Off course (S4 E2) Amilia Busby and her career as a third engineer officer

27/11/2025 29 min Temporada 4 Episodio 2

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🎙️ Off course: a sideways look at life at sea🚢 During this season of Off course, we will be interviewing seafarers with a real focus on the environment and sustainability. In today’s episode, we hear from Amilia Busby. She is a Careers at Sea ambassador and a Nautilus Bevis Minter Award recipient. We speak to Amilia about her journey to working at sea; how marine engineers are on the front line of environmental innovations onboard ships; and her recommendations for young seafarers wanting to break into the maritime industry.Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button and notification bell to stay up to date with all things Nautilus! To stay up to date with the latest Off course updates, you can follow Nautilus International on social channels everywhere, @nautilusintNautilus International is an independent, influential, global trade union and professional organisation that works with members, the maritime community, national governments and international agencies to create change and promote the sector, improving the lives of maritime professionals. We represent 18,000 maritime professionals including ship masters (captains), officers, officer trainees (cadets) and shipping industry personnel such as ship pilots, inland navigation workers, vessel traffic services operators, harbourmasters, seafarers in the oil and gas industry, and shore-based staff.👉 JOIN NAUTILUS INTERNATIONALFor help and assistance at sea and ashore.www.nautilusint.org/en/join/join-online/Soundbites (00:00) Intro to season four (01:50) Introducing Amilia Busby(02:50) Amilia’s job role(7:05) Breaking into the maritime industry (10:31) Rugby and balancing her time(13:55) Aspirations for the future and networking (17:13) New fuels and training (22:05) Off course Recap (22:37) Dredging and its environmental impact (24:19) Advice for seafarers (28:23) Outro