Full Ahead Ep 1 Starting Out! Meet hosts Alistair and Nigel, our guest is the inspirational Chief Officer Harvey Finney and be sure to keep listening to learn about the bitter end!

September 3 is Merchant Navy Day a chance to remember the seafarers who lost their lives at sea during wartime and celebrate the thousands who continue to keep the world moving today.The Red Ensign, o...

3 Sep 29min

🎙️ There’s more to repairing ships than simply getting them back to sea! 🌊In this edition we get the inside story from Dunston Ship Repairs Ltd about the painstaking preservation work that means the...

20 Aug 40min

🚢 We’re back afloat for this episode of the podcast and asking when it comes to recruitment, what the future of the maritime industry may look like?We were recently invited aboard the Irish Sea ferry...

6 Aug 28min

Have you ever wondered what it takes to launch a career as a Merchant Navy Officer or Maritime Apprentice? For this episode of the Full Ahead Podcast Alistair and Nigel go on-location to Fleetwood Nau...

23 Juli 37min

Discover why the Åland Islands have become one of northern Europe's most important maritime meeting places.Alistair travels to Mariehamn for Maritime Day, where shipping professionals, industry leader...

9 Juli 44min

Rhiannon Pritchard made history as the Bristol Channel's first female tug captain — and she's helping shine a spotlight on one of the maritime industry's most important yet often overlooked roles.Thro...

18 Juni 30min

“We haven’t built the perfect boat.”That’s the verdict from Alan Goodchild of Goodchild Marine,speaking to Full Ahead at Seawork.Billed as Europe’s largest on-water commercial marine andworkboat exhib...

12 Juni 44min

We hope you enjoyed our trip aboard CalMac's newest ferry in the first epsiode of the second series!The MV Isle of Islay, An t-Eilean Ìle in Gaelic serves Islay and was launched in 2024, the first of ...

5 Juni 6min