Bloggs no need for a PM as this information is widely available in the green pages.
17 year Captain is $153,824 according to the July 1999 green pages. It may be different from that for a "locally negotiated settlement" (ahem, ahem...) but that is what is printed here.
Mysteriously, if you divide that by the current sterling exchange rate, it is within a bulls roar of the freighter salary in the UK. OK there are tax issues, but the cost of living takes care of a lot of that.
Which takes us back to the thread, "Why do we live here?"