First pilot · RINA Southern Joint Branch · October 2026
Meet the people behind the industry.
A professional network for the maritime industry, built on the people you actually meet: at events, in port cities, across the industry. Discover them, meet them, remember them.
The idea
LinkedIn tells you who someone is. We help you meet them, and remember that you did.
Maritime runs on conferences, lectures, exhibitions, branch evenings and port visits. The people are there. Finding the right ones, and keeping hold of them afterwards, is the hard part.
Who here is actually relevant to me?
See who else at the event has opted in and filter by discipline and topic, instead of reading name badges across a room.
Who was that I spoke to last night?
Scan their code when you meet. The record says where and when, and your private note says why it mattered.
Who do I know in Rotterdam?
Be visible where you are based, where you are visiting and where you often go. Build relationships in a city before you arrive.
How it works
Five small steps, all of them optional.
Nothing to install. It runs in the browser on your phone, and every step is opt-in.
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Create a simple profile.
Name, role, organisation, location, the topics you care about and a short story. You choose what is visible.
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Scan the event code.
Every event has its own page. Scan the code at the door to join the event network. Nobody has to hand over an attendee list.
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See who else is in the room.
Filter the people who have opted in by discipline and topic: naval architects, marine engineers, decarbonisation, autonomy, offshore wind.
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Scan the person you meet.
Your own code is always in your pocket. One scan records that you met, where and when. No phone numbers change hands.
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Remember, or connect.
Add a private note about what you discussed. Keep it as a private memory, or connect so you can both message.
RINA Southern Joint Branch
Branch evening · October 2026
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Sarah Smith
Naval architect · Ship design, alternative fuels
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Elena Lindqvist
Naval architect · Methanol retrofits, stability
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Priya Nair
Student, MEng naval architecture · Offshore wind
You met John Reilly at RINA Southern Joint Branch, October 2026.
Private note
Works on alternative fuels. Discussed the methanol retrofit project. Follow up about the Rotterdam trial.
Sarah Smith
Naval architect · London
Interested in
Open to
"Twelve years designing ferries, now working on methanol retrofits. Always happy to talk to students."
Open to
You decide what you are open to.
Say what you are interested in and what you would welcome. The platform never forces a meeting. It simply makes it easier to find the people who are open to the same things.
- Coffee
- Technical conversations
- Mentoring
- Collaboration
- Social
Before you travel
Build relationships in a city before you arrive.
The industry is international. Be visible where you are based, where you are visiting and where you often go, and search the same way. More useful than "people near me".
- Based
- London
- Visiting
- Shanghai, 12–16 November
- Often visits
- Rotterdam
Search before you fly
Students and cadets
A natural link between generations of maritime professionals.
"I'm interested in naval architecture and offshore vessels. I'd like to meet engineers working in this area." That is a profile, not a cover letter. Experienced people can say they are open to mentoring or to conversations with students, and be found for it.
Who students discover
- Experienced engineers
- Naval architects
- Captains
- Researchers
- Shipyard professionals
- Recent graduates
- Potential mentors
- Surveyors and class
Stories
The people behind the projects.
Conversations with the people who design, build, sail and run ships: how they got into maritime, the projects they are proud of, the failures they learned from, and what they think comes next.
Coming after the pilot
For organisations
Free for professionals. Valuable for the organisations around them.
The basic experience stays free for people. Organisations pay because the network and the events become valuable. It will never become a sales directory.
Event organisers
Give attendees a reason to open the event page before, during and after the day, without sharing your database.
Professional bodies
A living map of your members and branches: who works on what, who is open to mentoring, who is in which city.
Universities
Put students and cadets in front of the engineers, naval architects and captains they will one day work alongside.
Companies and suppliers
Find the technical people behind the projects, and let your own engineers be found by the people who need them.
First real-world test
RINA Southern Joint Branch, October 2026.
Scan the event code, join in a minute and see who else has opted in. Nothing to install. It runs in the browser on your phone.