While the main concern in combating piracy is freeing the crews, there are also some interesting insurance issues, some of which have yet to be made clear…

Spinnaker's own Teresa Peacock will be speaking at the WISTA conference in Stockholm in September on effective recruitment in shipping. Keynote speaker at the annual event will be Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the IMO.

If as an employer you were alarmed to be approached by an employee with open arms on August 19, don't worry as it was “National Hug Your Boss Day”…

The rise and rise of dynamic positioning continues, not least in the booming offshore industry. DP professionals are much in demand worldwide these days, not just in the offshore sector, but also on modern cruise ships and cruise lines have invested heavily in training for crews in the use of DP technology…

Some very interesting facts and figures from INTERTANKO'S recent annual meeting…

It's not just “welcome” but “welcome back” this month. Spinnaker recently welcomed back Sandra Sutton to our Technical Division and is delighted to announce that former Spinnaker stalwart Eric Branson will rejoin us on August 1st as Manager of our Commercial Division…

The OSCAR Campaign has now raised GBP225,000 towards its half million pound initial target since April. Thank you all of you who have donated, helped to promote OSCAR and given encouragement and ideas.

The National Union of Seafarers of India has won its court case with the Indian National Shipowners Association which had asked the Bombay High Court to set up a tribunal to adjudicate in disputes between shipowners and seafarers.

The Maritime Labour Convention is nearly upon us. Good job too! And it seems that some of you out there are getting ahead of the game. With the ratification of the MLC 2006 by Denmark, 16 ILO member States, representing over 53 per cent of the world gross tonnage of ships, are now parties…