Previous Webinars

The Business of Command Webinar

It has never been more important for Masters and deck officers to have a good understanding of the maritime business landscape and the law to protect themselves, their crew and others they represent. After safety, the next priority for a Master is the commercial success of the voyage and good management of business and legal matters.

Optimisation of Navigation Webinar

This isn't fiction; it's a reality faced by mariners daily—a truth explored during an enlightening webinar held on May 29th by The Ocean Project in partnership with The Nautical Institute.

Psychological Safety at Sea Webinar

The experience of working at sea can be quite different for women than it is for their male colleagues, despite filling the same roles, following the same work patterns, and operating in the same working environments.

Shore Career Transitions for Younger Seafarers

Considering a career ashore? Your skills are in high demand. Seafarers develop a wide range of skills during their training experience and seagoing career. These skills are highly desirable to employers in a wide range of shore-based roles.

Kind leadership offers a way forward for shipping

Kind leadership offers a way forward for shipping Results of the Maritime Professional Council’s (MPC) survey of mariners on ‘Kind Leadership’, will be announced during this Nautical Institute webinar where the findings will be discussed. The survey brought together opinions from serving seafarers, superintendents and managers and among the results to be announced will be that 89% of respondents say there is a place for ‘Kind Leadership’ in our industry and 79% consider STCW Leadership Training to be insufficient.

What are the issues facing Bulk Carriers today?

Originally published thirty years ago, Bulk Carrier Practice revolutionised the understanding of safety within the dry bulk sector. Today, the newly published third edition is fully revised and expanded to provide authoritative guidance on safety critical issues and more, covering every aspect of dry bulk shipping, afloat and ashore. Join the Nautical Institute's panel of expert speakers in this webinar to discuss the most pressing issues facing bulk carriers today - and the most practical way to deal with them.

What is Seamanship? Is it an essential skill or a dying art?

Ships and sailors have changed over the decades and never more so than in recent years as tonnage has grown in size, and technology has become embedded in the control of our ships. What does this mean for the ancient skill of seamanship? Is seamanship now a dying art? A skill fondly remembered but of little significance in the workplace of a modern ship? Or does seamanship continue to underpin true professionalism in the world’s most challenging environment?

Navigation Risk Management Webinar

Highlighting the content in the most recent edition of The Navigator magazine, this NI webinar will bring together a panel of some of the leading experts in this field to discuss how navigators can mitigate risks and the usefulness of a smile.

Women at the Helm Webinar

This webinar, organised by The Nautical Institute Younger Members Council (YMC), brings together seafarer Sabeena Poonwassie, former sailing officer Jillian Carson-Jackson, and shore-based maritime professional Nitzeira Watson Stewart, to put a spotlight on the benefits of a career in maritime.

NI ATAG - Mariners and the Technology Tide Webinar

The experts of The Nautical Institute's Automation Technical Advisory Group (ATAG) came together in July 2022 for a round table discussion on Mariners and Technology.

Modern Weather Forecasting Webinar

Preparing for Command

Taking command of a ship requires an amalgamation of all the skills and knowledge that have been acquired during a career at sea; the professional and technical skills, added to the application of soft skills plus a degree of commercial awareness.

Seafarer Welfare Webinar

A global pandemic can be both a challenge and an opportunity. For seafarer welfare, the challenge has introduced another layer of stress. For all the organizations that seek to serve the needs of seafarers, the opportunity is to adapt and change to find creative ways that can be implemented.

Learning with the NI Webinar

In recent years, the maritime sector has developed innovative new learning techniques and taken on tools from the best of other sectors. Join the staff of the NI in discussing the development of unique learning experiences provided by the NI for Members and non-members.

Mentoring at Sea Webinar 2

DP Technical Personnel Webinar

This webinar introduces a new DP training and certification scheme: The NI Training and Certification Scheme for Key Technical DP Personnel (the DP Vessel Maintainer Course).

Mentoring at Sea Webinar 3

Over the last few months, we have engaged with you in a conversation about Mentoring and the role it plays, could play, or should play, in the life of seafarers all around the world. At the end of the day, we wanted to understand your thoughts and experiences around mentoring. We invited you to share your own stories and to take our ten-minute challenge.

Dynamic Positioning and GNSS Vulnerabilities Webinar

While Dynamic Positioning (DP) has become more commonly available, these ships and all other vessels rely to some extent on Global Satellite Positioning Systems (GNSS) to help them maintain position.

Commercial Trends and Challenges Webinar

In this webinar, we look at the trends and challenges facing the shipping markets. What impact supply chain disruption, trade wars, sanctions, coronavirus pandemic etc. have had on the capsize and very large crude carrier ton-mile demand?

Wind Propulsion Webinar

Wind propulsion systems are increasingly being viewed as credible and viable solution by the industry as we grapple with the challenges of decarbonisation.

Learning Technologies Webinar

In this webinar, the NI, Wartsila Voyage and Anglo Eastern discuss what maritime training could potentially look like in the future and how learning technology can help us to adapt.

Aids to Navigation for the 21st Century Webinar

Aids to Navigation (AtoN) have been at the cutting edge of technology and innovation for centuries. From building lighthouses in the most inhospitable locations to crafting lenses that can transmit a beam of light from an oil lamp for many miles.

Impact of MLC Webinar

In this webinar, Capt. Pankaj Kapoor AFNI, a senior partner with law firm "India Law offices LLP", looks at the development of the MLC, including the rights available to seafarers under MLC 2006, the responsibilities of government towards them, and how these can be exercised.

Ocean Responsibility Webinar

Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council (WOC) explores the issue of sustainability and the concept of Corporate Ocean Responsibility. He outlines how and why the industry should be proactive when it comes to sustainability.

A Guide to Bulk Carrier Operations Webinar

This book is designed as “a comprehensive end-to-end guide to exemplary safety practices for Bulk Carriers and will be useful for shipowners, ports, terminals, charterers and associations,” explains RightShip General Manager David Peel.

Hatch Cover Webinar

In this Nautical Institute webinar, panellists from across the industry will discuss past trends, evolving technologies onboard, and new opportunities for delivering and assessing training.

Rethinking Investigations and Audits Webinar

This webinar challenges our understanding of maritime audits and investigation and their fundamental role in improving safety and learning.

Developing Professionals Webinar

In this Nautical Institute webinar, panellists from across the industry will discuss past trends, evolving technologies onboard, and new opportunities for delivering and assessing training.

Improving Design Webinar

This webinar will give you the tools to identify, describe and provide feedback on bad maritime design, and hence improving work satisfaction, productivity and safety.

Mindfulness in Shipping Webinar

In this webinar, Rev. David Reid, AFNI looks at why we need to learn this skill and put it to work to promote safety at sea and the wellbeing of our colleagues. Are we mind full or mindful?