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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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EU Pay Transparency Directive: What Employers Need to Know Before 2026

Jun 6, 2025
Reading Time: 3 mins

The European Union is stepping up its efforts to address gender-based pay inequality with the introduction of the Pay Transparency Directive. With a legal transposition deadline set for June 7, 2026, organisations operating within EU member states must prepare now to ensure compliance with these sweeping changes. What Is the Pay Transparency Directive? This directive…

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Maritime People and Culture Conference 2025 – A Wrap-Up

May 16, 2025
Reading Time: 6 mins

Over two powerful days, industry leaders, maritime professionals, and changemakers came together to explore the future of shipping through the lens of people, culture, innovation, and sustainability. Here’s a full roundup of the sessions that shaped this year’s event. Day 1 Maritime Economics Global Shipping Market: Disruption, Risks & Opportunities Kicking off with a deep…

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The 2025 Spinnaker HR Initiative Awards – Winners Announced

May 16, 2025
Reading Time: 5 mins

Following on from the success of last year’s HR Initiative Awards, in 2025 we decided to expand the award programme with 3 new award categories, Learning & Development, Health & Wellbeing and Employee Engagement. This year we had 18 entries across the 3 awards from 15 different companies. The awards were judged by Heidi Watson,…

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Pay transparency: Navigating upcoming changes and compliance challenges

May 9, 2025
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The principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value has been part of the European Union’s DNA since the beginning. Already in 1957, a specific article laying down that principle was inserted in the Treaty of the European Community. From the seventies, a couple of directives were already adopted to give…

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Spinnaker launch 5 categories for the 2025 ‘Best HR Initiative’ Awards 2025

Feb 5, 2025
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Building on the success of last year’s ‘Best HR Initiative Award’, Spinnaker are delighted to announce an expansion of their HR awards programme which recognises outstanding achievements and innovation within the maritime sector. These awards celebrate the exceptional efforts of organisations and individuals driving progress and transformation in people and culture across the industry. The…

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Why menopause belongs in every leadership conversation

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

Seafarer training moves beyond the classroom

EU Pay Transparency Directive: What Employers Need to Know Before 2026

Maritime People and Culture Conference 2025 – A Wrap-Up

The 2025 Spinnaker HR Initiative Awards – Winners Announced

Pay transparency: Navigating upcoming changes and compliance challenges

Spinnaker launch 5 categories for the 2025 ‘Best HR Initiative’ Awards 2025

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