Military Sealift Command (MSC) Jobs

Hello and Good Day! This is Gary Loy, the area Recruiter for Military Sealift Command.

I wanted to share an the opportunities that Military Sealift Command Offers.  I will be in San Diego, CA during the week of February 24th – February 28th conducting informational briefings on how to become a Civilian Mariner with Military Sealift Command. I will be providing information relating to current and future position openings as well as discussing the steps required to become a credentialed mariner through the US Coast Guard.

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A reminder to our to Students preparing for the Upon Ocean endorsement!

                    

Students  must remember that they will need the reprint of the 1981 Nautical Almanac and the Sight Reduction table Pub.  229, Volume 2 to work many of the practice problems in the Celestial textbook and workbooks. Free PDF copies of these publications can be downloaded from our “Members Area” or printed copies can be purchased here under “Deck Publications” web page;.

Reprints from the 1983 Tide Tables and Current Tables now available in print format

At the request of one of our clients, we have made the Reprints from the 1983 Tide Tables and Current Tables used by the US Coast Guard for Deck Officer Licensing Examination available in printed format for training purposes only. They are perfect bound in 8.5 by 11 Format on white paper.

We still have these tables available in PDF  format for free in members only area.

Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Pub 229 Now available in printed format !

At the request of one of our clients, we have made the Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Volumes 1 through 6 available in printed format. They are perfect bound in 8.5 by 11 Format on white paper.

We still have the volumes in PDF  format for free in members only area.

Nautical Sight Reduction Tables, Pub 229, Volume 2, 15° to 30°  inclusive is the appropriate volume for student’s preparing for USCG Terrestrial and Upon Oceans Endorsement examinations.

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International Job Site Announcement

Mr. Santosh of Maritime Contractors sent the following email to us that may be of interest to some of our mariners.

Reprinted below:          Wed 4/3/2013 11:10 PM :

Hello Gentleman,

I work for http://maritime-connector.com/ and part of it’s online promotion we are working on contacting people like you to take advantage of the offerings the site provide. All services for job seekers are completely free and with maritime-connector full cv you are just click of the mouse away from new job.

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NEVA 2013 International shipping, shipbuilding, and offshore energy exhibition, 24-27 September 2013

Link to NEVA website

Dear Colleague,

For over 20 years since 1991 the NEVA International Exhibitions and conferences have successfully promoted the massive redevelopment of the Russian commercial maritime industries.

The great success of the NEVA Exhibition was based on the effective presentation of the most modern technologies and equipment available to meet the large-scale demands of the Russian commercial maritime industries and administrations to develop the urgently required renewal of the shipbuilding, shipyard, ship equipment industries, the sea and inland waterways shipping fleets, the marine support sector for the offshore energy expansion and for the ports systems throughout the Russian Federation.

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our invitation to the 10th Jubilee International Conference on “Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation” TransNav 2013, Prof. Adam Weintrit

TransNav - International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Dear Colleague,

We would like to kindly remind you about our invitation to the 10th Jubilee International Conference on “Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation” TransNav 2013 organised jointly by the Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University and The Nautical Institute from 19 to 21 June 2013 in Gdynia, Poland.
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Deck and Stability Workbook Revised 17 October 2012

The Deck and Stability Workbook has been revised to reflect changes in the US Coast Guard newly released data base, adding 42 new pages to the Stability section of the workbook.

We have developed this series of training manuals to assist the Merchant Mariner in passing the U.S. Coast Guard Licensing Examinations, from Master 500 GT to 2nd Mate Unlimited Upon Oceans.

These manuals have been developed to augment our current textbooks for Mariners and are modular in design incorporating practical exercises and actual U.S. Coast Guard examination questions with all questions worked-out.