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Yesterday,
11:00 AM
jdcavo
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QMED Rating Descriptions
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Professional Mariner Forum
Engineman and Deck Engine Mechanic require you to first hold other QMED Ratings and get sea time on them. Engineman needs 6 months as oiler, FOWT,...
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5 replies | 160 view(s)
May 15th, 2013,
11:04 AM
jdcavo
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Matsuda stepping down
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Congress doesn't choose agency heads, they can only confirm/deny (You should have learned that in 5th grade social studies).
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May 15th, 2013,
09:37 AM
jdcavo
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Center for Marine Training and Safety (CMTS)
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Texas A&M Maritime Academy
I'm pretty sure they give their courses at their own facility off campus over by the end of the causeway.
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May 15th, 2013,
07:45 AM
jdcavo
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BRIDGE recording of PORTER (DDG78) collision
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Professional Mariner Forum
I deleted the post you were responding to as I was doubting my memory. I shouldn't have. From the NTSB investigation: "Contributing to the...
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May 15th, 2013,
07:22 AM
jdcavo
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what is an "equivelant position"?????
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500 Ton Master Upgrade
Deckhand or wheelmen while holding AB would count. Probably not tankerman, especially if the barge is not manned.
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May 15th, 2013,
05:06 AM
jdcavo
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BRIDGE recording of PORTER (DDG78) collision
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Professional Mariner Forum
A KP engineer.
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50 replies | 7029 view(s)
May 14th, 2013,
11:19 AM
jdcavo
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Renew -Open book Exam Question
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Professional Mariner Forum
It's two modules, 30 question on Rules and 50 on everything else except Nav. Problems. Anyone with decent computer search skills can get a 100%.
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3 replies | 430 view(s)
May 14th, 2013,
11:08 AM
jdcavo
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QMED Testing
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Engineering
You can't test at an REC until you have the sea time. But, you can take an approved course that will substitute for the Coast Guard exam up to...
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5 replies | 200 view(s)
May 14th, 2013,
05:20 AM
jdcavo
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Sea Service: Dive Boats/SE Asia
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Professional Mariner Forum
Apart from the 90 days used to meet the recency requirements in 46 CFR 11.201(c), there is no time limit on sea service.
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May 11th, 2013,
11:01 AM
fredwx
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What is Optimum Ship Routing?
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Marine Weather
What is Optimum ShipRouting? Optimum ship routingis the art and science of developing the “best route” for a ship based on theexisting weather...
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May 9th, 2013,
09:25 AM
jdcavo
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ATB Quandry? Or More justification for oversight and Government jobs?
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Press Releases
To answer your rhetorical question, see 46 CFR 15.1103. STCW applies to vessels operating beyond the boundary line.
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May 9th, 2013,
05:22 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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SUNY Maritime
Maybe it's that ridculous stuff the Navy wears so they can't be seen when they fall overboard.
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339 replies | 18006 view(s)
May 9th, 2013,
05:21 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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SUNY Maritime
The reason I don't remember a single word of the sallyport saying is that even as a cadet I thought it was totally irrelevant and inapplicable to the...
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339 replies | 18006 view(s)
May 7th, 2013,
06:40 PM
jdcavo
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MT department head resigns
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SUNY Maritime
He has, and he graduated 34 years ago.
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May 7th, 2013,
08:28 AM
jdcavo
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1600 master....adding unlimited endorsement.
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500 Ton Master Upgrade
I'm not sure there is one, particularly to or via 2nd Mate AGT. I wasn't able to find one, but only searched briefly. I'm not currently able to...
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31 replies | 1719 view(s)
May 7th, 2013,
06:29 AM
jdcavo
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1600 master....adding unlimited endorsement.
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500 Ton Master Upgrade
You're generally right, "any gross tons" is the term in the CFR. However, "unlimited" is used in 46 CFR 11.401(c): "Near coastal endorsements for...
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May 7th, 2013,
04:30 AM
jdcavo
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HOS BEIGNET- no joke
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Unless the only deck officer is the master, every vessel has a chief mate. See the definition of chief mate in 46 CFR 10.107: Chief mate means...
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May 7th, 2013,
04:19 AM
jdcavo
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RFPNW... yeah, right.
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Professional Mariner Forum
I am not sure this is authority to support saying that STCW doesn't apply to vessels under 100 GRT. I'm not referring to whether the Coast Guard...
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10 replies | 1205 view(s)
May 6th, 2013,
12:05 PM
jdcavo
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Galliano Training Center..? OICNW..
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Professional Mariner Forum
You don't have to get Master 1600 for 3rd Mate. You can get 3rd Mate as soon as you have the sea time for it -- 3 years in the deck department with...
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May 6th, 2013,
12:03 PM
jdcavo
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STCW Security Clearance?
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Professional Mariner Forum
It depends on your specific duties on the vessel you will work on, that's why it's not in the policy letter, it will differ for every position on...
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1 replies | 422 view(s)
May 1st, 2013,
11:43 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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SUNY Maritime
The one in the gym from Riesenberg would be a better choice to memorize...
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339 replies | 18006 view(s)
May 1st, 2013,
06:32 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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SUNY Maritime
Marine Environmental Science is the dumbed-down replacement for the Meteorology and Oceanography degrees that used to be offered (limited calculus,...
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339 replies | 18006 view(s)
May 1st, 2013,
05:53 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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SUNY Maritime
In 2001, the graduating class of '01 was not going to get STCW training (BST, ARPA, BRM) because it wasn't yet required (the class of '02 was the...
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339 replies | 18006 view(s)
April 30th, 2013,
04:51 AM
fredwx
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Just what is a Small Craft Advisory?
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Marine Weather
TheNational Weather Service has developed a multi-tier concept for forecastinghazardous weather which includes outlooks, watches, warnings and...
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April 29th, 2013,
06:26 AM
jdcavo
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Thoughts and concerns of the new Regimental Administrators at SUNY Maritime.
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"Old Schuyler-ite...? Feh. J.D. Cavo (class of '80)
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