The first issue of a refereed scientific and practical journal «Marine Medicine» was published in March 2015. Editorial and advisory board of the journal includes well-known scientists, doctors, teachers, public characters from Russia, China, Belgium, Spain and Denmark among which are 3 full members and 4 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 professors and 10 honored doctors (scientists, academics) of the Russian Federation. These scientists represent head medical and research organizations of our country. Since that, 20 journal issues were out, more than 300 papers that describe various relevant issues of naval medical support system have been published. It encouraged to analyze published materials by one of key journal subjects – ship hygiene and offshore habitability. Papers in hygiene and offshore habitability were united in some subgroups: a – worldview summarized publications concerning problems (19 papers), b – publications related to private issues and aspects of organizational, technical and medical arrangements on marine facilities and in coastal support points (29 papers), c – academic and historical papers relating to contribution of some scientists to the development of ship hygiene and off-shore habitability (7 papers). Published materials cover wide range of issues relevant to healthcare of maritime activities of our country. Thus, over a five-year period (2015–2019) of issue of «Marine Medicine» journal, a number of interested authors (scientists, teachers and practitioners), organizational, preventional and medical specialists appeared as well as a wide readership was achieved and the authors of the journal and formed a fairly wide circle of readers. Increasingly widespread of «Marine Medicine» journal, involvement of engineers and other technical workers, civil and naval construction specialists in authorship may significantly widen the readership. At the same time, it will allow to offer introduction of domestic scientific achievements on ships in a timely manner in order to ensure high performance and good health of naval specialists.