MANY TIMES I SAW SOME ARTICLES, PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHAT IS MERCHANT NAVY AND HOW TO JOIN IT AND BLA BLA.....

AS A MARINE ENGINEER I AND WE MARINERS KNOW THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS REASON OF PEOPLE SEARCHING THE WAY TO ENTER MERCHANT NAVY.

PEOPLE ALWAYS SEARCH THE TERM MERCHANT NAVY BECAUSE ITS FASCINATING AND THRILL LIFE BUT THE TRUTH BEHIND IS UGLY THAN YOU MIGHT HAD EVER HEARD.

MOSTLY PEOPLE FROM MIDDLE-CLASS JOIN THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO BECOME RICH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND MONEY MATTERS IN THIS WORLD.

BUT AT THE AGE OF 18 WE DON'T THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WE ONLY GIVE PRIORITY TO MONEY AND ITS SOON REALIZE BY THE PERSON, BUT HE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TENSIONS IN LIFE AND DEMAND OF MONEY SO HE CHOOSE TO SAILING.

THE  MERCHANT NAVY IS A FLEET OF MERCHANT VESSELS WHICH DEALS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND SOMETIMES PASSENGERS BY SEA. ITS FLEET IS THEREFORE COMPOSED OF TANKER(OIL, GAS, CHEMICAL ETC), PASSENGERS, CONTAINERS, CARGO ETC.

A CAREER IN THIS FIELD IS FULL OF ADVENTURE AND LONG VOYAGES ABOVE THIS WHAT MATTER IS PAYMENTS AND WORLD TOUR.

BUT PEOPLE UPDATE IS THAT THE PAYMENT KEEP ON DECREASING AND WORK KEEP ON INCREASING AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THERE ARE LESS NO. OF SHORE LEAVES.

PEOPLE ONLY THINK ABOUT MONEY SAY 4TH ENG SALARY IS 3800$=2,00,000 RUPEES BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THIS IS FOR THE TIME WHEN WE ARE ONBOARD. SO SAY IF YOU ARE ONBOARD FOR 6 MONTH YOU EARN MONEY, BIG CASH IN HANDS HA, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REMAINING PERIOD WASTED IN EXAMS, COURSES. NOBODY CALCULATE IT.

THE CATCH IS YOU ARE AWAY FROM YOUR HOME AND ALSO PEOPLE THINK OF NEW PLACES BUT SORRY PEOPLE THEY KEEP ON DECREASING THE SHORE OUT PASS.AND DO YOU KNOW AS A ENGINEER WE HAVE TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME IN ENGINE ROOM.

THERE ARE WATCHED ONBOARD, VERY BORING BUT ONCE YOU FINISHED YOUR WORK YOU CAN GO TO SHORE IF ON PORT.AND YOU CANNOT ASHORE ON ALL THE PORTS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STAY IN THE SHIP AND WORK AS THERE WILL BE SOMETHING GOING ON EVERY TIME EITHER LOADING, DISCHARGING, BUNKERING ETC.

A FAMOUS QUOTE "A MARINER HAS WIFES IN EVERY PORT" YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU MADE IT.

YOU WILL ENJOY THE LIFE TILL YOU ARE PAID WITH GRATITUDE.

SOME COMPANIES ARE THERE WHO GIVES HALF SALARY WHILE YOU STAY AT HOME BUT FINDING JOBS IN THESE COMPANIES ARE DIFFICULT.

TODAY I CAN SAY ITS NOT AT ALL GOOD FOR CADETS WHO HAD PASSED OUT AS I PERSONALLY WENT TO EVERY SHIPPING COMPANY IN MUMBAI TO SUBMIT MY RESUME BUT THE UGLY TRUTH IS MOST OF THEM SAID WE DON;T TAKE FRESHERS, AND SOME OF THEM SAID LEAVE YOUR CV OR TAKE IT WHATEVER NOBODY IS CONSIDERING IT.

AT THE END I ONLY LIKE TO SAY JOINING MERCHANT NAVY IS A PROUD OF MATTER DESPITE HAVING FEW DRAWBACKS.

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