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He passed his Chief Mates ticket last November or December (not sure which month precisely) and was lucky to move into a vacant slot first trip back. He needs a years sea time before he can go for his Masters (I think that is the time requirement).
He joined his ship (Eurodam) at Fort Lauderdale last Sunday and she is now in dry dock at Lucaya, The Bahamas.
Sad to learn things are so bad at the college up the road and will inform James when he next rings home.
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Great stuff. It's a really big deal when you get your Chief Mate/2nd Engineer ticket.
I did my Chief Engineer's ticket with a guy from Holland America Line, he had spent something like the last ten years on the Veendam. My first ship with my new employer the 4th Engineer was also a new joiner just come from HAL. I don't know how it is on the deck side there but it sounded like things weren't happy for engineers there.
As for the colleges, Shields has really gone downhill. I've also heard Warsash isn't too good these days either. Haven't heard much about Glasgow. I have heard that Fleetwood is on the rise though and seems to have become the best of the bunch.
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Probably on a 40 year old fleet tanker covered in oil, engaging on an expletive laden tirade about the shortcomings of the Naval Stores system
