Dockmaster Blog

Whether it’s a marina, boatyard, boat dealership or any other business that supports the marine industry, the value of ongoing employee training will help your business. According to the Association for Talent Development, companies that offer comprehensive training programs have 218% higher income per employee than companies without formalized training. It’s a critical part of running your business in order to retain employees and have increased efficiency. In the marine industry the challenge is to attract the next generation of marine employees, they all want upward mobility and career path training to support their dreams.

With all the Yuletide buying sprees that had consumers hitting retail outlets or ordering online since Black Friday, here’s hoping a lot of them still have cash left over once St. Nick has left their humble abodes.

Tis the season to be trawling for restless mariners on the go

Holiday items to satisfy seafaring adventurers year-round

Communicating effectively year-round sets operators up for success in peak season

Like every industry, the marine business is rapidly changing as more and more technology surfaces with the promise of creating greater efficiencies, streamlining workflows and generally staying on top of all the financial activity going on inside the company. Comprising much of that technology are management software systems that handle all the aforementioned, which has been a boon to those who’ve reaped the benefits of their use.