shipmaster

noun

ship·mas·ter ˈship-ˌma-stər

: the master or commander of a ship other than a warship

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The former, of course, is the less expensive option, which means there is a financial angle to any decision the shipmaster must make. —

Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 In this case, a call from the shipmaster activating its plan went to a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company, Resolve Marine, which had been previously contracted to handle any emergency involving the DALI. —

Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 The elderly victim was a decidedly unsympathetic figure, a onetime shipmaster and merchant who’d built his fortune in part by transporting enslaved people from the Ivory Coast to the Caribbean. —

Barbara Spindel, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021 The shipmaster quickly realized what had happened and that the vessel had crossed over the pipeline, the records indicate. —

Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021 Valleys for topographers and whaling ships, a glacier for a shipmaster’s wife, and a fjord for a Dutch whaling skipper. —

Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019 The building replaces the iconic Italianate-style Lincoln Building, which was built by shipmaster James B. Lincoln in 1859. —

Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019