September 7, 2025
BCFMWU has been contacted by Seafarers’ International Union of Canada/Syndicat International des Marins Canadiens regarding a request by the Bahamas-Flagged Altera Thule.
Please see below for all information about the job postings.
They are looking for the following:
Master (2)
Chief Officer (1)
Third Officer (1)
Oiler (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 Sunday, September 7, 2025.
1. Master – Job Posting
2. Chief Officer – Job Description
3. 3rd Officer – Job Posting
4. Oiler – Job Posting
Master – Job Description
Chief Officer – Job Posting
3rd Officer – Job Description
Oiler – Job Description
A. Competency Matrix
B. Final Tandem Loading Guidelines
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.
