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Now place yourself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a ship carrying 3,000
containers, one of them holding the very rolls of paper that concern the woman
above. The ship steams at 20 knots thorough calm seas on a moonless night. In the
galley, it's quiet but for the drone of ventilator blowers. A watch engineer in blue
coveralls microwaves some hot water for a cup of tea and prepares to relieve the 12
to 4 watch. He helps himself to a bran muffin left out by the cook and thinks about the
upcoming watch. Will he tag out no. 2 service water pump motor for the electrician to
repair in the morning? Did his relief figure out where the exhaust fumes in the
machine shop were coming from? How much more sea time does he need for a
chief’s license? What is his daughter doing at this very moment? Again, this
engineering officer is another good example of a maritime industry job.
Several days later, our ship nears the end of her voyage and approaches the
container terminal. But a misunderstanding between the chief mate and the pilot
cause her to run aground outside the channel. The officers don't know how severe
the hull damage is because the ship maintained her headway after grounding. The
officers ponder if the situation warrants an incident report to the Coast Guard. They
come to the conclusion that only a diver will enable them to determine if the
seaworthiness of the ship has been compromised.
After a few phone calls, a commercial diver arrives. The diver makes his way to the
suspected damage. The water is cold. The visibility is poor. The current is
uncooperative. As he descends, the diver can't stop thinking about a colleague who
was nearly killed working a similar job last week. The colleague was violently pulled
into a sea water inlet…because someone in the ship’s engine room unknowingly
started up the pump. Putting that story out of his mind, our diver finishes his
inspection and gives everyone the news they await. The ship slid across a sunken
barge that peeled open thirty feet of hull plating. As the diver finishes putting on his
dry clothes, calls are made back and forth to arrange a dry docking.
Equally adept at field work, our young naval architect grabs her hardhat and
flashlight to inspect the containership. She soon identifies the damaged sections
and prepares a quick estimate of the welder and mechanic hours needed for the
ship repair. Soon she’s back at her computer writing up an engineering specification
for the repairs.
While this chain of events may seem a little busy for such a short time span, the
point is that everyone described above is part of the maritime industry and their
positions are all considered maritime jobs. The claim rep, the watch engineer, the
chief mate, the pilot, the diver and the naval architect….they all have different skills,
education and training. They’re all good at what they do. Although their
responsibilities and job descriptions are very different from one another, they all play
a role in ultimately doing what it takes to keep people or freight moving from one
place to another. Each of them makes a valuable contribution to the maritime
industry with the work they do in their maritime jobs.
Good luck and smooth sailing!
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Now, what is a maritime job? The maritime
industry is so broad, the answer to that question
can take us to many different corners of the world.
Maritime jobs arise in the government sector,
insurance sector, engineering and design sector
to name just a few areas. Maritime jobs can mean
different things to different peole. If you ask a claim
representative working in the downtown New York
City office of a marine underwriter, her view of the
maritime industry comes from adjusting cargo
damage claims on ocean freight. She may handle
fifty claims a week for salt water damaged paper
rolls…or rust damaged rolls of steel.
industry is so broad, the answer to that question
can take us to many different corners of the world.
Maritime jobs arise in the government sector,
insurance sector, engineering and design sector
to name just a few areas. Maritime jobs can mean
different things to different peole. If you ask a claim
representative working in the downtown New York
City office of a marine underwriter, her view of the
maritime industry comes from adjusting cargo
damage claims on ocean freight. She may handle
fifty claims a week for salt water damaged paper
rolls…or rust damaged rolls of steel.
A few days later, our containership sits in a
shipyard. The yard crew wastes no time in
assessing the damage. A young naval
architect makes her way to the bottom of the
drydock to inspect the torn hull plates. With a
degree in naval architecture, she’s a
computer whiz. In school, she’s written
programs for damaged stability curves, fuel
consumption, and propeller selection.
shipyard. The yard crew wastes no time in
assessing the damage. A young naval
architect makes her way to the bottom of the
drydock to inspect the torn hull plates. With a
degree in naval architecture, she’s a
computer whiz. In school, she’s written
programs for damaged stability curves, fuel
consumption, and propeller selection.
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She reviews her bills of
ladings, surveyor reports, and
insurance policies to
determine which claims
should be paid. She’ll easily
handle thousands of such
claims in a year. Our claim
representative wonders if she’
ll be selected by her boss to
attend insurance law classes.
She wonders if the company
will reimburse her tuition for an
MBA at night. And she would
definitely be correct in viewing
her position a maritime job.
ladings, surveyor reports, and
insurance policies to
determine which claims
should be paid. She’ll easily
handle thousands of such
claims in a year. Our claim
representative wonders if she’
ll be selected by her boss to
attend insurance law classes.
She wonders if the company
will reimburse her tuition for an
MBA at night. And she would
definitely be correct in viewing
her position a maritime job.
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