Cargo Ship Docking In Antwerp, Belgium Time-Lapse | Life At Sea 

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Thanks again John. While everyone loves to visit Antwerp, the pilotage in can be a drag having to spend so much time on the bridge. These videos were all recorded on my last trip, but when I go out next I plan on following the advice of yourself and some other viewers and incorporate more of the cargo unloading and loading. Whether we go in during the day or night is unfortunately out of my control but I hope to have more daylight transits in the future! Take care

Yea I went to the US Merchant Marine Academy (King’s Point). It is a federal service academy which requires a commission in the military reserves while working in the maritime industry or to go active duty in any branch. There are other state maritime academies which do not require military service including Maine Maritime, Massachusetts Maritime, SUNY, Texas A&M, Cal Maritime, and Great Lakes (although many students there do participate in ROTC programs). These are all 4 year colleges where you can graduate as a Third mate or third engineer. Kings point has age limits for starting since you will be in the military. The other academies I believe you can start later in life. Those are the best ways to become a maritime officer in my opinion. The other route is becoming an unlicensed AB. You won’t get paid as much, have as good of benefits, and less responsibilities, but the path to getting on a ship will be much quicker. From there you can build sea time over the years and work on getting your license by taking courses at various maritime schools around the country such as MITAGS in Baltimore. Some unlicensed unions even have AB to Mate programs where they will help cover the cost of classes. I highly suggest you check out the website www.gcaptain.com. This is the website I advise anyone interested in the maritime industry to check out as it answers most questions people have. Check out that website and let me know if you have any questions from it. Good Luck!

Thanks George! Maybe we will work together sometime. What ships have you been on lately?

@@BryanBoyle Be on the Overseas Santorini few times in the last year.Was on the American Spirit,up in the lakes.Was the first and last time in the lakes,not my cup of tea.

Trump 2020 thanks for the support! The time lapses are done on a GoPro Hero 8. While I really enjoy this camera, it does lack a bit with low light conditions due to a smaller image sensor.

Bryan Boyle thanks, I thought the optics were excellent, picked up all the lights very well made it more natural.