In the highly practical teaching of navigation major, as an important part of the teaching system, maritime practice teaching not only improves the professional quality, practical ability, and environmental adaptability of maritime students, but also enhances their ability to use professional knowledge to find and solve problems, laying a solid foundation for them to set foot on the job in the future. In this paper, based on the detailed investigation, the problems existing in the practical teaching of maritime majors are analyzed and studied, and corresponding solutions are proposed.