Popular Mechanics Thinks Being a Merchant Marine Captain is Cool!
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December 10, 2007, 3:13 pm
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Popular Mechanics magazine’s website has a cool multimedia feature called This Is My Job (sponsored by Caterpillar). The December 2007 issue profiles Captain Andy Merrill, master of Matson Navigation’s MV Manulani. Make sure you check out the cool multimedia graphic here and the great info about the ship on Matson’s website.
In October 2006, Oceanographer Eric Terrill, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography was featured.
A few other cool non-maritime jobs profiled: Forest Service smoker jumper; US Army Sniper School instructor; National Severe Weather Center storm chaser; and surfboard designer.
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its just the perspective.
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Comment by Nandkishore Gitte August 6, 2008 @ 12:52 pmlife at sea
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[...] Sea-Fever.org points us to Popular Mechanic’s feature “This Is My Job. World’s Coolest Professions“. This month’s feature; Captain Andy Merrill, master of Matson’s M/V Manulani. They write; From sailing to surfing to piloting 32,000-ton container ships, Andy Merrill has always felt at home on the ocean. Today, the 42-year-old clocks 70-day shifts as captain of Matson Navigation’s MV Manulani—navigating the hauler to some of the busiest ports in the world. Shanghai, for instance, docked 55,000 vessels last year. “It’s like they’re lining up elephants out there,” he says. Continue Reading… [...]
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