Maritime English Journal

Welcome to the Maritime English Journal. The Journal is an academic  refereed publication  providing on-line access to all those involved in the research, teaching, learning and usage of English in the Maritime profession. The journal will be a print of Academic Scholars Publishing House, Australia.

The Maritime English Journal studies the structure, development and usage of English inside of this very specialized profession, and in particular, its relationship to and effect on and within standard Englishes. The Journal is the sister journal to the long established Asian EFL Journal

The Journal is seeking volunteers to help us in the Editorial department. Please contact us.


The Maritime English Journal.
The 2nd Edition will  published in the third quarter of 2013

Chief Editor & Advisors
The Chief Editor of the Maritime English Journal is Dr. Paul Robertson. Senior advisors to the journal are Professor Roger Nunn, Petroleum Institute UAE, Dr. John Adamson, Nigata Prefecture University and Professor Z.N.Patil of the English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad, India. Andrew Aznar of Southwestern University, a leading maritime studies university in the Philippines, is international maritime advisor.

2013 Maritime Development Forum - Philippines

The Maritime Development Forum has been established to bring together a wide range of experts to advance understanding and policy for the joint use and development of Maritime assets. With a number of experts in place MDF current focus is to expand the Scientific Committee to cover all the following areas.

Areas for Members of the Scientific Committee:

• Maritime Law

• Regional Peace and Security Including Disputed Island

• Energy Oil and Gas Exploration and Development

• Energy Alternatives

• Mineral Exploration and Development

• Maritime English and Linguistics

• Maritime Education Administration

• Environmental

• Coastal City and Rural Planning

• Navy and Coast Guard

• Piracy

• Transportation and Shipping

• Oceanography

• Fisheries, Animal and Plant Resources

• Maritime History

• Remote Sensing

• Ocean Cartography

• Tourism

• Heritage

• Non-Governmental Organizations

• Government Organizations and Policy

• Culture Including Culinary, Art, Song, Folklore, Islander Anthropology

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Photo courtesy Kongsberg Maritime Norway

2013 Editions

Volume 1. March 2013. Topics - Maritime English Training - Research and Theory -
Volume 2. September 2013. Topics - Maritime English Training - Research and Theory-Discourse analysis