This Charting a Successful Maritime Career series is sponsored by the Houston Pilots and is geared toward middle school students through college grads. Come hear the facts from young successful mariners on selecting the maritime career that will make you love your job, the preparation/education necessary to get the job, the financial and lifestyle benefits of the job, and what you can do now to develop the best resume.

This lecture will feature Scott Birtle, a senior ship broker at Clarkson Shipping Services USA, and Maria Burns, a maritime transportation professor at Texas Southern University and former chemical tankers operator and broker.