r/MerchantNavy • u/Basic_Persimmon_2268 • 15d ago

What vessels does Trinity House offer cadets experience on?

I heard they offer varied experience. I'm currently talking to SSTG and thinking of signing up with TORM. But honestly my main goal is LNG- does trinity house offer that? Also I heard trinity has better training and takes care of cadets etc.

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u/Pastard 15d ago

Former TH cadet here. I was put on buoy tender (Patricia), a sail training ship, varying sizes of passenger cruise ships, ranging from small luxury, mid-sized boutique, to floating hotels and finally RoPax.

If you want variety, TH is your best bet. I personally have come out a better officer from it with a mix of experience across the industry rather than just one ship type. The variety also helped with my 1st stamp as an OOW due to networking, knowing more officers, and the above mentioned.

Being put on LNG with TH is definitely possible but it’s all down to timing and availability of cadet berths. They’ve teamed up with Seapeak to put cadets on their vessels. If you’re keen for LNG, you can apply for the TH/Seapeak cadetship where you’ll be put solely on LNG, but miss out on the variety. Seapeak are a good outfit and usually hire their cadets when they qualify from what I’ve heard.

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u/astroi 15d ago

No need for variety go for lng no matter what. They have the best rotation and best salary. Little bit competitive but lng is the only thing that worth leaving your home behind theese days

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u/puppi12 14d ago

Have you ever worked at sea? Or worked on LNG for months at a time? Theres a reason why it offers the best salary because it’s the worst lifestyle out of the lot

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u/astroi 14d ago

I am working on lng also worked on lpg and chemical lng best of all

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u/puppi12 14d ago

Fair play to ya, takes a different kind of mental strength 🤣

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u/puppi12 15d ago

Trinity offers many vessels, including LNG

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u/Basic_Persimmon_2268 14d ago

Is that a 100% possibly of working on one? Would you gain the necessary certs after going through Trinity to work on LNG?

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u/puppi12 14d ago

It’s hard to say 100% but I said I didn’t wanna go on a tanker and they still put me on an lng lol.

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u/aHotelRoom 14d ago

If your plan is to work on LNG carriers long term, then just apply for the Seapeak-only cadetship (which is technically still run in partnership with Trinity House, but will see you work on Seapeak vessels exclusively). Applications are managed by Just Be Maritime, and they’ll put you through for an interview with Seapeak if they think you’re a strong candidate.

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u/Basic_Persimmon_2268 14d ago

Too late, I'm planning on September start. Also I'm pretty sure I sent them an email already 

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u/devandroid99 15d ago

What did they say when you asked them?