Your Career in The Merchant Navy
The benefits of a career in the Merchant Navy
5 Study Locations in the UK
Make Lifetime Friends
Travel Around the World
Tax-Free Salary from £25,000 P.A. Once Qualified - Paid Tuition Fees
Ongoing Contacts with Key Maritime Decision Makers
Monthly Allowance Plus College Tuition Fees Paid by Sponsors
How to start your career
Our experienced team of recruitment and training officers can provide help and guidance on roles, vacancies, and support in applying for sponsorship.
The application process
Applying is easy! Don’t have time to complete it today? You can save your application anytime and return it to complete the process within 30 days.
How to advance your career
There are also opportunities for candidates who have the academic ability and desire to study for a higher level of academic award above those they achieved whilst completing their cadet training programme.
Life at sea
Learn more about your life at sea and what to expect during your time on-board while being overseen by an experienced Ship’s Deck, Engineer or Electro-Technical Officer as you have appointed your mentor.
PHASES IN TRAINING
It's Not All Classroom Work
Once sponsorship is accepted your designated training officer will help with the enrolment at college and oversee your training throughout. Always on hand to answer your questions concerning college and sea time training.
OUR PROCESS
Are You Ready to Launch Your Career?
Take a look at our application steps below. Alternatively Start Now!
STEP 1
Choose to train as a Deck, Engineer or Electro-Technical Officer
STEP 2
Choose the college you would like to attend
Warsash Maritime School
Fleetwood Nautical College
South Shields Marine School
City of Glasgow College
STEP 3
Submit Your Application
Applying is easy! Don’t have time to complete it today? You can save your application at any time and return to complete the process within 30 days.
Our Members
SSTG Member Companies encompass a diverse array of UK shipping firms and manning agencies, all actively engaged in sponsoring Officer Cadets and supporting seafarer training initiatives. Find out more about our members here.
Operates bulk carriers worldwide.
Alcedo Shipping Ltd.
Based:
London.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of Bulk Carriers on worldwide routes transporting a wide variety of cargoes.
Ship Types Operated:
Bulk Carriers
Company website:
Operates aggregate mining vessels extracting sand and gravel.
Train as a deck cadet with Britannia Aggregates Ltd.
Based:
Northfleet, Kent.
Profile:
Operates a Marine Aggregate Dredger engaged in the mining of sand and gravel from the sea bed in licensed areas of the open sea around the UK & the Continent of Europe for delivery to UK and other European ports.
Ship Types Operated:
Aggregate Mining Vessels
Company website:
www.brett.co.uk
Cadeler is a leading global partner in offshore wind farm construction, maintenance, and decommissioning.
Based:
Norfolk, UK
Profile:
Cadeler installs the offshore wind farms needed for the world’s energy transition. We do that with an unbreakable commitment to safety and skills developed through decades. It is why clients trust us to support them in setting a more sustainable course for our planet and its people.
We operate in the offshore wind industry. For more than 10 years, we have been a key supplier in the development of offshore wind energy to power millions of households.
Cadeler owns the industry’s largest fleet of jack-up offshore wind installation vessels. Altogether, Cadeler offer its customers a fleet consisting of 11 modern, capable, and complementary vessels. The effective operational homogeneity of the fleet allows for substitution opportunities and increased vessel utilisation. Further, it strengthens the ability to service customers, continuously pushing the project boundaries in size and complexity to accelerate the green transition.
We have the expertise and capacity to handle the largest and most complex next-generation of offshore wind installation projects, as well as next-generation wind turbines (WTGs) and XXXL foundations. Ensuring flexibility and supply certainty in response to our customers’ need.
The offshore wind industry will play a key role in reaching our climate goals. At Cadeler, we’re on a clear mission to facilitate the world’s transition to a more sustainable planet built on renewable energy by being the key supplier in the development of offshore wind energy.
Ship types operated:
Jack-up
Company website:
Operates freight vessels for Irish Sea crossings.
CldN RoRo Ltd, trains ETO Officer cadets with SSTG.
Based:
Heysham, Lancashire.
Profile:
As a UK cadet you will complete your sea service whilst under training on the UK based vessels serving between the UK and Ireland. The company has a fleet of modern vessels concentrating on the freight market.
Ship Types Operated:
Ferries
Company website:
Operates aggregate mining vessels extracting sand and gravel.
CEMEX, an SSTG Member for 10 years.
Based:
Southampton, Hampshire.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of Marine Aggregate Dredgers engaged in the mining of sand and gravel from the sea bed in licensed areas of the open sea around the UK & the Continent of Europe for delivery to UK and other European ports.
