>>1902860The chief engineer on my boat has a house in Vegas, and an apartment or something in Thailand.
I’ve worked with mates who lived in South America as well, Costa Rica seemed like the most common place.
>>1903038I did a few ride alongs with the pilots in Palm Beach a few years ago, and at least in that port they were very hands on with everything. From steering down the entrance ranges to physically bringing the ship alongside the pier and working the tugs.
With that said, the pilot we just took at the rota navy base literally walked onboard at the dock, and disembarked as soon as we came off the pier and flipped the boat around, didn’t even stay onboard until we cleared the entrance to the base, which wasn’t even half a mile.
Also Panama Canal pilots do take full responsibility when they come onboard.
>>1903825It’s literally one of the most competitive Jobs in the industry
>>1904134[email protected]Try emailing this guy, he handles crewing for a small Dutch shipping company called Danservangent
https://danservangent.nl/ And they mentioned in the past that they may take American licenses.
