In addition, the IMarEST's Royal Charter empowers the institute to offer registers designed to meet the specific needs of the marine profession.

Corporate members can become registered (chartered) as: The IMarEST used to publish multiple professional magazines for the science, engineering and technology community, but in October 2014 amalgamated content from its five established and sector specific magazines (MER, Shipping World and Shipbuilder, Maritime IT & Electronics, Offshore Technology and Marine Scientist) in to a single, generic publication.

[10] describes itself as "looking at the trends emerging within the marine sector with a view to enhance the reader's understanding of the complex technical intersections between the maritime, offshore and science agendas."

[11] In addition to the professional magazines outlined above, the IMarEST also publishes a number of subscription only, academic, peer-reviewed journals which present international research papers describing the latest discoveries, developments and advances in the marine sector.

[citation needed] Editors: Dr J Wang (Liverpool John Moores University) and CDR(E) Rinze Geertsma, (Royal Netherlands Naval Academy) Editor: Prof Ralph Rayner, CMarSci, FIMarEST, London School of Economics (LSE) Papers published in the JMET and the JOO are eligible for the IMarEST Denny Medal, a special annual prize awarded to the authors of the best paper in each Journal.

Examples include: The IMarEST develops a programme of evening lectures each year covering general and specific technical and scientific topics.