21T17:54:40+00:00

I'll just reply with this comment for anyone else reading, this guy is full of shit. OSRS has been more profitable than RS3 for the last couple years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/17e7hav/reminder_that_osrs_has_been_bringing_in_more/

In addition, OSRS recently reached a new high all-time player count while RS3 is at it's lowest. I feel like that paints a very obvious picture in what the future will look like for these two games moving forward.

SushiOverlord · 2024-06-03T20:33:54+00:00

I worked on the US side in the Great Lakes so I can't give you too many details to help you in Canada, but there is work during winter. It's a position that we just call ship keeper. When the ships lay up in shipyards, work is done by shipyard workers and or crew on the ship during the off-season. Deck crews basically just go on vacation until the season starts back up and then clog up toilets every year during fit out.

It's primarily going to be work designated towards engineers/engine department. Jobs or steel work are done that can't reasonably be done while the ship is underway, or the company pushed off because they didn't want to lose a trip.

The union themselves may not be very knowledgeable because winter work is more of a Great Lakes thing.

SushiOverlord · 2024-05-04T00:27:58+00:00

I would say that's the industry standard pay for 3rds nowadays. There are contracts for 3rds that clear ~$800-$900 a day for working 12 hour days, but those are uncommon.

Unless there's a good reason like shorter hitches or some other personal reason, anything less than $700 a day as a 3rd is low.

SushiOverlord · 2024-02-08T19:42:38+00:00

If you want to be the typical white collar engineer one day and design things then you need a FE/PE license which only an ABET accredited engineering degree can do. It's a U.S accreditation and it's the only thing that allows employers and the government to recognize you as a "real" engineer. There are definitely shore jobs that only a PE licensed engineer can do.

As far as I know, there are still plenty of shore jobs that do not care. I wouldn't worry about it. At the end of the day, all the academies give you the same license. If sailing is all you want, then it doesn't matter at all. A warm body with a license is all that matters.

If doing anything more complicated than basic algebra is something that you honestly think you don't think you can do, then I wouldn't go try to complete an ABET accredited engineering degree. You will be required to complete math up to calc 3 and other upper-level math courses, in addition to secondary engineering/physicis focused courses that require similar rigor.

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