MBN brings governed procurement to maritime contracting: a way of running tenders, awards, and (eventually) execution that the industry has never deliberately built. The platform is live now, and this section teaches what each part of the system does and how it applies to your specific role.
MBN is new. Not new as in "a fresh app for an old workflow". New as in the maritime contracting space never had this kind of structure before. Tendering, attributable authority, audit-grade records, eventually governed execution: these are concepts the industry hasn't deliberately operated under for decades. Reading about MBN once doesn't teach you how to use it. Walking through your role, your tier, and your decision points does.
This section is organized by tier (Vessels, Service Providers, Management Companies) because what each tier needs to learn is genuinely different. A captain stepping into a tender is doing different work than a service provider receiving one or a management company overseeing one. Each track teaches what that tier needs, in the order a real reader on that tier would encounter it.
Each track is built for a specific tier on MBN. Start where you operate.
Learn how MBN works for vessel organizations: captains, chief engineers, vessel managers, owners' offices. Roles, tendering authority, the live dashboard, billing.
Learn how MBN works for service-provider organizations: contractors who quote labor, vendors who quote parts, the people on each side of bidding and clarification.
Learn how MBN works for management companies: the people overseeing portfolios of vessels, where delegated authority and cross-vessel visibility matter most.
The fastest way to learn MBN is to walk your tier's curriculum, then register your organization at app.maritimebids.com. Pre-onboarding opens July 15, 2026: register, get approved by an MBN officer, and step straight into the live product.
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