IImportance of Maritime Job

When it comes to jobs, everyone pay more attention to technical, business, educational, medical and industrial sectors jobs, but they forget about the marine jobs which are one of the adventurous and great paying jobs. Nowadays,  maritime jobs are getting more popular among people because of its higher salary, comfortable working schedules, advantageous features and more.

If you are still thinking about the drawbacks of maritime jobs then it is time to revise your thoughts, because  maritime jobs are more reliable, Now more people are looking for the opportunity to start an adventurous career in maritime industry. Rising demand for marine jobs has also called the immersion of  many job portals which provide latest information about a wide range of marine jobs like naval jobs, onshore and offshore jobs, yacht jobs and much more.

Moreover,  maritime institutes and colleges are emerging to train youngsters who are looking to achieve a successful career in the marine arena. Maritime jobs offer great benefits  from adventurous working environment to high salary packages.

Some benefits of marine jobs are listed below:

High Pays

Before, people thought that marine jobs pay scale were low, but current salary details entice even other professional persons to  find an opportunity to sneak into naval or maritime jobs. For example, deckhand trainee can get up to $36,000 per year, while experienced captains get salary up to $170,000.

Though, you cannot be so sure about the salary because it might change depending on military or government jobs. Military and other government sectors may offer less salaries but you can find many other advantages above your expectations.

Comfortable working conditions

In the past days, marine professionals had bundle of works to perform but advanced equipments and modern technologies have simplified the working process in present time. Working conditions might be  little difficult but mostly come under shifts. So, you have time to relax and refresh yourself. If you belong to government sectors, then you can get more comfortable schedules which might not be too bothersome.

Large number of opportunities

You are given higher salaries and promotions according to your potentials in a limited period of time. You can get more experience every day and secure your future. Moreover, it’s a competetive career which help you to found out your buried potentials and make you fit physically and mentally.

Pleasures

You can enjoy the beauty of the sea every day which can relax you during hard working schedules. In addition, you have proper care while you are in marine jobs.

Free traveling


While you are working on ships you get to see the world for free. Whenever your ship stop to load or unload materials you can get a leave to see the port and near places.

All these important benefits pinpoint the importance of maritime jobs. However, you need to find the best job to reap all these benefits and stabilize your career.

Funny sailor/Mariners jokes

Joke No 6

It was a dark, stormy, night. The Sailor was on his first assignment, and it was guard duty. A Captain stepped out taking his dog for a walk. The nervous young Seaman snapped to attention, made a perfect salute, and snapped out ," Good Evening, Sir!"

The Captain, out for some relaxation, returned the salute and said "Good evening Seaman, nice night, isn't it?" Well it wasn't a nice night, but the Sailor wasn't going to disagree with the Captain, so the he saluted again and replied "Yes Sir!".

The Captain continued, "You know there's something about a stormy night that I find soothing, it's really relaxing. Don't you agree?" The Seaman didn't agree, but then the seaman was just a seaman, and responded " Yes Sir!"

Then the Captain, pointing at the dog said, "This is a Golden Retriever, the best type of dog to train." The Seaman glanced at the dog, saluted yet again and said " Yes Sir!" The Captain continued "I got this dog for my wife." The Seaman simply said, "Good trade Sir!"

Joke No 7

A sailor and a marine are urinating at a public restroom. The marine finishes first and washes his hands - the sailor just walks to the exit. So the marine says to him, "Hey, in the marines they teach us to wash our hands after taking a piss." The sailor says, "Yeah, well, in the navy they teach us to not piss on our hands!"

Joke No 8

One morning the pirate noticed something floating towards the deserted island that had become his home since the ship sank six months ago.

As the object came closer, he realized that it was a large barrel. He very soon thereafter realized that hanging on to the barrel was a very scantily clad woman. In fact she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Arriving on shore the woman left the barrel and slowly and suggestively walked toward the pirate. She whispered into his ear, " I have something you want!"

The pirate broke into a dead run towards to breaking waves yelling, "Don't tell me you've got beer in that barrel!"

Joke No 9

 A sailor and a priest were playing golf. The sailor took his first shot missed and said, "#@$!, I missed." Surprised, the priest replied, "Don’t use that kind of language or God will punish you." The sailor took aim and hit his shot second shot. Again he missed and under his breath the said, "I #@$!’n missed again." The priest overheard and replied, "My son, please don’t use that language or God will punish you." The sailor took his third shot and once again he couldn’t help mutter, "Oh #@$!…" The priest said, "That’s it God will certainly punish you." Suddenly a bolt of lightning came down and killed the priest. In the distance a deep voice said, "#@$!, I Missed".

Joke No 10

A sailor trying to sneak back to his ship about 3 o'clock in the morning was spotted by a chief petty officer who ordered him to explain his tardiness. The lame explanation didn't work. "Take this broom and sweep every link on this anchor chain by morning or it's the brig for you," the chief said.
The sailor began to sweep, but a tern landed on the broom handle and he couldn't continue. He yelled at the bird, but it didn't budge. He finally plucked it off the broom and gave it a toss. But the bird came right back and again landed on the handle. Over and over, the same routine was repeated. A toss, one sweep, and the bird was back.
When morning came, the chief also was back. "What have you been doing all night? This chain is no cleaner than when you started!" "Honest, chief," said the sailor, "I tossed a tern all night and couldn't sweep a link."

