At the end of October, Spinnaker released the Maritime HR Association’s annual salary survey report for shore-based shipping jobs. 107 companies participated in the salary survey which benchmarks salaries and bonuses for shipping jobs including Technical Superintendents, Operators, Charterers, and other shore-based roles across the globe. This years’ report covered 35,000 shipping professionals in 103 countries and is the most comprehensive yet. The report sets a new record for participation among global shipowners, ship managers, and oil majors—a 7% growth from last year!
This is the 18th annual report from maritime HR experts Spinnaker, and this year boasts a record number of participants from global shipowners, shipmanagers and oil majors. Due to the growth in membership and therefore data in the survey, 4 new countries were reportable. These were Chile, Italy, South Africa and Turkey.
The Maritime HR Association was the brainchild of Spinnaker CEO Phil Parry, who back in 2005 approached by a group of large shipowners and operators in the maritime industry who were looking for a way to benchmarking the salaries of their shore-based employees.
The need was for real and current data from individual employees and not just recruitment data.
The Maritime HR Association was launched shortly after with the aim of helping organisations ensure that the salaries they offer are fair and competitive, which can in turn help attract and retain top talent.
Spinnaker’s HRC Manager Lucy McQuillan said that ‘It’s with great pride that the Maritime HR Association released its’ 18th Salary Survey last month. It’s great to see that the Association is now so much more than the annual salary survey. This year we have connected Maritime HR teams to discuss specific problems such as the increase in inflation in particular countries, assistance with HR Software, legislation changes and more. Our Information Exchanges on Benefits and Leave Benefits received over 200 responses. We are now looking towards our salary increase and bonus projection report and supplementary market analysis reports to help our members even further with their salary reviews and identifying trends in the market.’
To find out more about the benchmarking that Spinnaker provide, please contact Helen McCaughran or Monique Turner in the business development team or visit our website.
