THE 2010 BIMCO/ISF Manpower Study on the worldwide demand for and supply of seafarers, is under way. Phil Parry was delighted to be asked again to sit on the Steering Committee, so wearing that hat he is asking for your help…

Spinnaker get phone calls every day of the week – they're often disgruntled – from people asking this very question who are upset that the bloke sitting next to them earns 20% more than they do…

THERE ARE still thirteen P&I Clubs in the International Group…just! If you think that sounds not exactly like a headline, you are readily forgiven. But think of it another way. This last year, six members of the International Group of P&I Club made unbudgeted calls on their own members to the tune of some $500m. Without that the IG would have suffered a total shortfall of $1bn. That's right ONE BILLION DOLLARS!!

A visitor to shippingjobs.com found our advice on employers' rights when dealing with recruitment consultancies…

THERE are some big earners in the shipping world, not just the traditional entrepreneurial shipowners, but a new breed of physical and paper freight traders…

LONDON'S Court of Appeal has ruled that an employment tribunal does have jurisdiction to hear unfair dismissal claims from UK seafarers despite the fact that their ships may be flagged elsewhere and their employers based yet somewhere else…

DESPITE what people tell you, “executive” talent isn't always the hardest kind to find. And that was never truer than now….

COMMERCIAL shipping folk were the first to suffer when freight rates crashed in 2008. Freight traders, charterers, shipbrokers, FFA traders and operations staff were no longer cash cows but cash drains. CVs went from gold-dust to dust overnight…

LET'S be honest, who knows? We begin by saying thank you to our clients and candidates. Words can be cheap, but we really do mean it. Everyone knows that when the chips are down you find out who your friends are…