The Maritime Education Podcast
Captain Barry Sadler discusses maritime topics including recent changes to maritime practices, shipping incidents, new legislation, real life lessons from his ongoing pilotage career, hot MCA examination topics and maritime issues in general. With 40 years experience in the professional maritime field, Barry's take on various nautical and shipping matters is in depth and accurate with insightful views on all affairs maritime. If you work, watch or enjoy the sea his podcast will inform and entertain you.
The Maritime Education Podcast
Latest Episodes
Bottlenecked: Trapped in the Strait
This comprehensive look at the maritime crisis in the Strait of Hormuz connects the long-term economic vulnerability of global seafarers—whose salaries have been systemically depressed by globalized labour pools and Flags of Convenience—with th...
The Challenge of a Stowaway
The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) FAL Convention is a critical global treaty dedicated to maximizing shipping efficiency and reducing port "red tape" by standardizing and digitalizing maritime documentation, most notably through t...
Hands On with the IMO
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating global shipping. Headquartered in London, its primary mandate is to ensure the safety, security, and efficiency of internatio...
The 90k Shortfall: The 2026 Crewing Crisis
The global maritime industry is currently plaqued by a compounding recruitment and retention crisis, underscored by a massive shortfall of nearly 90,000 certified seafarers, driven by a perfect storm of an aging workforce and a profound generat...
Pilot Ladders - Do or Don't
Providing a legally compliant pilot ladder in accordance with the latest International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements, particularly the rigorous standards set forth in SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 23 and recently reinforced by the 2025...