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: Austin Hymel
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 Austin Hymel, Chief Mate at Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, and a standout young seafarer whose rapid progression, adaptability, and operational experience have set him apart. Austin’s career at sea…
30 under 30: Dorcas Uwen Jonah
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 Dorcas Uwem Jonah, Marine Surveyor at Bureau Veritas Nigeria Limited, and a standout emerging talent whose impact spans vessel safety, technical education, seafarer wellbeing, and the development of young maritime…
30 under 30: Ghaya AlMansoori
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 Ghaya Almansoori, General Manager of the Dubai Shipping Agents Association (DSAA), and a standout emerging leader strengthening collaboration across one of the world’s most important maritime hubs. Taking on the…
As a long-time client of Spinnaker, we have found the reports invaluable for our Seafarers’ annual pay adjustments. The data is very insightful, helping us to make weighted decisions regarding the salaries in order to maintain balance between cost and Seafarers’ retention rate. I would highly recommend Spinnaker’s reports to other organizations in the maritime industry.