Captain Andre L. LeGoubin MNM MA FNI

Lloyd's Maritime Academic Course Director at Lloyd's Maritime Academy

Trainer

André’s seagoing career formally began (he left school with almost 6 months sea time!) with Cunard Shipping Services Ltd. where he served as a deck officer in various ranks, gaining experience of a wide variety of vessels.

Before becoming a Pilot, André was Master of high-speed ferries, initially hydrofoils, then mono- and multi-hull ro-ro/passenger vessels. He emigrated from the UK to the USA in January 2004, leaving the London Pilotage Service where he was a first class Marine Pilot.

In 2009 he achieved a Pass with Distinction, MA Work Based Learning Studies (Marine Accident Investigation), from Middlesex University, London and he was elected a Fellow of the Nautical Institute in the same year. Following on from his research degree, André wrote the book Mentoring at Sea – The 10 minute challenge which was published by the Nautical Institute in December 2012 and a 2^nd edition, Mentoring at Sea – The 10 minute challenge was published in 2024. In October 2013 he was awarded the British Merchant Navy Medal for services to the maritime industry and The Nautical Institute.

In 2013 André set up a consultancy business to offer his services as expert witness and consultant based on his over 40 year’s experience in the maritime industry.

André is currently employed as a Mooring Master / Pilot in the lightering trade, undertaking underway ship-to-ship transfers of oil, offshore in the USA and South America, having decided to return to sea in the summer of 2012 after over eight years ashore.

He served as President of The Nautical Institute from 2022 – 2024.