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How to use Mariners Digest

Mariners Digest: free DG Shipping and IMO news for seafarers, Tuesday to Saturday.

1Start here

  1. Open the digest. The top box gives you the day in 60 seconds, and Act on these first lists the urgent items.
  2. Set your filter: the ⚙️ Filter tab on a phone, or My filter on the right on a computer. Pick My rank and My ship type. Only the items for you stay on screen. Your choice is saved on this device.
  3. Read each item's What to do line. Tap the Source link to read the original document before you act.
  4. Tap ☆ Save on anything you want to keep, and WhatsApp to send an item to your crew.
  5. Try the One-question check at the end.
  6. Missed a day? Open Past issues (the issue chip on a phone, the right-hand panel on a computer).

2The main features

India — DGMA tracker

New DG Shipping (DGMA) circulars, orders and notices, each in one plain paragraph with who it affects and from when.

Every issue

Filter

Your exact rank (Master to Wiper, cadets, shore staff) or a whole group; your exact ship type (LNG, chemical tanker, PCTC, OSV, cruise…) or a group; your country; each information source with its own topics underneath (e.g. DG Shipping → Exams only); words an item must mention, and words to hide. On the phone, also how far back the Unread and All lists go. Saved on your device.

Filter tab (phone) · My filter (desktop)

Official or Reported

Every item is marked Official (links to the regulator's own document) or Reported (from the trade press).

next to each Source link

Low data

Text only, no pictures and no ads, so it opens on a slow ship connection.

every issue

Act on these first

Urgent items that carry a What to do line are listed at the top of the issue; tap one to jump to it.

under the 60-second box

Saved

Tap ☆ Save on an item to keep it. Saved items stay on this device and are shared between the phone view and the computer view of the same browser.

Saved tab (phone) · ☆ Saved panel (desktop)

Past issues

Every earlier issue stays readable.

issue chip (phone) · Past issues panel (desktop)

My documents

Add the expiry dates of your passport, CDC, CoC, STCW courses, medical and visas. See days left, and the Digest items about that document. The Android app reminds you 90, 60, 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before.

🧰 Seafarer tools → Documents

Deadlines

Only real deadlines: the dates by which you, or your company, must act — last day to apply, book or pay, exam dates, rules coming into force. News dates are never listed. It follows your Filter (rank, ship type, topics…); Show all deadlines on the Today card lifts it. It opens on today: what is due today, or what comes next. Swipe up for later dates and down for earlier ones, like the news feed. Add to calendar reminds you a week before.

📅 Deadline tab, first in the bottom bar (phone) · 📅 Deadlines panel (desktop)

Search

Search every issue at once, e.g. "medical", "CoC" or "exam fee". On a phone, tap the 🔍 icon at the top, then tap a result to read it as a feed card and swipe up / down through the results; Back returns to the list. On a computer, the search box is at the top of the page (press / from anywhere to jump to it); results drop down as you type. J / K move between items and S saves the current one.

🔍 at the top (phone) · search box in the top bar (computer) · ☰ menu → Search every issue

Short share links

Share an item to WhatsApp; it goes out as a short link with its own preview card.

Share on any item

3Sign-in, data & privacy

4Common questions

How often is there a new issue?

Tuesday to Saturday, in the morning (India time).

Is it free?

Yes. Free, with no ads.

Where does the news come from?

Mostly from official sources — DGMA circulars and notices, IMO, PSC MoUs, UKMTO — plus trade press such as Splash247, gCaptain and Seatrade, always linked.

I found a mistake.

Tell us through the Contact page on cryosim.com and we will correct the issue.

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Something unclear? Ask us · Share this guide · Updated 22 Oct 2026