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: Stephan Bergmann Johansen
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 Stephan Bergmann Johansen, Associate in the Global Regulatory Enforcement group at Reed Smith LLP, and a standout emerging talent navigating some of the most complex regulatory challenges facing global shipping…
30 under 30: Amelia Dunn
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 Amelia Dunn, Trainee Account Executive at ITIC, and a standout emerging talent building an impressive career within the highly technical world of marine professional indemnity insurance. Amelia supports ITIC’s underwriting…
The Seafarer Talent Challenge: What the BIMCO/ICS Workforce Report 2026 Means for Maritime Employers
The maritime industry is facing a growing workforce challenge – and it is not simply about the number of people available to work at sea. The latest BIMCO/ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026 highlights a widening gap between the supply and demand for qualified officers, alongside a surplus of ratings. For shipowners, managers and HR and…
I can’t believe it has been 10 years that we have been working together! With Spinnaker having filled multiple roles for Fednav, compromising several different areas of expertise, we always count on Spinnaker to be highly knowledgeable, connected and well respected in the industry. The service is always good and we know we can rely on you to support our mutual values of trust and integrity. I hope and expect to be working together for many years to come. We look forward to our next mandate.