Nautilus International is an international

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and professional association representing

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and allied workers, which is based in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Organisation

The union's head office is in London, UK; its

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is Mark Dickinson. The union also has offices in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Basel, Switzerland. Nautilus International is affiliated to the

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, International Federation of Shipmasters Associations, the UK

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, the

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and the Nautilus Federation.

Membership

The union's membership in 2016 stood at more than 22,000; 15,043 in the UK (male: 14,537, female: 506). This includes " shipmasters, officers,

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, ratings, yacht crew, VTS officers,

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s, river boatmen, nautical college lecturers, maritime lawyers and even ship-based medical personnel".

History

On 2 October 2006, the British National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers and the Dutch Federation of Maritime Workers formed the Nautilus Federation. The two unions changed their names to Nautilus UK, and Nautilus NL, respectively, and worked closely together on an industrial and political level. In 2008, members of Nautilus UK and Nautilus NL voted overwhelmingly in favour of proposals to create a new single trans-boundary union for maritime professionals. Nautilus International was born on 15 May 2009. In 2011, Swiss maritime professionals and boatmen, formerly represented by Swiss union

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, voted to join Nautilus International. In 2015, FNV Waterbouw also became part of the union.

General Secretaries

:2009: Mark Dickinson

References

External links

*{{official website, https://www.nautilusint.org/
Nautilus Federation website
Maritime officers' trade unions International Transport Workers' Federation Transport trade unions in the United Kingdom Trade unions in the United Kingdom Trade unions in the Netherlands Trade unions in Switzerland Trade unions established in 2009 Trade unions based in London