marine superintendent

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a person who is responsible for the maintenance of the vessels of a shipping line, for their docking and the handling of cargo, and for the hiring of personnel for deck departments.

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Also called port captain, port superintendent.

Words nearby marine superintendent

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Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
America’s 2014 Murder Capital|Brandy Zadrozny|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
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And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
The Most Exciting New Hotels, Restaurants, and Submarines of 2014|Charlie Gilbert|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.
Dr. Howard Fuller's Injustice Education|Campbell Brown|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Thursday, Detective Superintendent McDonald described his account as “harrowing” and compelling.
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John Wilson, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, died at Folkstone, aged 81.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The door went down—glass crashed—another door yielded—two wild figures fell into the superintendent's private office.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
And it might be a year or two before a superintendent could be found capable in every way of managing so complicated a ranch.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
When I told the superintendent something about your looking for such a girl because of a law case, he was much interested.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
It was unreasonable to expect those makers of marine steam-engines to report that Trevithick knew better than they did.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

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