Ship’s Officer

Deck department

The deck department is an organisational team on board naval and merchant ships. Seafarers in the deck department work a variety of jobs on a ship or vessel, but primarily they will carry out the navigation of a vessel from the bridge. However, they are usually also responsible for supervising and monitoring any maritime cargo on board, as well as ensuring maintenance of the deck and upper hull structure, monitoring the stability of the ship, including loading and discharging ballast water, carrying out mooring operations, and finally anchoring a ship.

Officer

An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official", from Medieval Latin officiarius "an officer," from Latin officium "a service, a duty" the late Latin from officiarius, meaning "official."

Ship

A ship is a large watercraft designed for travel across the surface of a body of water, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized tasks such as warfare, oceanography and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce.

ship

Noun

1. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
2. A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.

Verb

1. To send by water-borne transport.
2. To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).

officer

Noun

1. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
2. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

Verb

1. To supply with officers.
2. To command as or like an officer.