The Nautical Institute
The Nautical Institute is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Our aim is to promote professionalism, best practice and safety throughout the maritime industry and to represent the interests of our members. Explore some of the areas which we work in below...
Strategic Plan
The aims of NI’s new Strategic Plan 2021-2026 are to improve focus on our core functions, the Institute has been reorganised into four departments: Membership and Branches; Information and Publishing; Research and Relationships; and Qualifications. These activities are now served by a Central Business Services Hub – the administrative heart of NIHQ.
Over the next five years, the NI plans to:
- expand membership from the current 7,000 to at least 10,000
- revitalise and improve support for NI branches
- use the new Legacy Scheme to support education and training initiatives
- introduce a one-to-one mentoring scheme that will draw on NI members’ knowledge and experience
- enhance the work of the Younger Members Council and provide students with free digital membership of the Institute.
You can read the full strategic plan by clicking here
Latest news
Happy World Maritime Day - MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment goes on
Happy World Maritime Day to all of our members and followers, and to the seafarers and maritime professionals who are the backbone of our industry.
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Maritime Security Book Launch - London International Shipping Week
Kicking off London International Shipping Week and picking up on one of its sub themes ‘Security’, with a focus on supply chain resilience, and duty of care to seafarers.
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Can the Maritime Industry meet IMO GHG Strategy Net Zero 2050?
Explore the outcomes of IMO's MEPC 80 in this chat with Mr. Neil Dulling (NI's volunteer delegate to IMO) and Mr. David Patraiko (NI's Director of Projects)
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Seamanship Webinar - An essential skill or a dying art?
“Seamanship is absolutely an essential skill. I think it’s the key foundation of running a ship and operating it safely and I think it always will be.”
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Upcoming events
Technical Seminar - Maritime Incidents
Maritime Incidents: Are we really learning from experience?
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Free Article - On the outside looking in
A Maritime English lecturer goes to sea- As a lecturer in Maritime English, I had the extraordinary opportunity to sail for nearly two weeks on board the product tanker M/T Thun London in August 2023.
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202346 - Scrap metal fire extinguished but vessel sunk
A general cargo vessel was loading scrap metal into both the forward and aft cargo holds. A loader was lowered into the aft cargo hold to smooth the heap of scrap metal in certain areas. At one point, the operator of the loader saw a small amount of white smoke rising from within the scrap heap in the port aft section of the hold. He immediately raised the alarm.
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202347 - Docking Knock
A passenger ship was on a berthing approach to a dock. The Master took the con about 0.5nm from the pier, with the ship making about 7 knots.
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Seaways October 2023
One really important feature of global maritime events such as London International Shipping Week is the opportunity to engage at multiple levels with a range of key stakeholders across a broad spectrum of key subjects.
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