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Ryan Ship Management Pvt Ltd - 4 point moored vessel
$150 / day
2nd Engineer needed for 4 point moored vessel.
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star sea management - AHTS
$150 / day
2nd Officer for AHTS vessel.
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Star sea management - AHTS
$150/month
Chief Officer on AHTS vessel.
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NODDOS Marine - Oil tanker
$6000 - 6250 / month
ETO needed for Oil tanker.
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MAVERICK SHIP MANAGEMENT DMCC - Oil/chemical tanker
$7500 / month
Chief Officer on Oil/chemical tanker
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MAVERICK SHIP MANAGEMENT DMCC - Oil/chemical tanker
$6500 / month
2nd Engineer needed for oil tanker.
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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.
Find out why Seawise Giant (Knock Nevis) remains the biggest ship ever built, its dimensions, history and how it compares with modern giants.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 min read
What a bosun does on a merchant ship: the deck crew's foreman, the maintenance planner's right hand, and the rank between ratings and officers, explained.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 min read
The consignee is the party entitled to receive a shipment. What the role means on a bill of lading, how it differs from shipper and notify party, and the risks.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 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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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.
How marine scrubbers strip sulfur from ship exhaust, the difference between open-loop, closed-loop and hybrid systems, and where washwater discharge is banned.
Bunkering is how a ship takes on fuel. The full procedure in three stages: preparation, transfer and completion, plus the failures that cause spills and fires.
What dredgers do and how each type works: trailing suction hoppers, cutter suction dredgers, backhoes, grabs and the jobs that keep ports open to shipping.
How container loading and unloading actually works: stowage plans and cut-off dates, ship-to-shore cranes, yard handling, and stuffing at the warehouse.
Curated maritime news, original blogs and technical explainers, ordered by the newest publish date.
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Sounding means measuring depth: of liquid in a ship's tanks with a tape, or of water under the keel with an echo sounder. How both work and why they matter.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 min
What the container ship Dali is, how a loose signal wire blacked her out into Baltimore's Key Bridge, what the NTSB found, and where the case stands now.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 min
What the exhaust manifold does on a marine engine, wet versus dry designs, why raw-water cooling corrodes them, and the failures crews learn to catch early.
Marine Insight 360 · Aug 2 · 4 min
Top maritime news stories for the week ended 25 July
Seatrade Maritime News · Jul 27 · 2 min
Tankers sail through Red Sea despite Houthi blockade
The New York Times · Jul 26 · 2 min
