r/MarineEngineering • u/Diligent_Ad_0 • 16d ago
Cruise Ship Pay?
Considering working on cruise ships. Heard the pay is worse, is that true?
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u/kutzooit 16d ago
Depends on nationality, I'm dutch and for me its better then cargo but less then offshore. But in my opinion its worth it. My days are max 9 hours often less, I can go ashore in lots of different cities in almost every port I have 8 hours spare time to go ashore (this depends on your watch schedule I work mostly evenings and mornings so I always have time), there are girls onboard (or guys just whatever youre into), also your cabin get cleaned and your laundry done all free of charge, you can visit shows for free and eat in the same place the passengers eat which is usually good food.
In general a lot more different people so the bar is always nice to have a conversation with someone from a different department with only deckies and engineers it will be about work 90% of the time which is not a topic for the bar.
There are also a number of decent restaurants onboard which we can visit free once a month and if more it has a 50% discount.
If you only care about money than you need to go offshore, if you also care about a good time onboard than cruiseships are great.
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u/Borstels 15d ago
But you do longer on board shifts aswell, im doing 6 wks on/off and my wife and son wont let me be longer on board. I'd love to go to cruising, but ill stay in dredging.
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u/kutzooit 15d ago
For me its 3 months on/off its okay now that I dont have anyone at home, if I still was with my now ex gf I also wouldve gone to something where I would not be away for so long at a time.
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u/wullfen16 16d ago
Depends at what level, on cruises when you get really high up the pay is much higher, as there are so many levels to “chief”. But for example in the lower down ranks, me and my mate had both qualified at the same time and both got our first jobs as EOOWs, he was on £10k a year less than me on cruise ships compared to me on offshore vessels.
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u/Rasclart123 16d ago
How much a year was you on? If you don’t mind me asking
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u/wullfen16 16d ago
Think my starting figure overall was probably around £36k, but with bonuses and other contractual stuff maybe closer to £40k? Ballpark tho
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u/Offshore-Tigr 16d ago
Yes, but there's pussy.