本册教材按中华人民共和国海事局颁布的《海港引航员适任培训大纲(2019版)》中对海港二级引航员“引航英语”的要求进行编写，内容包括引航英语在船舶结构与设备方面的应用、海天况信息交流、船舶操纵性要素的说明、船舶应急与搜救通信、船舶技术状态说明、天气系统与气象警报等内容。
本册教材既可作为二级引航员参加应试培训的学习用书，也可作为航海院校航海技术专业的教学用书，还可作为引航员在引航工作中的参考用书。

Chapter 1 Structures and Facilities of Sea-going Ships
1.1 Types of Sea-going Ships
1.2 Deck Facilities and Mooring Lines
1.3 Draft and Draft Scales
1.4 Deadweight and Loadlines
1.5 Ship Tonnage
1.6 Ship Particulars
Chapter 2 Weather Conditions & Seas
2.1 Winds
2.2 Currents
2.3 Waves and Swells
2.4 Tides
2.5 Visibilities
2.6 Weather Phenomena
Chapter 3 Ship Manoeuvring Techniques
3.1 Ship Parameters That Affect Manoeuvrability
3.2 Wind Effects on Ship Movement
3,3 Current Effects on Ship Manoeuvring
3.4 Shallow Effects on Ship Manoeuvring
3.5 Bank Effects on Ship Manoeuvring
3.6 Wave Effects on Ship Manoeuvring
Chapter 4 Emergency Responses and Search and Rescue Operations
4.1 Emergency Operations for Failure of Main Steering Facilities
4.2 Search and Rescue Operations
4.3 Salvage Operations
Chapter 5 Ship Technical Conditions and Cargo
5.1 Ship Signaling Systems
5.2 Stability
5.3 Navigation Bridge Visibility
5.4 Longitudinal Strength
5.5 Safety Affected by Cargo Stowage and Passenger Distribution
Chapter 6 Meteorological Systems and Weather Forecast
6.1 Cold Air, Warm Air and Fronts
6.2 Characters of Tropical Cyclones in China Seas
6.3 Weather Report