Imagine this: three months on board, the last two months’ wages unpaid, food running low, and the company suddenly unreachable. Your ship is left sitting in a foreign port. This isn’t fiction — in shipping it’s called abandonment, and cases…
Why do seafarer salary figures differ so much? One vacancy says “per ILO standard”, another says “ITF standard”, others mention IBF or PNO — and the numbers can differ wildly for the same rank. No wonder it’s confusing. The good…
For newcomers to shipping, the terms oil tanker, chemical tanker, gas tanker, bunker, and trading tanker often get thrown around interchangeably — especially in job ads that use them loosely. But different terms mean different ships, different cargoes, different safety…
One of the most common questions from aspiring seafarers: how much do seafarers earn today? The answer varies — by rank, ship type, and company. But there is good news: as of 1 January 2026, the global minimum wage for…
ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) is the electronic chart system that is now the primary navigation tool on almost all merchant ships worldwide. For Indonesian officers sailing on foreign vessels, understanding ECDIS is no longer a bonus —…
For seafarers or migrant workers eyeing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is one wall many never expect: the TB test in the visa medical. It’s not just active TB that gets rejected — old, healed TB scars visible on…
More and more principals now require a TB test as part of the seafarer medical check-up. For crew with a tight joining schedule, the first question is always: which TB test gives the fastest results? The answer: yes, there is…