port engineer

American  

noun

1. a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.

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Example Sentences

Paul Soros, a successful port engineer and older brother to the billionaire financier George Soros.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013

Their port engineer didn't agree with Reardon as to what was wrong with her, so he left.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

And Terry Reardon, our new port engineer, will accompany me also.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

He had the vessel's engines to consider; and for two weeks his private office would resound with the arguments and recriminations of Cappy and his port engineer.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

If there was a word of opprobrium, mundane or nautical, which the port skipper didn't shout at that submarine commander, the port engineer supplied it.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)