Hi im new thought id say hey

[Danny Trunk]

hey guys just joined today, i am actually looking into joining the merchant navy im just not sure how to go about doin this? any help would be appreciated. thanks,

[Ivan Cloherty]

hey guys just joined today, i am actually looking into joining the merchant navy im just not sure how to go about doin this? any help would be appreciated. thanks,

Danny, if you google "Joining the Merchant Navy" there are sites that will give you your first steps. Good luck

[David Williams]

Hell I wish I was coming with you.I first
went to sea sixty years ago this month,
Oct/Nov 1952.
Dave Williams

[Captain Kong]

You have to decide which department you want to work in.
If it is Catering try Cunard, they have their own training school both in UK and in Los Angeles.
Cunard.com look under `employment`.
On deck a little limited now. to be a Navigator then apply to a shipping Company under their apprenticeship schemes. Same as Engineering, usual some experience needed depending on your education qualifications.
,
Seafaring is not a job, it is a way of life. Not everyone is suited to it. You have to have the right mind set.
Also life at sea is not all plain sailing, there are bad times , Dangerous times, and good times.
the life is also dependent on the type of ship you are after. Not many runs ashore on an oil tanker or Container ship. Or in the North Sea. Think about it. The best times have been and gone. That is why we reminice on here.
I may sound a miserable old git but that is the game today.
Good luck with your search.
Cheers
Brian.

[John Albert Evans]

Hello Danny,

I started at sea as a cabin boy some 55 years ago, I would imagine things have change so much that I wouldn't know how to direct you how to start, but you will get good advice from the members here.
Please go with an open mind as it will be nothing like you yourself expect.
Brian is right, it is a way of life, you will have bad times, forget them, dangerous times, you get on with them and don't think about them at the time and as for the good times you will remember them forever.
I wish you all the best for you to get the career that you seek and that in 50 years time when most of us will have crossed the bar you are still member of this site giving out your wonderfull experiences that have yet to come.

John Albert Evans.

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome to the site Danny.
IF you think your making us enevy then you are correct.
Good luck in the best choice of your life.
Ron the batcave
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[Captain Kong]

Hi Danny,
it would help with assistance on here if you told us what your aims are.
What are your education qualifications, any work experience or a trade or any kind of interests.
Cheers
Brian.

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Danny
Welcome to the site,and as said more info on yourself would help us help you!
I think a great choice of a Career,only wish i could do it all again!
And dont make the mistake i made,leaving too soon!
All the Years that have passed me by i am so sorry that i ever did leave,but there were reasons to it!
And naught to do with the Merchant Navy! Just my own sillyness!
Cheers and best of luck in your future life ahead!

Try starting here! Hope it helps!
Current Jobs
http://www.cruiselinesjobs.com/current-jobs/

http://www.careersatsea.org/

http://www.careersatsea.org/apply/sp..._companies.php

Read first carefully then GO FOR IT!
http://www.clydemarinetraining.com/content/apply-now


http://www.cruiseshipemployment.ca/R..._Engineer.html

Go to Canada for this one haha!

[happy daze john in oz]

.
I may sound a miserable old git but that is the game today.
Good luck with your search.
Cheers
Brian.[/QUOTE]

Brian, excuse me but we thought thta was just your normal self. Must be a rub off from living in Boltonstan! LOL.

[Tony Morcom]

Hi Danny and a warm welcome to the site. Thanks for stopping by to introduce yourself and your ambitions for a career at sea. As you have already found there are many only too willing to give you some good advice. Please tell us a little of your background and why you are considering going to sea and hopefully we may be able to advise you further. If you do realise your ambitions we look forward to hearing about it as you progress. It will be interesting for us old sea dogs to hear first hand the experiences of a modern day seafarer. Good luck whatever you decide.