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In an ideal world, everyone would get along with one another, but it’s a fact of life that not everyone will be the best of friends - or even be able to agree to disagree! So how do you handle that in the office or on a vessel?!

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By: Eve Church

Manning agents have lots of plates to spin to ensure a balance in finding seafarers crewing vacancies and helping shipowners fill open seafaring jobs quickly. In this post we’re giving manning agents in the maritime industry the lowdown on logging into and getting started with their Martide account.

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By: Eve Church

In case you somehow didn’t know, September 29th is World Maritime Day. A day that is celebrated at the end of September every year in honor of all of those men and women who work in seafarer jobs and ashore in the shipping industry. But what is this year’s theme and what is its purpose?

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By: Eve Church

There are so many different shipping terms out there that we thought it was time we wrote a blog post that dives into them. But because there are so many nautical words and maritime phrases, we decided that the best way to do this was by one letter at a time. Let's check out the letter B!

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By: Eve Church

Recently we added a new feature within Assignments to make life even easier for you as someone who works in maritime recruitment or crew planning. It’s called Assignment Transfers and it lets you transfer certain Pipeline Stages from one Assignment to another.

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By: Eve Church

Over the summer our developers have been working on lots of changes, upgrades and new features for Martide’s maritime recruitment and crewing system software solution. So we thought it would be a good idea to take a look back at what’s been happening now that summer is drawing to a close.

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By: Eve Church

Ferries are mainly known as a type of boat that transports passengers from one place to another, and, usually, back again. They have more in common with a bus or train than a cruise ship as their main purpose is to provide passengers with transportation for a reason rather than for leisure.

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By: Eve Church

From high risk, physically demanding roles such as seafarer jobs to work that involves long hours at a desk and little rest from constant phone calls and emails, employees in the maritime industry can be vulnerable to mental health issues that are work-related.

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By: Eve Church

There are so many different shipping terms out there that we thought it was time we wrote a blog post that dives into them. But because there are so many nautical words and maritime phrases, we decided that the best way to do this was by one letter at a time. Let's kick things off with the letter A!

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By: Eve Church

Sometimes Skype won't cut it: you need to talk to candidates for your open jobs at sea in person. You’ll be able to save time by sending your applicant an interview invitation email template. Here's how to write one.

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By: Eve Church