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What is merchant navy?

The Merchant Navy of any country is  entitled to the non-fighting ships that are used to transport the cargo and passengers on the sea. The ships used for the purpose are of many types like passenger vessels also known as cruise ships, cargo liners, tankers, carriers, bulk carriers as well as other special types of ships are used by the seas. Sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer name is entitled to the staff who work at the ships on the seas.

The life of  "Mariner" is very tough and hard working because condition on a ship can be cramped, noisy, dangerous and completely different from the offshore. The water can be sometime so dangerous due to the weather conditions yet they fight with the monster waves like a brave soldier. They don't fight with the humans like real soldier do but they face the cruel nature of the seas like storms,high waves and other wildnesses of the nature. The more grievous thing for them is the pain of staying away from there families for long long periods and this is like another battle for them " a battle with their emotions" although with all  problems they perform their duties and serve their respective countries with a great passion.

“A smooth sea never made a good sailor. A straight and level road never made a good driver”

The life of a mariner is full of adventures and long voyages to many exotic and dangerous places. As a reward above all this, the excellent pay and future promising promotional opportunities make this career thrilling and exciting in spite of all the tough life and long time absence from family and home

The Merchant Navy needs interpersonal skills and a strong mental makeup. Most of students are impressed by attractive salaries and luxurious life style without knowing the reality, that they require these skills to become a "Real Mariner". These students must realize their potential before joining this field.

Life of a Mariner is not a comfortable break from the normal life. They have to face many problems in real life. They have to pass many stipulated papers to get higher promotions and ability to stand stable in the case of job shortage due to economy fall of any kind in the maritime sector. A candidate must be ready to accept these sorts of challenges in his life. If you think that you can bear all these shortcomings then you can explore the world at anyone Else's cost with a pretty benefits along with world acknowledgment.

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History of Maritime

The history of Maritime is a wide constituting element of the history that often makes use of a worldwide establishment, although national & regional histories remain most common . As a part of education, it often climbs the walls of standard disciplines, concentrating on finding Human's different belongings to the oceans, seas, & major water-tracks of the world. Nautical history records & to offer an explanation to the past events including ships/fleets, shipping, navigation, & seamen.
Maritime history is the wide over-extending subject that includes fishing, whaling, world maritime laws, naval history, , ship's design, ship's history shipconstructing, the Navigation history, history of the many sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics & trade, shipping, yachting, seaside resorts, the history of lighthouses & aids to navigation, maritime themes in literature, maritime themes in art, the social history of sailors & sea-related communities all related to the Maritime.


The time of great age

In very old maritime period the first boats are supposed to have been dugout canoes, made by various old stone age peoples, and they used it for the fishing and traveling on the seas. The natives of the Pacific Northwest were very expert at building ships and other materials from the wood. Best recognized for totem poles up to 80 feet (24 m) tall, they also build dugout canoes over 60 feet (18 m) long for daily use and  to use in ceremonies.

The oldest boats may have been built as old as 45,000 years ago. The oldest refernce to an organization dedicated to ships in oldest India is to the "Mauryan Empire" from the 4th century BC. It is said that the navigation as a science started on the river Indus some 5000 years ago

The  Ancient Egyptians , A ancient civilization of eastern North Africa also contributed in the construction of the sail with the help their knowledge in science of aerodynamics. They sailed from the Red Sea around Africa to the mouth of the Nile river. There were many events that have been occured at different times, known from historical reports, archaeological finds, and cultural comparisons. The martime had its own value in the past with that time of peoples.


Ancient Navigation

The age of navigation is very historical and has used since ancient times. In the eldiest time Lateen-ships also named "Dhow" were used for sailing on Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf  by the indians and arbians. The southeast asia, polynesia and Northern Europe also contributed a lot and the transport were completely depending on them prior to 1000 AD. Chinese created massive ships which could carry 200 people at a time, as old as 200 AD.   The ancient greece invented  Astrolabe that was the main device of Celestial navigation in old age of maritime. The Muslim scientists more developed this tool and used for the sailing. The Majun a wise engineer of the ancient china invented the South Pointing Chariot also named carraige,a  two-wheeled vehicle that carried a movable pointer to indicate the south direction, later the chinese used magnetic needle submersed in a bowl of water, who always pointed in the sothern central direction.  The  Alexander Neckham was the first in inventing the magnetized needle, later the pivot-needle dry-box compass was used by European, This tool also pointed in the north cardinal direction like the modern compass. The chinese after sometime also used the compass-card which they bring with the help of japanese pirates in sixteenth century.


Fleets' history

There were many ships, used in the old ages. The Longships were naval vessels made and used by the Vikings from the Nordic countries for merchant, commerce, transport, and battle during the Viking Age in 9th century. They were considered expert in runing these ships.The longship is known as a nobel, long, narrow, light, wooden boat with a shallow-draft hull designed for the speed.  The common speed of Viking ships distinguished from ship to ship, but lay in the close range of 5–10 knots and the high speed of a longship under normal conditions was around 15 knots. The cog and knaar were also created after the longship on the same mechanism. These ships used the clinker method for their construction. The muslims created the caraval ships and used carvel method to construct the ship in 13 century. The Mediterranean invented another ship carrack in the 15 century. The carrack was heavier vessel than the caravel. The ship "Santa Maria" used by columbus  was a well known example of carrack.



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