Mastering maritime English vocabulary is the basic capital of every seafarer — used in onboard communication, reading manuals, and facing tests like Marlins. This interactive quiz tests the 12 ship terms that appear most often in daily work. How to…
Standard Marine Communication Phrases (SMCP) are the IMO-standardized English phrases used for safe communication at sea — on the radio, on the bridge, and during manoeuvring. This interactive quiz tests the 12 phrases every seafarer must know cold, whether you…
Did you know? A crewing recruiter needs on average less than 20 seconds to decide whether your CV is worth reading further or goes straight to the pile. In the competitive maritime industry, a CV isn’t just a formality —…
Imagine this: three months on board, the last two months’ wages unpaid, food running low, and the company suddenly unreachable. Your ship is left sitting in a foreign port. This isn’t fiction — in shipping it’s called abandonment, and cases…
Why do seafarer salary figures differ so much? One vacancy says “per ILO standard”, another says “ITF standard”, others mention IBF or PNO — and the numbers can differ wildly for the same rank. No wonder it’s confusing. The good…
For newcomers to shipping, the terms oil tanker, chemical tanker, gas tanker, bunker, and trading tanker often get thrown around interchangeably — especially in job ads that use them loosely. But different terms mean different ships, different cargoes, different safety…
One of the most common questions from aspiring seafarers: how much do seafarers earn today? The answer varies — by rank, ship type, and company. But there is good news: as of 1 January 2026, the global minimum wage for…
ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) is the electronic chart system that is now the primary navigation tool on almost all merchant ships worldwide. For Indonesian officers sailing on foreign vessels, understanding ECDIS is no longer a bonus —…
For seafarers or migrant workers eyeing the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there is one wall many never expect: the TB test in the visa medical. It’s not just active TB that gets rejected — old, healed TB scars visible on…
More and more principals now require a TB test as part of the seafarer medical check-up. For crew with a tight joining schedule, the first question is always: which TB test gives the fastest results? The answer: yes, there is…