i'm a self-sponser and just finish the maritime course. may i know where should i look for shipping company that offers cadetship and who should i contact to? thank you.

if u mean working on ship then the answer yes u need to take marine eng course back..but if u mean marine product some company maybe need chemical engineer for research purpose.

icic..thanks! yea if work on the ship..

If you are interested to work onboard ships, maybe you can join the marine engineering bridging programme offered in ALAM. The programme is open to degree holders, especially those from engineering related courses.

All engineering degree holder? i thought it was for mechanical only?

if u guys want a cool info .. please join Komuniti Perkapalan Malaysia at Facebook. There's a lot of document relates on shipping and offshore.

Hi bro i read all the benefits all are great stuff but want to know since you be spending a lot of time at sea with your fellow mates will a Seafarer have a hard time finding a partner bcs im sure majority of Seafarer are male right???

Good topic, glad to know that there are some Malaysians thinking and working out of the box. Just a dampner. Shipping rates have crashed in the past few months. The last time that happened in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis, shipping companies were laying off staff and parking their ships. Shipping rates for the Asia Europe route fell as much as 90% betweeen 2008 and 2009! Looks like its happening again.

Free bump for maritime industry!

i miss this forum ! this forum inspired me , thanks to destroyer , the previous thread , currently in my 2nd year doing my practical , life at sea? awesome! u will go through different type of life , not as boring as i thought , and being away from family and friends for a few months , its ok .. do join this career , u will be happy once u join the ship .just that life at college kinda sux because of the regiment and seniority thing..bt u will get use to it , and it will make u become mentally and physically fit

How do you find a girlfriend? Haha, and you must be away from your family and friends for so long, can live like that? Just wondering...

havent view this forum a while.,good luck for destroyer n fellow dme senior.,hopefuli u guys pass ur coc d 1st time.,why the f*** dme has to relocate to melaka haha.,damn it, i like it here.,for those who r thinking about applying for alam, better study hard for ur entrance exam.,those who obtained high score will be shortlisted for usmma candidte.,if i'm not mistaken they'll only tell u bout usmma when u alredy admitted to ALAM, so basically if u screw ur entrance exam, dont dream of going to usmma.,.by the way not all is good about usmma,from what i've heard life there gonna be freakin tough!

Graduating from usmma is quite prestigious and recognize besides that who wouldn't want to study in new york city, fully sponsor. it really depends what u want and where do u see yrself in 10 years. i was told that normally those graduated from usmma would not sail for a long time, more to management side for the company. the shipping line is so wide that u can make allot of money from all aspect depending on what COC u are having.

To anyone interested. Here is the link to download the application form for cadet sponsorship programme for 2012.

http://www.alam.edu.my/programmes_csprogramme.php

www.alam.edu.my/upload/databank/Application%20Form%202012.xlsx

Even though it stated the form must be submitted "before 23 December 2011 (Friday) at 5 p.m". There will be another interview after the SPM result announcement. So don't worry if you want to join but missed the first interview.

if u are mentally fit , wont be any problem , if u sailing coastal like me , its gonna be awesome because u going to have broadband coverage at malaysia port ,
so skype is the best option!

Hi, who else is going to the ALAM interview this 20 Jan?

Hi every on here. I am interested into MEBC by ALAM. Is there any requirements for the entry?age 27 still got the chance for entry? After completion of the bridging course, what entitle will be given? For the sponsorship. is it Alam will arrange sponsorship for us when we success enter get into Alam for study the MEBC. Any interview or test taken for the MEBC entry? Your guys informations here is highly appreciated..Thanks and Cheers

I think they dont have the mebc for now.currently the one and only MEBC batch,that i think around 2009 if i'm not mistaken...

Oh, Really? Coz i refer from their training calender that that got organize the MEBC for the first half year n next half year continuous..
Please advise me..thank you

Okay what i know, when i was on ship, one my cadet is MEBC,he said their batch the only and one MEBC.that time, our company superintendant also said no more intake for MEBC as feedback from ship management about bridging cadet quite bad.
I dont know about nowadays maybe they open MEBC again.
If do, please apply asap because it like pisang goreng panas...good luck.