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Changing Course

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How to be Personal Whilst Staying Professional in the Workplace?

  • Jun 30, 2025
  • Reading Time: 4 mins

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership In the maritime industry, the term “retention rate” can send shivers down the spine. According to Lloyd’s List/Danica Maritime’s 2024 survey, 64% of the companies reported either a worsening or only slight improvement of retention rates. With a growing shortage of competent seafarers and the ongoing recruitment challenges,…

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Recruitment

Hot Jobs – Top 10 maritime vacancies – June 2025

  • Jun 26, 2025
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

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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Market Insights

MLOCS Chair Tony Vlasto Recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

  • Jun 17, 2025
  • Reading Time: 3 mins

Tony Vlasto, Chair of the Trustees of Maritime London Officer Cadet Scholarship (MLOCS) has been awarded the honour of the member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Maritime Law, to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and to Maritime Charities. Tony Vlasto has chaired the MLOCS Board of Trustees since 2019….

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Market Insights

GreenSeas Trust Founder Fazilette Khan Awarded MBE for Services to Conservation

  • Jun 16, 2025
  • Reading Time: 2 mins

Fazilette Khan, founder of the environmental charity GreenSeas Trust, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for her outstanding services to marine conservation. A pioneering figure in marine environmentalism, Fazilette’s commitment to protecting the world’s oceans started in 2000 when marine debris and climate change was not a daily debate.  Under her…

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Events

Navigating Maritime Economics: Disruption, Complexity and Opportunity in a Changing World

  • Jun 16, 2025
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

At this year’s Spinnaker Maritime People & Culture Conference, Steve Gordon delivered a thought-provoking session on the current state of maritime economics, exploring global shipping’s resilience, evolving risks, and its strategic importance in a rapidly shifting world. Steve shared that at present, global shipping moves around 12.6 billion tonnes of cargo annually – that’s 1.5…

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Events

Voices of the Next Generation: Gen Z in Maritime

  • Jun 16, 2025
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

Insights from Chloe Fisher, Anastasia Shikoveca, Jeremy Liew, and Josephine Le at the 2025 Spinnaker Maritime People & Culture Conference At this year’s Spinnaker Conference, a panel session focused on the perspectives and experiences of Gen Z professionals in the maritime industry. With Gen Z now making up 30% of the global workforce, the discussion…

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Market Insights

GreenSeas Trust Prevents One Million Plastic Bottles from Polluting the Ocean

  • Jun 6, 2025
  • Reading Time: 3 mins

In celebration of World Ocean Day on 8th June, UK marine conservation charity GreenSeas Trust has announced a major milestone—its efforts have stopped an estimated one million plastic bottles from entering the ocean, thanks to its impactful BinForGreenSeas initiative. World Ocean Day is a global awareness event that brings people and organisations together each year…

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Market Insights

Seafarers’ Health and Access to Healthcare in the Cruise and Cargo Sectors in 2024: A Summary from Cardiff University

  • Jun 6, 2025
  • Reading Time: 5 mins

We are pleased to be able to share the findings from a study carried out in 2024 examining the health of seafarers and their access to healthcare in the cruise and cargo sectors. The research was conducted by Helen Sampson, Iris Acejo, Neil Ellis, and Nelson Turgo from Cardiff University, UK, and supported by Stiftelsen…

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