Spinnaker.
Your maritime recruitment experts.
Since 1997 we have brought the latest HR thinking to the maritime world.
Celebrating the next generation of maritime talent. The 30 Under 30 initiative spotlights young professionals driving meaningful change across the industry—from technical and commercial to legal, finance and beyond.
The world's largest maritime HR conference, offering networking opportunities with industry leaders and expert-led sessions on current maritime HR challenges. A vital gathering for global shipping HR professionals.
Spinnaker. Your maritime people experts.
We specialise in maritime careers, executive search and maritime HR services.
Whether it’s finding the next step in your shipping career, building your leadership skills, helping you grow your team with the best talent, searching for your next Chief Executive, or providing HR expertise to your organisation, we give you confidence that you have a partner with the experience to deliver.
We know your industry inside out. Founded by shipping people, we’ve been supporting maritime companies and organisations from boardroom down in over 80 countries worldwide since 1997.
Our recruitment, maritime executive search and maritime HR specialists are passionate about understanding your business culture and challenges, and delivering fast and effective HR solutions tailored to your maritime needs.
And because we have the industry’s largest source of total compensation benchmarking data, we provide unique intelligence and insights into the rapidly changing world of work.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FOR
Over 25 years
Supporting maritime companies with their recruitment and HR needs for over 25 years.
SUCCESSFULLY PLACED PEOPLE IN
80 countries
Including many executive and non-executive roles for private and public shipping companies.
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30 under 30: Pranav Prakash
As part of our 30 Under 30 initiative, we’re celebrating the next generation of leaders shaping the future of the maritime industry. Next up is Pranav Prakash, Third Engineer, and a standout emerging talent representing the next wave of technically skilled and forward-thinking seafarers. Pranav plays a critical role at the heart of vessel operations….
30 under 30: Alexandra Lyons
As part of our 30 Under 30 initiative, we’re celebrating the next generation of leaders shaping the future of the maritime industry. Next up is Alexandra Lyons, a US-qualified attorney at Jaffa & Co, and a standout emerging talent within maritime and aviation law. Alexandra is already distinguishing herself in a highly specialised and competitive…
Seafarer Wellbeing: From Strategy to Everyday Reality – Mental Health, Fatigue & Small Changes That Matter
These two sessions sat really naturally together, both circling the same core idea: seafarer wellbeing isn’t a side topic anymore, it’s central to safety, performance, and retention. Dr Pennie Blackburn took a step back to look at the system as a whole, while Emma MacCarthy zoomed right into daily life onboard. Different angles, but a…
Milford Haven Part Authority, the fifth largest port in the UK, have used Spinnaker in the recruitment of several positions over the past few years, most recently being that for a Commercial Director. Having also tried direct advertising and recruitment, we recognise that Spinnaker provides access to a large database relevant to our requirements and a high degree of professionalism and expertise from which we have benefited in making successful appointments.