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Five strategies to retain and boost the maritime talent pool

May 22, 2024
Reading Time: 8 mins

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
Reading Time: 2 mins

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
Reading Time: 7 mins

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….

Recruitment

The Spinnaker Maritime People and Culture Conference 2024: What are people saying?

May 21, 2024
Reading Time: 3 mins

The Spinnaker event of the year is over! As a company and team, we spend a lot of time, thought and energy planning this conference for our delegates. We try to select speakers and topics based on what is hot in the industry right now, that can spark interest and evoke discussion. The Maritime People…

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

May 21, 2024
Reading Time: 6 mins

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
Reading Time: 3 mins

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…

Recruitment

Hot Jobs – Top 10 maritime vacancies – May 2024

May 15, 2024
Reading Time: 5 mins

For over 25 years, Spinnaker has been assisting shipowners, shipmanagers, oil majors, and P&I clubs in fulfilling their maritime 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…

Recruitment

Mental Health in the Maritime Sector

May 14, 2024
Reading Time: 3 mins

Six years ago, there was a noticeable gap in psychological support services within the maritime industry. Charles Watkins, a clinical psychologist, and licensed psychotherapist, was among the first in the sector to recognize this gap. In response, he founded Mental Health Support Solutions, also known as MHSS. His vision was to establish a comprehensive service…

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