April 12, 2025
BCFMWU has been contacted by Seafarers’ International Union of Canada / Syndicat International des Marins Canadiens regarding a request by Panama-Flagged MV Seaspan Lions and Panama-Flagged MV Seaspan Garibaldi.
Please see below for all information about the job postings.
They are looking for the following:
Master (1)
2nd Officer (1)
Should you be qualified and interested for any of the open positions, please email crewing@seafarers.ca and cc mailroom@bcfmwu.com by 17:00 EST on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Master JD – BSM
Second Officer JD – BSM
CBSA Approval – Seaspan Lions
CBSA Approval – Seaspan Garibaldi
15. BSM Requirements – Officers – Rev 6 (2)
16. BSM Requirements – Officers – Rev 6 (3)
18. STCW Requirements – Officers Rev 0 (4)
The BCFMWU has added this external job posting page as a result of an increase in requests for letters of concurrence through the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIUoC).
A letter of concurrence is requested when a company operating a vessel within Canadian waters is seeking mariners and wants to bring in temporary foreign workers (TFW). Prior to ESDC (Economic Skills Development Canada) providing a letter of approval for a company to use TFW’s non-Canadian mariners, Canadian Marine Unions are to be canvassed and if there are no Canadian mariners available then a letter of concurrence can be provided through the SIUoC to ESDC.
*Note that the wage outlined in a non BCFMWU posting is not necessarily reflective of the regional pay and will use a “prevailing wage” as the floor for compensation. This is typically lower that west coast rates of pay.
