Martide Blog – Page 25 of 31

RFID reader

How RFID is Changing the Maritime Industry

RFID is used in things as commonplace as the key fobs and passes many of us use to swipe into our offices or secure spaces. However its ability to capture data and automatically generate reports makes it one of the future technologies most of interest to the maritime industry.

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Maritime Recruitment Headaches? Let Martide Help!

What are some of the steps that shipping companies can take to promote seafaring as a career and fill their vacant maritime jobs? The need to attract and retain seafarers is a huge issue and one we all need to step up to if shipowners can beat their marine recruitment headaches.

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Tips for Better Candidate Engagement in Maritime Recruitment

Anyone working in maritime recruitment must be proactive: skilled candidates won't drop in your lap. It's frustrating to find the perfect applicant but struggle to get their attention to make them realize they're perfect for your vacancy. So how do you engage with qualified seafarers?

ship moored at sunset

10 of Martide's Favorite Seafarer Quotes About Ships

From container, ro-ro and cargo ships to bulk and heavy load carriers and tankers and from ferries and cruise ships to fishing boats, the vessels that sail our oceans are varied. In this post we pay tribute to ships of all shapes and sizes by listing some of our favorite seafarer quotes about them.

sailing yacht

10 of Martide's Favorite Seamen Quotes About Sailing

Here at Martide sometimes we like nothing better than taking a short break from our usual blog posts about maritime recruitment, industry news, Martide solutions and support, and technology in the maritime industry to write something a little more entertaining - such as lists of seamen quotes!

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Make Seafarer Sourcing Plain Sailing with Martide

In this blog post we're going to look at seafarer sourcing from a slightly different perspective and talk you through how using Martide's maritime recruitment and crew management Software as a Service solution can help you with your seaman recruitment woes. Let's get straight down to it!

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How Technology is Changing the Maritime Industry

Technology is changing life at sea, seafarer jobs, maritime recruitment, crew management, seafarer training and the way the maritime industry operates. Martide take a look at some of the maritime technology making waves today.

hands holding ship's wheel at sunset

12 of Martide's Favorite Seamen Quotes

At Martide we love anything to do with the maritime industry and that includes finding inspirational and interesting seamen quotes. In this post we thought we'd take a look at some seafarer quotes from various well known (and not so well known) sources that continue to inspire us and make us think.

VR headset

Seafarer Training & Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality

The maritime industry is changing and shipowners and managers are seizing the opportunity to become innovators within the sector. Future technologies such as augmented, mixed and virtual reality are being used to attract and train new seafarers for jobs in the industry.