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World Ocean Day – What are the maritime industry doing?

Jun 4, 2024
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World Ocean Day is on the 8th May and this year, they are launching a new multi-year action theme entitled Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate. By growing the movement through transformative collaboration, they aim to not only create a healthy blue planet, but create a more sustainable and equitable society we live in….

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The Changing Word of Commercial Recruitment

May 31, 2024
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We asked our resident Commercial expert Matt Cornelius about the ever-changing world of the commercial market. Having been in the industry for 13 years, Matt has seen it change, through a global recession, navigating a global pandemic, global conflict and interrupted trade routes. We asked Matt a few questions to get a better insight into…

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Captains and chief engineers aren’t superhuman – they don’t have all the answers

May 24, 2024
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Industry is failing to support its senior seafarers and their crew as it lacks efficient systems for sharing best practices and knowledge across organisations, delegates at Spinnaker’s Maritime People & Culture Conference in London heard The session highlighted the significant generational divide between senior and junior crew as a key challenge and, especially, insufficient emotional…

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Five strategies to retain and boost the maritime talent pool

May 22, 2024
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The maritime industry’s tendency to prioritise hiring individuals with specific, often niche, expertise has created a barrier to entry for potential candidates from other industries who may possess valuable skills and fresh perspectives, delegates at this year’s Spinnaker Maritime People & Culture Conference heard While accepting the argument, HR director at Pacific Basin, P B…

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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement wins the first Spinnaker “Best HR Initiative Award”

May 22, 2024
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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement has won the inaugural Best HR Initiative award at Spinnaker’s Maritime People and Culture Conference, for its comprehensive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programmes. BSM has set ambitious diversity targets and deliver training programs on inclusive behaviours to 30% of shore staff. Their Mental Health training programme was delivered to more than 3,500 seafarers and…

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The Spinnaker Maritime People and Culture Conference 2024: A Wrap-Up

May 21, 2024
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We hosted our 16th annual Maritime People & Culture Conference on the 16th and 17th May 2024 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. The event, chaired by Chairman Phil Parry, featured fascinating talks, presentations and panel discussions covering the key issues facing the maritime industry and how HR and leadership teams can address them….

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SIRE 2.0: Enhancing safety and addressing human factors in the tanker industry

May 21, 2024
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The shipping industry, particularly the tanker sector, has undergone a significant transformation in terms of safety and inspection protocols with the implementation of the Ship Inspection Report (SIRE) programme. Recently, this initiative has been further refined and updated, resulting in the development of SIRE 2.0, which will officially be rolled out in Q3 of 2024….

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The important work carried out by the Sailors’ Society

May 21, 2024
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The past few years have placed immeasurable stress on the maritime industry and its whole workforce. The pandemic, Ukraine war and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea don’t just affect seafarers on board but the whole shipping sector. As a global maritime welfare charity, Sailors’ Society expanded its award-winning Wellness at Sea programme in recent…

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World Ocean Day – What are the maritime industry doing?

The Changing Word of Commercial Recruitment

Captains and chief engineers aren’t superhuman – they don’t have all the answers

Five strategies to retain and boost the maritime talent pool

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement wins the first Spinnaker “Best HR Initiative Award”

The Spinnaker Maritime People and Culture Conference 2024: A Wrap-Up

SIRE 2.0: Enhancing safety and addressing human factors in the tanker industry

The important work carried out by the Sailors’ Society

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