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Your Career
Deck Officers Careers
Engineers Careers

We remain in frequent and close contact to build bridges between ship and shore:
- Career starting with a detailed briefing at our Head Office
- Officers’ seminars held on a regular basis
- Visits to head office at key periods
- Frequent Fleet Captain visits on board our ships
Fast-paced learning environment recognizing motivation and performance
- Multimedia, continuous education on board
- Partnership with leading maritime academies
- Career training path includes internal and external training and shore duty periods
Numerous and exciting job opportunities
- Missions in Head Office or Regional Offices to contribute to our progress
- Fast promotion opportunities on a rapidly growing fleet
Attractive employment conditions
- Long term employment through continuous contracts
- CMA retention and savings fund
- Regular service pattern, well defined periods of service and leave
- Comfortable onboard standards of living
Ship to shore transfers encouraged

With among the largest vessels ever-built, sailing all over the world, CMA CGM and its subsidiary CMA Ships is one of the best companies to develop a successful deck officer career, with important responsibilities granted at all level and early in your career.

Largest and most modern fleet
- Container vessels of all sizes and types, Ro-Ro vessels, container-bulkers, and also some passenger vessels.
- High standard of bridge equipment, with specific CMA CGM optimized ergonomy
- Leading edge weather and current optimization models on board and in our Fleet Navigation & Support Center ashore
- Very high professional standards and a constant priority on safety
Responsibility for important and sensitive cargo
- On some of our vessels and trades, the value of cargo under your careful attention can reach over 1 Billion US$
- The constant vigilance of the crew on board, especially regarding the important reefer cargo, is key for our success and development
Continuous training, Research & Development
- Safety officer training
- Manned model ship handling, Manoeuvring, BTM courses
- Extensive training facilities on board
- Opportunities to participate in our research and development effort, with numerous projects on board designed to optimize safety of navigation, speed and consumption management, environmental-friendliness, cost and reliability.
Regular opportunities for jobs and short missions ashore
- Shipplanner, line operations management,
- Recruitment and relationship with maritime academies,
- Newbuilding yard supervisors,
- Trainer, etc…
Testimony of Captain Romeo STAVAR VERGEA, age: 38, graduated in 1993 from Naval Academy of Constantza

In 1998 when I joined CMA CGM as Officer of the Watch, the Master told me I would make my career in this company. At that time, frankly I was not sure : in 1998 CMA CGM was 13th container carrier worldwide, only starting his amazing growth.
I began by trading on board a class of vessels called PCRF, carrying especially bananas between French West Indies to North Europe. It was a delicate and a highly responsible task to take care of this extremely sensitive cargo. After a few years, I had the opportunity to be promoted as Chief Mate on M/V Fort Fleur d’Epée, and I had the honour to load the last transport of bananas for Europe on this proud ship, these old ladies being replaced with a brand new class of vessels.
This was the first main step in my career and since then I have faced continuously new challenges: trading on the US East Coast until 2006, when I was promoted as Master, and then on the Round the World service of CMA CGM.
Recently in 2007, after a successful mission in Head-Office to define a new set of training courses for deck officers, I have been proposed to take the position of CMA Ships Owners Representative for Romania, based in Constantza. What a new exciting challenge for me !

Our fleet offers a variety of technologies and engine types and a unique environment for professional development, with important responsibilities granted at all level and early in your career

Largest engines and up-to-date technologies
- Largest low-speed engines with more than 100 000 BHP, 12 and 14 cylinders
- Generalization of electronic engines on all our large new vessels
- All engine types and makers across the fleet, high-speed and medium speed
- Optimized CMA CGM ergonomy for engine room and engine control room.
- Environment protection systems beyond regulatory requirements
Continuous Training, Research & Development
- Electronic engines conduct course
- High voltage 6600 Volts course
- Extensive training facilities on board
- Numerous opportunities to participate in research and development projects, designed to optimize engines efficiency, environmental-friendliness, cost and reliability.
Various jobs and short missions opportunities ashore
- Superintendent engineer, newbuilding yard supervisor, trainer, project manager, etc…
Testimony of Second Engineer Milic DORIJAN, age 32, graduated in 1993 from University of Maritime Studies of Rijeka

I started navigation in 1999, and signed my first contract with CMA CGM in 2004 as a Third Engineer. But shortly afterwards, I was offered a promotion opportunity to Second Engineer. I was pleased to see that my experience and efforts were rapidly recognized, and the Company made it possible for me to advance in my profession.

As a Second Engineer, I could spent a few contracts returning on board the same vessel, which was one of the best way to deepen my competencies. It was also a great experience with particularly good relations between the crewmembers.

As CMA CGM is building the largest container vessels of 13000 teus, I would find it to be a great challenge to serve soon on one of these vessels and be a part of this new era of CMA CGM Company … and why not as Chief Engineer !