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Confidential Maritime Employer - Egypt
A leading marine consultancy organisation is seeking a Marine Consultant to join its growing Marine & Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) team.
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Confidential Maritime Employer - United Kingdom
I am looking for a skilled naval architect to take responsibility for a range of vessel design projects, working across different vessel types, class societies and client requirements. The successful candidate will play a key role in managi
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Maritime Universal - Crude oil tanker
$4850 / month
3rd Engineer opening on a Crude oil tanker with Maritime Universal.
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Maritime Universal - Crude oil tanker
$4850 / month
2nd Officer opening on a Crude oil tanker with Maritime Universal.
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Maritime Universal - Oil/chemical tanker
$11,700 / month
2nd Engineer needed for 4‑month oil/chemical tanker contract, $11,700 per month, start 01 Sep 2026.
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Maritime Universal - VLCC
$15,000 / month
Experienced Master needed to command a VLCC for a 4‑month contract starting 05‑Sep‑2026, $15,000 per month.
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Commercial country guides comparing ports, vessel sectors, operators, suppliers, logistics and shipping regulation in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
A commercial guide to Canadian shipping covering Great Lakes and St Lawrence trade, Arctic operations, coastal fleets, ports, suppliers and operator regulation.
A commercial guide to the UK shipping market covering ports, offshore wind vessels, ferries, cruise operations, ship services, suppliers and operator regulation.
A commercial guide to the U.S. shipping market covering Jones Act trade, offshore support, major ports, shipyards, suppliers, fleet sectors and operator regulation.
Saildrone’s autonomous vessel successfully launched a missile‑type payload, showing new possibilities for armed surveyors and implications for shipping operator
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 21 · 3 min read
Explore how the U.S. lifting a 12‑year ban on Nigerian vessels opens new routes and compliance requirements for global shipping professionals.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 20 · 3 min read
Find out how the UAE’s trade halt with Iran affects shipping routes, insurance, and port operations worldwide.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 19 · 3 min read
The reference explainers our readers return to: how shipboard systems work, what the rules require, and how the fleet actually operates.
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What makes a natural harbor, and ten of the world's greatest: Sydney, San Francisco, New York, Rio, Halifax and more, with the geography that shelters them.
SS on a ship means steamship, a vessel driven by steam engines. What the prefix tells you, why modern ships use MV instead, and what RMS, HMS and USS mean.
How a ship's freshwater generator turns seawater into drinking water: vacuum evaporation, main components, operating limits, and when reverse osmosis wins.
VLCC capacity in barrels, tonnes and meters: what separates a VLCC from a ULCC, how supertankers load at sea, and why giant tankers dominate crude shipping.
The Soviet Typhoon class submarine remains the largest ever built: twin pressure hulls, 20 missile silos, and why nothing since has matched its size.
How marine scrubbers strip sulfur from ship exhaust, the difference between open-loop, closed-loop and hybrid systems, and where washwater discharge is banned.
Curated maritime news, original blogs and technical explainers, ordered by the newest publish date.
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A nautical course is the intended direction of travel in three-figure degrees. How true, magnetic and compass courses convert, and where errors creep in.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 19 · 5 min
What cold ironing means, how a ship connects to shore power at berth, the IEC 80005 standards, EU and California requirements, and the practical limits on OPS.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 19 · 6 min
Stornoway Port welcomed Queen Anne, its largest ever cruise ship, at a new deep water terminal. What a 332 metre call needs from a small island port.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 19 · 5 min
Great Lakes maritime leaders face uncertainty over federal waivers.
The Ticker · Aug 9 · 2 min
Hormuz maritime traffic collapses due to tensions.
IranWire · Aug 8 · 2 min
TOTE Services hosts Medium Landing Ship Industry Day
Marine News Magazine · Aug 8 · 2 min
