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2025 Spinnaker Maritime People & Culture conference – agenda finalised

Mar 26, 2025
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The agenda for the 2025 Spinnaker has been finalised with informative sessions and speakers agreed for the 2 –day event taking place on the 14 & 15 May in London. The event will take place at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City within the famous London Wall and touching distance of the iconic Tower Bridge….

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The Gender Issue in Maritime

Apr 7, 2025
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It seems there are two sides to DEI currently. Companies who are scaling back their DEI policies, such as Meta, Amazon and Target, while on the flip side the EU recently introduced EU Pay Transparency Directive. Companies with over 250 employees in the UK have had to publish their gender pay gap since 2017. The…

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CEO Burnout in the Maritime Sector: Is It All Becoming Too Much?

Apr 3, 2025
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A recent article in HR Magazine revealed that 75% of CEOs feel overworked and burned out (HR Magazine). This raises an important question: is the maritime sector experiencing the same crisis in leadership wellbeing? The Unique Pressures of Maritime Leadership The shipping industry presents distinct challenges that add to the pressures of leadership. Managing a…

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Hot Jobs – Top 10 maritime vacancies – March 2025

Mar 26, 2025
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For over 25 years, Spinnaker has been assisting shipowners, shipmanagers, oil majors, and P&I clubs in fulfilling their recruitment requirements. Every day, we receive a constant influx of new job openings, all conveniently listed on our website. To simplify your job search, we have handpicked a collection of the ten most sought-after positions available right…

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Why you don’t have time NOT to mentor

Mar 25, 2025
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In an increasingly busy world, it is all too easy to focus on duties, to-do lists and targets at the expense of nurturing human connections. Yet, so often, it is the support of our colleagues and people around us that ensures we get the job done. None of us can work in a vacuum, especially…

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IWD25 – How is the industry doing?

Mar 13, 2025
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This International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting the voices of CEOs, Directors, and Executive Leaders as they share their insights on the evolving maritime industry. With women still making up only around 30% of the workforce, progress toward gender equality continues—but there’s more to be done. We spoke with industry trailblazers about the initiatives in place…

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IWD25 – How is the industry doing?

Mar 13, 2025
Reading Time: 4 mins

This International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting the voices of CEOs, Directors, and Executive Leaders as they share their insights on the evolving maritime industry. With women still making up only around 30% of the workforce, progress toward gender equality continues—but there’s more to be done. We spoke with industry trailblazers about the initiatives in place…

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A quarter of maritime companies looking to increase headcount in 2025

Mar 11, 2025
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It’s vital for maritime organisations to understand how they compare against their peers when it comes to staff turnover. This enables an organisation to identify what they are doing well and what can be done better. Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Association which boasts 110 ‘members’ recently carried out an ‘Information Exchange’ looking at Staff Turnover in…

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2025 Spinnaker Maritime People & Culture conference – agenda finalised

The Gender Issue in Maritime

CEO Burnout in the Maritime Sector: Is It All Becoming Too Much?

Hot Jobs – Top 10 maritime vacancies – March 2025

Why you don’t have time NOT to mentor

IWD25 – How is the industry doing?

IWD25 – How is the industry doing?

A quarter of maritime companies looking to increase headcount in 2025

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