全书共7个单元34课。第一单元为船舶基本知识、船舶结构和设备；第二单元为航行仪器及其使用说明书；第三单元为航海气象基本词汇及气象报告；第四单元为航行安全和航行规则；第五单元是各类航行出版物；第六单元是关于货物运输的基本知识及相关文本；第七单元是国际海事组织公约和规则节选。本教材的目的是让学生通过大量阅读扩大航海英语专业词汇，熟悉航海英语各种体裁，增加航海专业知识，提高航海英语阅读水平。

Unit 1 Ship Structure and Equipment
Lesson 1 Ship Types
Lesson 2 Manning on Board
Lesson 3 General Arrangement Plan
Lesson 4 Measurement
Lesson 5 Bridge Equipment
Lesson 6 Life-saving Appliances and Arrangements
Lesson 7 Fire-fighting Equipment
Exercises for Unit 1
Unit 2 Bridge Manuals
Lesson 8 Radar and ARPA
Lesson 9 Magnetic Compass & Gyro Compass
Lesson 10 GPS, ECDIS, VDR & AIS
Exercises for Unit 2
Unit 3 Marine Meteorology
Lesson 11 Basic Knowledge about Marine Meteorology
Lesson 12 Weather Routeing & Weather Messages
Exercisss for Unit 3
Unit 4 Ship Manoeuvering
Lesson 13 Basic Knowledge about Navigation
Lesson 14 Basic Knowledge about Ship Manoeuvring
Lesson 15 IALA Maritime Buoyage System
Lesson 16 Intenational Regulations For Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972)
Lesson 17 Navigational Watch at Sea
Exercises for Unit 4
Unit 5 Nautical Publications and Correspondence
Lesson 18 Nautical Chart and Chart Work
Lesson 19 Notices to Mariners and Navigational Warnings
Lesson 20 Logbook
Lesson 21 Various Notices
Lesson 22 Accident Reports
Exercises for Unit 5
Unit 6 Cargo Work
Lesson 23 Basic Knowledge About Cargo
Lesson 24 Equipment Used to Load and Discharge Cargo
Lesson 25 Preparation of Cargo Space
Lesson 26 Introduction to IMDG Code
Exercises for Unit 6
Unit 7 IMO Conventions
Lesson 27 Introduction to IMO
Lesson 28 An Introduction to STCW Conventions
Lesson 29 An Introduction to SOLAS Convention
Lesson 30 An Introduction to MARPOL
Lesson 31 An Introduction to MLC
Lesson 32 An Introduction to ISM
Lesson 33 An Introduction to Port State Control
Lesson 34 An Introduction to ISPS
Exercises for Unit 7