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Inside this issue

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

Mentoring: Learning on board- Captain Andre Le Goubin looks at how on board learning has remained vital over the centuries, and how today’s seafarers can continue the tradition.

The art of mentoring- We asked seafaring professionals how mentoring has helped enhance and advance their careers, whether they were on the receiving end or were acting as the mentor themselves

WATCHOUT - Poor leadership; explosive results - In this series, we take a look at maritime accident reports and the lessons that can be learned

Who's navigating? - Training the next generation- Third officer John Malagad has appreciated the support of mentors and senior people in the shipping industry as his career has progressed and is keen to give back. Here, he talks about the importance of mentoring and the many rewards of a life at sea

WAYPOINT - Two-way mentoring - Dr Andy Norris, an active Fellow of The Nautical Institute and the Royal Institute of Navigation, explains how mentoring across the ranks can break down the mysteries of bridge equipment and technology

Take 10- This issue of take 10 The Navigator has explored what it means to mentor and be mentored in return

 

29 Sep 2025

Take 10 #40: Managing GNSS

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

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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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Who's Navigating? Sailing, shipping and building mutual respect

A love for life on the water led Third Officer Scarlett Barnett-Smith to pursue a rewarding career at sea

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29 Sep 2025

WATCHOUT - Loss of GPS leads to groundings, disruption and delay

In this series, we take a look at issues affecting the safety of mariners and the lessons that can be learned from incident reports and examples. The following case studies and analysis have been provided by Gard P&I Club

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29 Sep 2025

Taking action

Far from being a theoretical concern, recent incidents in geopolitical conflict zones have underscored the very real and immediate dangers posed by compromised global navigational satellite systems (GNSS).

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29 Sep 2025

GNSS jamming

GNSS such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou are key elements of positioning, navigation and timing. Their signals, however, can be affected not only by unintentional interference but also by intentional jamming. The growing reliance of ships on GNSS means that seafarers need to be aware of how GNSS jamming happens and how to detect it

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29 Sep 2025

NavBrief

Do you know where your ship is? Now imagine that the satellite navigation system has failed, and the position is now longer marked on the ECDIS – or is showing as somewhere the ship cannot possibly be. Now what happens?

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30 May 2025

All @ Sea - Watching out for whales

Whale strikes remain a concern for all seafarers, as does the protection and conservation of these marine giants. Read on for some useful links, tips and resources to help you learn more about avoiding strikes, understanding the habits of whales and factoring their preservation into passage planning. If you spot any broken links, or would like to suggest resources that we have not included here, please do get in touch!

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30 May 2025

Protecting whales from vessel strikes

As mariners, we share the sea with countless marine creatures – yet we often overlook how our vessels impact their lives. As responsible seafarers, this is an issue we can no longer ignore. Captain Aly Elsayed AFNI, from the IWC expert panel on preventing whale strikes, looks at some of the dangers that whales face and how we can help keep them safe.

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