An interesting newsletter from the Sailor's Union of the Pacific based in California. Neat to read their perspective, see what our peers to the south are concerned about.

Can't imagine why they are so short all the time...

R2.TW.EL.14.15.095 Department of Transportation and Works - Marine Services Division, Various vessels in the Provincial Ferry Service Locations - Various Closing Date - No closing date Salary - $26.18 - $29.11 per hour (FW 32) Duties This eligibility list will be used to fill short term, temporary, ...

Thank you JK, I certainly echo your sentiments and well wishes. Thank you JK, and all of the others, especially our regulars, for participating in this community... and thanks for your patience these last couple of months. I am "at sea" right now just below the Snell Lock, on the St Lawren...

Welcome R_Pochinkov I had a quick look at your blog, look forward to browsing it further when I get off ship. Always good to have people share their experiences, a great learning opportunity.

oh, i love the side view of the con rod, very art nouveau...

what happened? Hydro locked?

http://www.dieselduck.info/videos/06%20funny/politician%20on%20marine%20issues.wmv On a serious note; is the TSB investigating? Seems like a rudder falling off a tanker would be serious enough for them to get involved? I had to cringe the other day, when I read Capt. Brown's statements (from the BC ...

Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering's quarterly newsletter.

I tried to combined into one PDF, but resolution was too poor... - Martin

2nd Class Marine Engineer Job Location- St. John's Posted Date 2014-12-08 Posting End Date 2015-06-06 Wage / Salary 480 per day Job Type Temporary Number of Opportunities 2 Previous job experience is required The job is full-time 84 hours per week Contact Name - Steven McGrath Contact e-mail - smcgr...

Not sure if you have seen this on the main website, but it's a project of mine, that like many other, don't seem to go anywhere, but I still have collected a fair bit of info on Cdn taxes. http://www.dieselduck.info/taxes/index.htm Another point to remember, a tax lawyer may be a wise investment, th...

Here is the minister's response to my letter above... Dear Mr. Leduc: Thank you for your correspondence of September 23, 2014, regarding the current Canadian marine certification system. Please accept my apology for the delay in replying. I should note that enhanced improvements within both marine c...

Last month I wrote this letter to the Canadian Minister of Transport, I am not sure why, probably out of frustration of the many issues negatively impacting my career. Honourable Lisa Raitt Minister of Transport 307 Confederation Building House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Raitt,...

Greetings - If you have not already done so, please let me know by this Friday if you are attending the the branch Christmas Social and how many guests you are bringing. Also please do not forget about the Marine Photo Contest. The Annual Christmas Branch Social for members and guests will be Decemb...

Hi Martin: I thought to reach out to you and see if you had someone in your network that would be interested these 2nd Engineer positions: I have a client in Canada in urgent need of hiring 3 permanent/full time 2nd Engineers! Candidates must possess a minimum of the following from Transport Canada:...

What were you contacted about in particular? If you don't mind sharing. I was contacted once because I was working under a professional designation, and they wanted their portion of the GST, but all my income was made outside Canada, so it was a non issue.