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CAPTAIN'S BRIEF

Maritime articles for working crew

Practical reads on careers, training, and how matching works on Maritime Match. Product guidance only — not medical or legal advice.

Captain's Brief card: Free Passage Planning APEM Checklist. A phone shows the four APEM plan stages beside a chart and ECDIS safety settings, with bullets for berth-to-berth steps, UKC and safety contour, calculators and publication checklist, saved on your phone, free with no sign-up

Sea Tools / Passage Planning · Oct 9, 2026 · 24 min

Free Passage Planning APEM Checklist: Plan Berth to Berth and Understand Your ECDIS Safety Settings (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

A free APEM passage-planning checklist berth to berth: Why? on every item, ECDIS safety settings, UKC and squat, paper chart step and publication checklist. No sign-up. Guidance only.

Captain's Brief card: Free ORB Entry Helper. A phone shows three drafted Oil Record Book lines beside an open Oil Record Book and a pen, with bullets for codes A to I, a self-check before you sign, saved on your phone, and free with no sign-up

Sea Tools / ORB · Oct 7, 2026 · 18 min

Free ORB Entry Helper: Draft and Self-Check Your Oil Record Book Part I Entries (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

A free Sea Tool that drafts Oil Record Book Part I lines (codes A to I) and self-checks dates, tank names, 15 ppm and OWS rules before you copy them into the book. No sign-up. Guidance only.

Captain's Brief card: Draft Survey & Grain Stability, Free on Your Phone. Two phones show the live Maritime Match draft survey Result (constant 274.75 MT, example figures) and the Grain Stability Check PASS screen, in front of a ship's hull with draft marks, with four feature bullets

Sea Tools · Oct 5, 2026 · 20 min

Free Draft Survey and Grain Stability Check: Work Your Cargo Figures on Your Phone (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

Two free Sea Tools: a draft survey worksheet and a Grain Stability Check against IMO Grain Code Part A §7. No sign-up. Check against your ship's approved documents.

Captain's Brief card: Crewmate Down? How MedDeck Gets You to the First Steps Fast. A hand holds a phone showing the MedDeck home beside an open ship's medical kit and a medical log, with four feature bullets

MedDeck · Oct 5, 2026 · 14 min

Crewmate Down? How MedDeck Gets You to the First Steps Fast (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

MedDeck is a free medical reference and learning aid on Maritime Match: emergency cards, symptom pages, 5-minute lessons, medical chest, TMAS prep and a personal health log. It does not replace TMAS or your company doctor.

Captain's Brief card: Cook Hub, Plan a Week of Filipino Galley Meals in Minutes. Illustration of a smiling Filipino ship's cook in a galley with the text MAYOR!!! Ano ulam bukas?

Cook Hub · Oct 3, 2026 · 14 min

Cook Hub: Plan a Week of Filipino Galley Meals in Minutes (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

Cook Hub is a free Filipino galley planner on Maritime Match: 393 recipes for 20 crew, 7-day and 30-day meal plans, menus by ingredient, and one stores list from your plan.

Captain's Brief card: 39,100 Officers Short, Rating to Officer. Illustrations of an AB in red coveralls doing deck work, an arrow, and a third mate on a ship's bridge, labelled AB and 3rd MATE.

Officer career · Oct 1, 2026 · 22 min

39,100 Officers Short: Why 2026 Is the Year to Start Your Move From Rating to Officer (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

The world is 39,100 officers short in 2026. How Filipino ABs and oilers can move up to 3/O or 3/E: MARINA rules, fees, funding and a realistic timeline.

Captain's Brief: Seaman's Book and SID eGovPH appointment guide for Filipino seafarers

Seafarer documents · Oct 1, 2026 · 20 min

Seaman's Book and SID Appointments Are Now eGovPH-Only: How to Book, Renew or Expedite Before Your Sign-On (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

Seaman's Book and SID bookings are eGovPH-only since 13 May 2026. Steps, fees in PHP, requirements, agency expedite and a sign-on checklist.

Captain's Brief: Turn your vacation into income — become a maritime instructor with OWWA scholarship support

Maritime education · Oct 1, 2026 · 7 min

Turn Your Vacation Into Income: Become a Maritime Instructor, With OWWA's Help

Turn your vacation into income. The IMO 6.09, 3.12 and 6.10 courses you need to become a maritime instructor, and how OWWA can help pay.

Captain's Brief card: Personal Starlink on Your Ship? Roam vs Maritime plan. Starlink logo above a satellite orbiting Earth at night over Southeast Asia.

Crew welfare · Sep 25, 2026 · 16 min

Personal Starlink on a Merchant Ship: Why Roam Is Not a Maritime Plan (2026 Guide for Filipino Seafarers)

Planning a personal Starlink on board? Roam doesn't cover the open ocean. See 2026 plans, prices in PHP and USD, what the terms say, and an onboard checklist.

Free and sponsored maritime schools compared: PMMA, MAAP, NSA, NTMA, MMMA, IMEC

Maritime education · Sep 25, 2026 · 18 min

Free and Sponsored Maritime Schools in the Philippines: PMMA, MAAP, NSA, NTMA, MMMA and IMEC Compared

Free or sponsored BSMT and BSMarE in the Philippines: what PMMA, MAAP, the NSA Cadet Program, NTMA, MMMA and IMEC cover, who qualifies, and how to apply.