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Please note 1: Jobs Available are changing all the time. I recommend you come back every one to two weeks and check what is available. Positions listed indicate the kind of jobs one usually finds on each website. Go to the job listings on each website below and check for new opportunities. It's very easy if you add this page to your "Favourites" (IE) or "Bookmarks" (Firefox). Please note 2: When the crewing agent have an on-line application form, you must use it - if you don't, your application goes straight into the waste basket. If you find a suitable vacancy with an agent / employer who have an office in your own country - get the address from the "Contact" page and apply in person. This is always the best way, if it's possible for you. Please note 3: None of the listed recruiting agents on this page asks for any placement fee - neither in advance nor later. Job seekers should not have to pay to be able to apply for a job. Neither should they have to pay anything to get a job. One should always get a job on merit / experience / skills only, not because one happens to have extra cash available. Please note 4: Every link on this page opens in a new window. If your "Pop-up killer" is too efficient it can also stop new windows. When this happens, please press "Ctrl" and click on the link you want. The catering department on regular cargo ships ( general cargo ships, container ships, bulk carriers, and tankers ) is very small - usually just a few persons only. On very big ships there can be a chief steward, who is the department boss. Under him there's is then the Cook ( sometimes also assistant cook ) and one or two messmen plus possibly one or two "cabin stewards", the latter doing general cleaning jobs inside the accommodation. If you happen on an acronym - like UN for United Nations - and you don't know what it means, put your mouse arrow on top of it and you get an explanation.
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Employment OpportunitiesCurrently ( 2010 ) there's a worldwide shortage of about 30.000 ship officers. This is expected to grow to about 85.000 by 2012 [ source "Gangway" May/2009 ]. End of December 2008 I heard a rumour some cargo ships ( Ro-Ro ?) that used to get "pick and carry" cargoes in Northern Europe were getting short of cargoes. Some of these ships already going as far as East Africa to get some trade. Starting from March 2009 there has been an increasing number of ships laid up, although not nearly enough to close all open vacancies. At end of third quarter of 2008 low crude oil prices pushed tanker charter rates down, which had as consequence several VLCC and ULCC new-building contracts were changed ( not cancelled ) to LNG tankers instead. In April 2009 there were a total of 140 LNG tankers on order. If you have experience as chief mate on a crude tankers and currently looking for work, it could be a good idea to add training / proficiency in LNG cargo calculations. We should, however be aware, that all the time / every day writing, reading, hearing about the Economic Crisis can create a self-fulfilling prognosis. As long as nobody comes forward with stories about those companies that still are running full speed with no problems the situation of course looks gloomy. But all companies all over the world do not have economical problems. Moore Stephen's Shipping Confidence Survey reports there is apparent confidence that there will be "good business opportunities ahead" and that the upturn will come not later that the third quarter of 2009. [ Source: Maritime Reporter, April 03, 2009 ] The "Gangway" [ Shiptalk Newsletter ] in June 2009 quotes Lloyd's list stating charter rates for bulk carriers were on the rise. Some other sources mentioning oil prices also rising while gas prices in US were tumbling down. Although almost all of increased power generation in US comes from burning LNG. Something must be going on ! I think it was Shakespeare who said: "Something is smelling in 'Denmark'". Anyway, I'm an optimist. Even as I have come across some rumours about US and European ship owners transferring some ships to an Asian flag. These have been smaller or medium size ship owners / management companies. Most employers listed on this page are big and stable, working with long time contracts. These are the ones that continues hiring experienced personnel even when the shipping sector is in a "downturn". The shipping sector has always been cyclical - going up and down and up again. Get ITF's Standard Collective Agreement with salary scales for 2008. More recent actual salaries paid are included in many vacancy lists. ITF hasn't published any salary scales for 2009. September / October 2009 number of sea-going vacancies started increasing, especially so for Engineers - from Chief Engineers to Junior Third and Fourth Engineers. If you are a British citizen and interested in short trips / coastal trading, do follow Clyde Marine recruitment Blog.
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