Ship Types Operated:
Aggregate Mining Vessels
Company website:
www.cemex.co.uk
Based: London, UK.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of container vessels on worldwide routes transporting a wide variety of cargoes.
Ship Types Operated:
Container
Company website:
Operates container vessels for cargo transportation.
Deck Cadet Training with Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd.
Based:
London.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of container vessels on worldwide routes transporting a wide variety of cargoes.
Ship Types Operated:
Container
Company website:
Operates survey and research vessels.
Deck and engineer cadet training with Gardline Ltd.
Based:
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Profile:
Best in class provider of Marine Geophysical, Geotechnical and Environmental Surveys.
Ship Types Operated:
Survey
Company website:
Global Marine Systems Ltd Operates a fleet of Cable Repair and Installation vessels.
Based: Headquartered in Chelmsford, Essex.
Profile:
Global Marine is part of the Global Marine Group and is a market leader in subsea cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecoms sector, with a history dating back to 1850. We have a fleet of five Dynamically Positioned vessels that operate worldwide with one Charted vessel that predominantly installs fibre optic cables.
Dynamically Positioned (DP) vessel means that they hold position under their own power utilising main propulsion and thrusters.
Each vessel is equipped with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) which is used to locate and bury the cable once repaired or laid.
Our vessels are located in the Far East, Europe, Caribbean and the US with operations run out of Washington in the Northeast of England.
Through Safety Leadership, Operational Excellence & Stability we aim to continually drive industry acceptance and commitment to common goals and a path to a sustainable future for global subsea communications.
Ship Type Operated: Cable Repair
Company website:
Operates aggregate mining vessels extracting sand and gravel.
Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd, an SSTG Member for 10 years.
Based:
Southampton, Hampshire.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of Marine Aggregate Dredgers engaged in the mining of sand and gravel from the sea bed in licensed areas of the open sea around the UK & the Continent of Europe for delivery to UK and other European ports.
Ship Types Operated:
Aggregate Mining Vessels
Company website:
Operates support vessels for offshore oil and gas exploration.
North Star Shipping (Aberdeen) Ltd, an SSTG Member for 10 years.
Based:
Aberdeen.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of support vessels in both the North Sea and other areas providing emergency response, supply and underwater exploration / construction services for the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry.
Ship Types Operated:
Standby
Company website:
Operates standby support vessels.
Careers at sea with North Star South Ltd.
Based:
Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of Support Vessels in both the North Sea and other areas providing Emergency Response, Supply and Underwater Exploration/Construction services for the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry.
Ship Types Operated:
Standby
Company website:
Operates vehicle and passenger ferries.
P & O Ferries Ltd, trains Merchant Navy Seafarers with SSTG.
Based:
Dover, Kent.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of large Roll-on Roll-off Vessels between the UK and ports in Europe transporting passengers, their cars, and freight vehicles.
Ship Types Operated:
Ferries
Company website:
Operates aggregate mining vessels extracting sand and gravel.
Tarmac Marine Ltd, trains Deck and Engineer Cadet with SSTG.
Based:
Chichester, West Sussex.
Profile:
Operates a fleet of Marine Aggregate Dredgers engaged in the mining of sand and gravel from the sea bed in licensed areas of the open sea around the UK & the Continent of Europe for delivery to UK and other European ports.
Ship Types Operated:
Aggregate Mining Vessels
Company website:
Area of Operation: UK & Ireland.
Type of Vessels Operated: Maintenance Dredgers.
Company Profile:
UK Dredging (UKD) was established in 1996 as a division of Associated British Ports. UKD vessels operate around the UK and near continent with operations overseen from UKD’s head office in Cardiff with a satellite operational office based in Hull.
UKD is backed by the financial strength of ABP, the UK’s largest and leading ports group, handling about a quarter of the country’s seaborne trade. This strength has allowed UKD to maintain a programme of continued capital investment.
Vessels equipped with the latest dredge-monitoring and guidance systems allow UKD to provide efficient solutions to customers’ dredging requirements.
UKD’s experience has evolved from the teams responsible for the majority of the maintenance dredging at Britain’s ports since the 19th century. At one time, most ports had a dedicated dredger or fleet of dredgers to carry out the work required. Over the years, rationalisation and modernisation have created a sophisticated fleet of trailer suction, grab dredgers, and plough vessels using the latest technology to dredge millions of cubic metres of material each year, while having a high regard for the fragile marine environment.
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