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2. Seafarer's professions and ranks - Wikipedia

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   Some shipping companies do not carry electrical officers on their ship to cut down the manning cost, and the electrical duties are carried by an engineer. This is usually the third engineer. However, many companies realized that electrical and electronic system requires some extra attention and therefore require an expert to attend them.

3. Oiler (occupation) - Wikipedia

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   In the days of ubiquitous plain bearings, oiling was often a job description in and of itself. Today, shipping is the economic segment that most thoroughly retains the notion of the oiler as a separate position. On a merchant ship, an oiler is an unlicensed rate of the engineering department. The position is of the junior rate in the engine ...

4. Wiper (occupation) - Wikipedia

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   As a wiper aboard a United States Merchant Marine vessel or any International Maritime Organization (IMO) certified merchant shipping vessel, the diversity of operational duties is inherent and must be approached as such. Typically, with little experience, a wiper may work under the close supervision of trained and qualified engineers of the ...

5. Dockworker - Wikipedia

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   The word stevedore (/ ˈ s t iː v ɪ ˌ d ɔːr /) originated in Portugal or Spain, and entered the English language through its use by sailors. [3] It started as a phonetic spelling of estivador or estibador (), meaning a man who loads ships and stows cargo, which was the original meaning of stevedore (though there is a secondary meaning of "a man who stuffs" in Spanish); compare Latin ...

6. List of freight ship companies - Wikipedia

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   Sea freight transport by container ship. This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers.

7. FleetPro Passenger Ship Management - Wikipedia

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   FleetPro Passenger Ship Management was founded in 2012 as a merger of two existing passenger ship management companies and is based in Switzerland. It combined International Shipping Partners (ISP), a passenger ship management services company headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States, and River Advice of Basel, Switzerland.

8. Second mate - Wikipedia

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   International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations require the officer be fluent in English. This is required for a number of reasons, such as to use charts and nautical publications , understand weather and safety messages, communication with other ships and coast stations, and to be able to work with a multi-lingual crew.

9. Offshoring - Wikipedia

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   The number of jobs lost to offshoring is less than 1 percent of the total US labor market. [49] The total number of jobs lost to offshoring, both manufacturing and technical represent only 4 percent of the total jobs lost in the US. Major reasons for cutting jobs are from contract completion and downsizing. [50]