Human Resources

SEA Crew Bonus and Benefits Report

  • Nov 24, 2025
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

Following on from the release of the annual Seafarer Wage Cost reports, Spinnaker’s data team have been working on analysing data relating to bonus and benefits…an important part of a seafarer’s remuneration package. In terms of base pay, and looking ahead to pay reviews in 2026, the future is looking more rosy for ratings than…

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Human Resources

Pay Reviews and Bonus Projections

  • Nov 24, 2025
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

Our clients, as HR professionals, know that good salary reports are the very foundational of effective, fair, and strategic salary reviews. They provide the data to set competitive pay, ensure internal equity, plan your budget wisely, and have credible, transparent conversations with employees. In addition to the annual salary and bonus reports, Spinnaker’s Maritime HR…

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Human Resources

Workplace bullying in the Maritime sector: Employer responsibilities and HR best practice

  • Nov 14, 2025
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

The UK’s Anti-Bullying Week (10-14 November) is an important time for UK-based maritime organisations to reflect on their responsibilities to ensure a safe and respectful workplace. We explore what workplace bullying is, the obligations of maritime employers and practical steps to foster a culture of respect. What is workplace bullying? There is no legal definition…

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Human Resources

Supporting Seafarers Every Day: Why Wellbeing Matters and What We Can Do

  • Nov 10, 2025
  • Reading Time: 8 mins

At the heart of our work at Sailors’ Society is a simple yet powerful purpose: seafarers and those supporting them on shore deserve fulfilment and happiness in their chosen maritime career. We know that life onboard can be challenging. And because when things aren’t working, a timely lifeline makes all the difference, we provide free…

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Human Resources

The Maritime HR Association celebrates its’ 20th anniversary

  • Oct 27, 2025
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

2025 is the 20th anniversary of Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Association – a network of shipping companies set up as a forum for the sharing of ideas and experience when it comes to HR policies, and robust and reliable compensation & benefits shipping benchmarking data. What started as a small salary survey for 8 tanker companies, has…

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Why menopause belongs in every leadership conversation

  • Oct 14, 2025
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

What if one in three of your most experienced women were quietly struggling — or considering leaving — and you didn’t know why? Workplaces were built around steady energy and linear careers, not the natural transitions in women’s lives. Women now represent one of the most experienced and valuable segments of the global workforce, yet…

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From Reactive to Predictive: How AI and Preventive Care Are Reshaping Maritime Healthcare

  • Aug 7, 2025
  • Reading Time: 4 mins

For generations, maritime healthcare – like much of healthcare globally – has relied on a reactive model, responding when something goes wrong. While this approach has saved lives, it’s no longer enough in today’s high-pressure, high-responsibility environments, especially at sea where isolation, long shifts, and limited medical access make early intervention critical. Which is why…

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Seafarer training moves beyond the classroom

  • Jul 15, 2025
  • Reading Time: 4 mins

New approaches are needed to train and upskill seafarers to face the maritime industry’s challenges, writes Jennifer Harrison, VP, ABS Training Solutions Decarbonization and digitalisation present a decades-long challenge to the shipping industry and there is a growing realisation that their impact will be felt most keenly by the people who crew the global fleet….

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