Inside this issue

All @ Sea - What's next for The Navigator?

What is the environmental footprint of a ship? - The Nautical Institute’s Head of Safety and Environment, Captain Jeffrey Parfitt, FNI looks at how our environmental awareness has changed over the years, and what makes up a ship’s environmental footprint, shipyard to scrapyard

Green shipping: the compliance challenge - Captain Sajith Babu AFNI is a member of The NI Younger Members’ Council and works as a Marine Operations Superintendent with a ship management company based in Singapore. In this article, he explores the issues and challenges around environmental compliance at sea and examines the knowledge and skills required to stay ahead

WATCHOUT - A P&I Guide to Preventing Pollution at Sea- In this series, we take a look at maritime accident reports and the lessons that can be learned

Who's navigating? Wherever the winds take me  -For Officer Cadet R Ben Voth, the Covid-19 pandemic was a prompt for a change of career. Now, he loves life at sea and has many ideas about how the maritime industry could do more to protect the world around us

WAYPOINT - Artificial Intelligence and the quest for greener navigation - George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation examines the potential for using Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support tools to inform greener voyage planning and positioning

Take 10 - Ten ways in which you can play your part in protecting the environment at sea

 

27 Jan 2026

WAYPOINT - GNSS interference, workload and fatigue

Managing a new addition to the established workload – and what maritime regulation can learn from civil aviation

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27 Jan 2026

Work, rest and port calls

A fundamental skill for any navigator is the ability to maintain situational awareness and make good decisions, both in planning and in carrying out the voyage. That requires good training, and good maintenance and development of knowledge. It also needs sufficient physical and mental rest

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27 Jan 2026

NavBrief - The Navigator issue 41

A professional navigator must be able to carry out their duties safely. That means not being fatigued or overworked. Don’t risk dropping off – the safety of the ship depends on it!

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27 Jan 2026

Take 10 #41: Managing tiredness and fatigue

Ten ideas to help manage tiredness and fatigue at sea – and how to spot the difference before it’s too late

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27 Jan 2026

Watchout: Slipping into sleep; drifting into danger

How one Master’s fatigue led directly to the grounding of a passenger vessel

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27 Jan 2026

When tiredness takes over – what next?

We all get tired, but fatigue is a very different matter – and drinking coffee does not help! As a seafarer, I have experienced both. I describe fatigue as being so tired that you cannot think straight and often don’t see the whole picture. It is a debilitating and, at times, dangerous situation. We must recognise the symptoms of fatigue in ourselves as well as in others. The consequences of failing to do so can literally be a matter of life and death. It can be hard to speak up, but you need to recognise when it is time to do so

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27 Jan 2026

Who's Navigating? Building resilience, leadership and confidence

Deck Cadet Otari Tvaradze discusses the value of continuous learning and maintaining high standards in the LNG sector

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29 Sep 2025

Take 10 #40: Managing GNSS

Ten top tips for managing GNSS – and the absence of it

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29 Sep 2025

WAYPOINT - Staying alert to jamming and spoofing

George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation explores how GNSS can become vulnerable to jamming and spoofing and what mariners can do to stay on course

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