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By the very nature of the profession, seafaring can be stressful. Long hours, a lot of responsibility, and months spent in a confined environment with many different nationalities. Studying for qualifications and exams can compound all of this, being aware of and able to manage stress is key, not just to your professional and academic success, but most importantly to your wellbeing and health.

Stress is the physiological response to adverse or...

The exam period is upon us! You spent hours, days, hopefully weeks revising everything you need to know to nail your upcoming exam. There’s just one road block between you and academic success. The exam itself! Unfortunately, there is more to passing than just subject knowledge. There is a technique to exams which can be the key difference between success and a re-sit. Don’t panic though, here are four tips and techniques to get you through:

One of the first mistakes people make when they open their exam paper is throw themselves headfirst into question one. When you first open your paper read the whole thing through carefully (including the back page!), pause, then (and only then) start answering...

Due to its small size and high price the finished iPhone bucks the trend of most world trade. It is one of the few consumer items that doesn’t arrive at its final destination on a ship, most of the time it travels by plane from Shenzen, where they are manufactured, to wherever they are being sold. What you may not realise though is that during the manufacturing process the constituent parts are carried by ships to all four corners of the...

Merchant Navy Engineering Officers keep ships moving literally and figuratively. Everything from the propulsion system to the sewage system is looked after by the skilled professionals who use their deep understanding of technology to keep ships sailing safely and efficiently.

It’s a great career option if you’re thinking of going to sea, engineers often have more transferable skills and better career prospects ashore than their sunglasses...

Rolls-Royce recently announced to great fanfare their concept design for autonomous ships1 which they plan to launch by 2020. How will the introduction of autonomy to shipping affect seafarers and, assuming there are any seafarers left, what will the future look like for them?

The invention of the chronometer, the move from sail to steam, and the introduction of containers all revolutionised the way the maritime industry works. Over the last...