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Anish

Anish

An ardent sailor and a techie, Anish Wankhede has voyaged on a number of ships as a marine engineer officer. He loves multitasking, networking, and troubleshooting. He is the one behind the unique creativity and aesthetics at Marine Insight.

Types of Marine Jobs: Pump Man

Types of Marine Jobs: Pump Man

One of the important merchant marine jobs on oil rigs is that of a pump man. In terms of merchant marine employment, the absolute requirement of a pump man to work on oil rigs has been proved time and again because pump man helps to maintain a steady and smooth functioning of the entire pipelines fitted in an oil rig or oil tankers.

What are Double Acting Tankers?

What are Double Acting Tankers?

Double acting tanker or double acting ship when running astern uses aft part of the ship hull structure made of special reinforced double skin for ice breaking.

Types of Marine Jobs: Oil Rig Roughneck

Types of Marine Jobs: Oil Rig Roughneck

An oil rig roughneck, as the name suggests, is a person who is employed in oil rigs to do manual and physical labour. Another name that is used for a roughneck is roustabout. It also needs to be noted that the term roughneck is also assigned to people of other professions who work very hard physically.

What is Marine Archaeology?

What is Marine Archaeology?

Archaeology is that branch of study which deals with excavation of important things and items that have happened centuries ago. Marine archaeology, as the name suggests, deals with excavation of things in the deepest parts of the oceans and seas.