How to become a marine superintendent
Official title: Marine superintendent
Also called: Marine superintendent (deck), Assistant Marine Superintendent, Marine Manager, Senior Marine Superintendent/Marine Superintendent
Marine superintendent directs or arranges on-shore services such as supply of ships’ stores and equipment, ship inspections and overhauls, crew replacements and navigational information for shipping company vessels arriving in port. He/she orders ship’s stores, deck and navigation equipment and fuel, for delivery according to ship master’s requirements and arranges for inspections, tests and overhauls as required by regulations or company practices.
Main tasks
- Adapting departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges
- Planning and arranging all technical maintenance and repairs needed on the vessels
- Carrying out vessel inspections and monitor the ship’s conditions
- Ensuring compliance of vessels with regulations and standards
- Researching and implementing new procedures to improve daily operations
Ways in
- University: Agriculture & Environment degrees
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $115,200 a year. The middle half earn $78,960 to $173,112 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a marine superintendent?
Ways in include: Agriculture & Environment degrees.
How much does a marine superintendent earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $115,200 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $78,960 to $173,112.
Will AI change the work of a marine superintendent?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026