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Merchant Navy medal recipient Captain Jerry Mooney reflects on his career and service in training and mentoring deck officers

  • Telegraph
  • 27 September 2024
Equality

Prestigious new port location for maritime women's stories

  • News
  • 05 August 2024
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Third officer Scarlett Barnett-Smith on qualifying as an OOW, and changing stereotypes

  • Telegraph
  • 18 June 2024
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Second engineer Allan Dickson raises the flag for a Merchant Navy career

  • Telegraph
  • 13 June 2024
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An unconventional career: from coffee and tobacco processing to canal lock operator

  • Telegraph
  • 18 April 2024
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Navigating the Port of Bridgwater with Captain Jessica Tyson

  • Telegraph
  • 09 April 2024
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Perseverance and pedalling against adversity pay off for vessel traffic services officer Christine McLean

  • Telegraph
  • 01 March 2024
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Frank Broeksma on being a heavylift and cargo vessel master

  • Telegraph
  • 01 December 2023
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Master Harald Ludwig on his inland waterways experience

  • Telegraph
  • 03 October 2023
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Cadet Fraser McNally on planning ahead for his career

  • Telegraph
  • 30 August 2023
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Retired mooring master Bill Hughes on respecting the sea, fond memories of New Zealand and starting a new business

  • Telegraph
  • 30 May 2023
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Tugmaster Lorna Baird on sea blindness, ship-handling and volunteering

  • Telegraph
  • 24 March 2023
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Merchant Navy Medal recipient Captain Stephen Gudgeon spent forty years at sea and still revels in the magic of crossing the Panama Canal

  • Telegraph
  • 06 September 2022
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Merchant Navy Medal awardee Heather Enness tells what it is like to be a 'mummy at sea'

  • Telegraph
  • 06 September 2022
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Neil Nadkar on engine types, seeing the world, the Nautilus Professional and Technical Forum and training with Tenzing Norgay

  • Telegraph
  • 23 August 2022
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Nautilus members share their maritime journeys for Day of the Seafarer

  • News
  • 23 June 2022
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Inland waterways ferry skipper Jeroen van de Voort on Union support, GPS and what he might do when he grows up

  • Telegraph
  • 10 June 2022
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Officer of the Watch Dawn Franklyn hopes to see more action on improving seafarers' mental health

  • Telegraph
  • 16 May 2022
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Dynamic Positioning Officer Karley Smith's career heads ashore

  • Telegraph
  • 13 May 2022
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Former yacht purser Samantha Morris raises the flag for mental health in maritime

  • Telegraph
  • 12 May 2022
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Marine consultant Gareth Mathias on professional development, Union volunteering and maritime charities

  • Telegraph
  • 25 April 2022
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Yacht captain Brendan O'Shannassy on the importance of a union for yacht crew

  • Telegraph
  • 02 February 2022
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Emma Walters on working in the RFA and the importance of being part of a Union

  • Telegraph
  • 18 November 2021
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Chief officer Georgina Lindsay on transitioning from the Merchant Navy to the yacht sector

  • Telegraph
  • 27 July 2021
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RFA first officer Emma-Louise Elgar calls for the removal of the social stigma attached to new parents returning to sea

  • Telegraph
  • 22 July 2021
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Fleet safety trainer Steve May came late to trade unionism but is now one of Nautilus's biggest advocates

  • Telegraph
  • 07 May 2021
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Time well spent retraining in the pandemic

  • News
  • 03 March 2021
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Nautilus Champion Charlie Gibbons on being a skipper and patrolling Army sea ranges

  • Telegraph
  • 09 December 2020
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A new adventure every day

  • Telegraph
  • 24 July 2020
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Cadet Ella Mackinem has never had a dull moment from the minute her educational compass was reset towards a career at sea

  • Telegraph
  • 24 July 2020
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Engineer Pavol Belina can feel like a glorified plumber while visiting paradise

  • Telegraph
  • 15 May 2020
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Cadet David Pirie is speeding through his bucket list

  • Telegraph
  • 14 May 2020
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Third Officer Ross Cleland maxes his professional development

  • Telegraph
  • 14 May 2020
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Acting chief stewardess Sofiia Skorokhod steps up during the pandemic

  • Telegraph
  • 14 May 2020
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Petra van den Corput thrives on deck with hard work and responsibility

  • Telegraph
  • 14 May 2020
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Cruise ship Safety Officer Martel Fursdon juggles a busy schedule of port calls

  • Telegraph
  • 14 May 2020
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Marine engineering cadet Sarah Hartley-Rudd on ticking Australia off her bucket list

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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First officer Pip Whalley is proud to be helping develop the world's energy resources

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Keeping 'big engines' in good running order is in the blood for third engineer Shannon Gray

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Cruiseship first officer Jennie Doyle's career highlight was sailing in the wake of her Antarctic heroes

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Lawyer Chaynee Hodgetts rates her transition from ship to shore for a life of maritime academia

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Pay attention to equality 'basics' to encourage more women at sea, says Catherine Wannell

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Second officer Sam Belfitt talks career opportunities

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Yacht skipper Lungi Mchunu recalls her milestone moment as the first African woman to sail to the Arctic

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020
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Tallships master Barbara Campbell talks sail training thrills

  • Telegraph
  • 06 March 2020

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