航海是国际货物运输链中非常重要的一环。货物运输远洋轮的船员及海运物流链中各环节的工作人员须具备优秀的航海英语能力，这样才能与外国船员及相关工作人员进行有效沟通，否则难以胜任国际海运工作。航海英语是承载航海运输过程中所涉及的专业性很强的专门用途英语，涉及船舶和海事方面的专业英语用语。由此可知，航海英语对海员们及与国际海运有关的人员至关重要。本教材基本涵盖了航海业务中通用的专业英语，如船舶操纵、导航、通信、安全、海上气候、海上救助、国际海事法规等方面的英语表达。适合各层次的学习者使用，对航海英语考证的学习者也十分实用。
Unit 1 Admiralty Publications
Text 1 Admiralty Sailing Directions
Text 2 Admiralty Charts
Unit 2 Navigational Equipment
Text 1 Radar, ARPA and Echo Sounder
Text 2 GPS, Compass, Echo Sounder, AIS, ECDIS and IBS
Unit 3 Marine Weather & Radio Facsimile Chart
Text 1 Marine Weather
Text 2 Radio Facsimile Chart
Unit 4 Navigation
Text 1 Teamwork
Text 2 Watchkeeping at Sea
Unit 5 Life Saving and Survival at Sea
Text 1 Launching LSAs
Text 2 The Use of LSAs
Unit 6 Ship Securities
Text 1 ISPS Code
Text 2 Gangway Watch
Unit 7 Berthing and Unberthing Operations
Text 1 Berthing Operations
Text 2 Unberthing Operations
Unit 8 Distant Communication at Sea
Text 1 Communications Action by a Ship in Distress
Text 2 Ship Security Alert System
Unit 9 Port State Control
Text 1 General
Text 2 Port State Inspection
Unit 10 Main Propulsion Plant
Text 1 Working Principle of Marine Diesel Engine
Text 2 Constructions of the Four-stroke Diesel Engine and the Two-stroke Diesel Engine
Unit 11 Auxiliary Machinery
Text 1 Marine Boilers
Text 2 Marine Pump
Unit 12 Marine Electrical System and Automatization
Text 1 Alternating Current Generator
Text 2 Squirrel-Cage Motor
Unit 13 Marine Engineering Management
Text 1 Preparation for Standby
Text 2 Finished with Engine
Unit 14 International Conventions and Regulations
Text 1 STCW Convention
Text 2 SOLAS Convention
References
Key to the Exercises