To the supply chain, long distance transport is incredibly important to get your product to foreign markets and the most popular form of this is still shipping today due to its low costs and large capacities. Today, we explored the managing of these ships with visits to Bernhard Schulte Ship Management and Columbia Ship Management. Both these companies own some of the ships they manage, while the majority of vessels they manage are those of third party clients. This brings up the question of what does managing a ship entail? These companies manage everything on ships from large scale shipping logistics to the cafeterias in which seafarers eat their everyday meals. These companies are absolutely massive, with hundreds of different offices across the globe and tens of subsidiary companies that cover things from air travel for their workers to the mental health and well-being of them. It is considerably tough to spend months on the seas for workers, and this are just a few ways that these companies take care of seafarers. To become a seafarer, as we learned at the BSM Maritime Training Center in Limassol, one must go through months of rigorous training of safety and daily operations to ensure a smooth voyage at sea. Hundreds of hours can be spent at Bridge and Engine simulators for those attempting to become captains while other positions will spend months in the classroom to gain various certifications. The most humbling fact was that it often takes 15 years or more for an individual to rise the ranks to chief engineer or ship captain.