Personally, I have always run container ships, so when several nautical graduates asked me how to choose between bulk carriers, container ships and petrochemical ships, my opinion was that container ships were the first choice, especially large container ships. Some crew members agree with my point of view, but some people think that there are not many large container ships with more than 10,000 containers of double islands, so it is a little difficult to go up, and it is easier to be a bulk carrier.
Bulk carriers are indeed relatively relaxed, and the vast majority of the crews who have run through them think so. However, there are also individual crew members who add a little bit of the bad thing about bulk carriers, which I have already said earlier. Today, I saw a crew friend who said that the bulk carrier is not good, that is, the bulk carrier is not easy, and the sailor on the ship is really tired of dogs, because the bulk carrier is the object of PSC key inspection, such as the point system of the Tokyo Memorandum, four points and five points belong to high-risk ships, and the bulk carrier itself comes with 2 points, which puts forward higher requirements for the repair and maintenance of the ship.
Of course, this is just the opinion of a crew friend, I think not only bulk carriers, but all ships, especially high-risk ships, are the focus of PSC inspection, and the window will be opened in 2 months.
talked about container ships and bulk carriers, so several netizens asked me to talk about whether I should go to the oil and chemical ships. Oil-chemical tankers are actually a general term for oil tankers and chemical tankers, oil tankers are large and small, the smaller ones are generally product tankers, and the larger ones are generally ** ships, such as VLCC, ULCC, etc. Chemical tanker refers to a liquid cargo ship, that is, a cargo ship built or modified to carry various toxic, flammable, easy to exert or corrosive chemicals, but such as LNG and LPG carriers may belong to chemical tankers.
When it comes to oil chemical ships, many people say that getting on oil chemical ships is harmful to the body or something, such as hair loss or something. Many people have asked me about this, but I don't know much about it. I just want to say one thing, that is, everything must have a basis, hearsay is unreliable, and the crew of a petrochemical ship can tell if there is such a thing.
The crew runs the boat to make money, and of course the higher the salary, the better. Among the three types of ships, bulk carriers, container ships and oil-chemical ships, there is no doubt that the wages of oil-chemical ships are the highest. Especially for ships like ULCC and LNG, the salary of the same position must be much higher than that of container ships and bulk carriers, like the current **, it is normal for the captains of these ships to get more than 100,000 a month.
High wages also mean high requirements, first of all, in terms of certificates, if you want to get on the oil and chemical tanker, in addition to some basic training certificates, you also need the basic training certificate for oil tanker and chemical tanker cargo operation (T01, referred to as oil-based base), oil tanker cargo operation advanced training certificate (T02, referred to as oil high) and chemical tanker cargo operation advanced training certificate (T03, referred to as chemical high). These certificates are all valid for 5 years.
The second is that the management of oil and chemical ships is strict, and the crew's safety awareness and self-protection ability must be very strong, and various rules and regulations must be strictly abided. In fact, it is not only oil and chemical ships, but also other ships. Some students majoring in navigation who have not yet run a ship think that oil and chemical ships are very dangerous, which is incorrect, but in fact, the safety factor of oil and chemical ships should be the highest. In fact, on ships, the vast majority of accidents are caused by human factors.
Finally, let's talk about the question of whether the oil and chemical ship should go, about this point, I saw the situation in the double election meeting of the previous sailing graduates, some of the sailing graduates insisted on going to the oil chemical ship, and the other part of the crew was a bulk carrier or container ship, which was arbitrary, but did not go to the oil and chemical ship, which was almost polarized.
In 2020, I met a junior who insisted on going to the oil tanker, and finally he successfully went to a large oil tanker company to run overfuel, but yesterday he left me a message saying that if you run the ship, don't get on the oil tanker, if you really can't drive a non-oil tanker, don't run over the oil. I asked him why he said that, but he didn't say why.
In my personal opinion, the oil and chemical ships are also good, the salary is high, and the requirements are also high, like LNG ships, the current number does not seem to be very large, and the Chinese crew on it is estimated that there will not be many, and basically they are mainly mixed, which can show that your ability is good.