River fleet jobs on inland waterways
As of 16/10/2026 the catalogue holds 13 vacancies on inland-navigation vessels. Postings come from shipping companies, crewing agencies and open sources with the source shown.
Ranks with open vacancies
How river hiring differs from sea-going hiring
Inland-navigation crews are hired for the navigation season rather than for a voyage contract. The season opens when the ice goes and closes before freeze-up, and crews are topped up throughout it, so an advertisement posted in May is often still live in August.
River ranks are certified separately from sea-going ones under the Regulation approved by order No. 87 of the Russian Ministry of Transport dated 12.03.2018. A sea-going diploma does not replace a river one, and the platform keeps the two catalogues apart: there are no sea-going vacancies in the river feed.
The river fleet also has combined ranks that have no sea-going equivalent: master-engineer, motorman-helmsman, skipper-motorman. On the platform each of them is a rank of its own, not a pair of separate ones.
River ranks: required documents
Mandatory documents for each river rank. The full list with validity terms opens from the rank link.
| Rank | Mandatory documents |
|---|---|
| Master (Inland Waterways) | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as Master (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| Master-Engineer | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as Master / Engineer (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| Master - First Assistant Engineer | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as Master (Russian Inland Navigation), Diploma as First Assistant Engineer (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| High-Speed Craft Master (Inland) | Diploma as High-Speed Vessel Master (Russian Inland Navigation), Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules |
| HSC Master-Engineer | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as High-Speed Vessel Master / Engineer (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| Chief Officer (Inland) | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as Chief Mate (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| Chief Mate - First Assistant Engineer | Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules, Diploma as Chief Mate / First Assistant Engineer (Russian Inland Navigation) |
| High-Speed Craft Chief Officer (Inland) | Diploma as High-Speed Vessel Chief Mate (Russian Inland Navigation), Certificate of Knowledge of the Russian Inland Waterway Navigation Rules |
Common questions
Is a sea-going diploma valid on inland waterways
No. River ranks are certified under the Regulation approved by order No. 87 of the Russian Ministry of Transport dated 12.03.2018, and a sea-going diploma does not replace a river one. The reverse is also true.
Why does an advertisement show a date that has already passed
In a river advertisement the date usually marks the start of the navigation season rather than a deadline. Crews are topped up throughout the season, so such postings stay live. We label the date as taken from the advertisement and do not present it as the employer commitment.
What happens in winter
Some companies keep the crew for lay-up and repairs, others hire for the navigation season only. Ask before signing. Year-round work is more typical of mixed-navigation river-sea vessels.
Where do these vacancies come from
Some are posted by shipping companies and agencies on the platform, others are collected from open sources with the source shown. The date of the last check is given at the top of the page.
Neighbouring segment
River-sea vacancies36These are different vessel classes and the counts do not add up: a mixed-navigation vessel sails both inland and at sea.