How To Become A Mariner

Introduction

This blog gives complete information about Merchant Navy. How to become a successful mariner and how to make your career on sea.

The main aim to start this blog is to enlighten students who are seeking to make their career in merchant navy by exposing the true face of the field from time to time and what are the necessary precautions to be taken to make a successful career in merchant navy.

First let me speak about what exactly "Merchant Navy" is about??

Everyone has a common misconception that merchant navy is kind of Indian navy. 

To say you it is not. Here in merchant navy we don't deal with any kind of weapons or we won't involve in war. So, guys who are thinking this way then you should go for Indian Navy. 

Now, Merchant Navy the name itself says "Merchant" means "Trade".

So you might think what is Trade?

Trade means exporting or importing of goods especially with foreign countries around the globe.

As this trade is done by ships it is known as "Merchant Navy". You all might get a doubt what kind of trade is done by ships what goods do ships carry?

Here comes the main part most of the worlds trading about 97% is being done by ships which carries variety of cargo like crude oil, chemicals, liquid petroleum gas, loose cargo like cement, grains etc.. and packed products through containers.

Hence the ships are classified as Oil tankers, LPG carriers, Chemical carries, Cargo carriers, Container ships. 
By now you all may think what kind of job mariners do exactly do on board ship.
The main job of mariners is to run and maintain the ship in best possible efficient way. In further posts I will share a in depth information on each job to be performed by mariners on ships.