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SILVER BELLS

Sep 1, 2008
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Belated congratulations to Spinnaker's former Chairman, Michael Grey, who was awarded the Silver Bell Award this summer by the US Seamen's Church Institute at their annual awards dinner. The Silver Bell recognizes outstanding commitment to merchant mariners and the issues facing the maritime industry.

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NEW MANAGER FOR OUR TECHNICAL DIVISION

Sep 1, 2008
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WE'RE pleased to welcome on board Teresa Peacock as the new manager of our Technical Division. Teresa joined us in the summer. She has worked in recruitment since 1989.

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UP THE FORUM

Sep 1, 2008
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The Maritime HR Forum goes from strength to strength. The Forum was founded in 2006 by tanker owners and operators whose Boards of Directors know that reliable shore-side salary and benefits data is business critical. Other industries take this data for granted. The lack of it in shipping makes recruitment, retention and salary reviews very difficult, especially in current market conditions…

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YOU CAD

Sep 1, 2008
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The 10th Cadwallader Memorial Lecture “Lawmaking and Implementation in International Shipping: Which law do we obey?” will be held on Wednesday 1 October 2008 at the IMOs Headquarters…

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FINANCE TALENT SHORTAGE

Sep 1, 2008
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A global talent shortage in accounting and finance continues to affect employers, according to a recent survey.

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REEFER CHAVS

Sep 1, 2008
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In some of the less, shall we say, salubrious parts of the world, people dispose of their old refrigerators by leaving them in their front gardens, or even in the street. I wonder, are we about to see the maritime equivalent of fly-tipping?

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GERMAN INGENUITY

Sep 1, 2008
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They're at it again, those Germans. High fuel costs have encouraged innovative vessel designers to take another look at wind power. Tradewinds reported last month that Reederei Wessels has ordered 160 sq metre towing kites for three newbuildings from Hamburg-based SkySails.

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IS IT REDUNDANCY?

Jun 1, 2008
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THE Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that where an employer terminates the contracts of its employees and subsequently offers them new contracts on different terms, the dismissals are not redundancy dismissals. (Martland and others v Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd.)

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