merchant mariner
Civilian cargo sailor
A merchant mariner is a civilian sailor who works on commercial ships rather than military vessels.
Merchant mariners crew cargo ships, tankers, container ships, and passenger vessels, transporting goods and people across oceans and waterways.
During wartime, merchant mariners often serve in support roles, supplying military forces while remaining non-combatants: His grandfather was a merchant mariner in the Pacific during World War II.
Seafaring crew member
- seamanOne who works ships
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- able seamanCertified deck crew rank
bosun · helmsman · navigator · chief mate · engineer · radio officer · steward · purser
Vessel for transporting goods
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
- oil tankerVessel transporting liquid fuel
barge · tugboat · ferry · cruise ship · deck · bridge · engine room · galley
Point where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- transitMovement between places
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
sea duty · watch · shore leave · port call · homeport · embarkation · disembarkation · at sea
sailor
Seafaring crew member
able seaman · bosun · helmsman · navigator · chief mate · engineer · radio officer · steward · purser · quartermaster
cargo ship
Vessel for transporting goods
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
oil tanker · barge · tugboat · ferry · cruise ship · deck · bridge · engine room · galley · bulkhead
crossing
Point where paths intersect
deployment · sea duty · watch · shore leave · port call · homeport · embarkation · disembarkation · at sea · underway
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
export · goods · container · port · harbor · dock · wharf · terminal · logistics · supply chain
charts
Visual data displays
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
radar · sonar · buoy · lighthouse · beacon · bearing · coordinates · knots · heading · course
merchant marinerlandlubber
Non-seafaring person
landsman · landman · lubber · farmer · truck driver
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