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= Captain Moore[edit] = Captain Lindsay Thomas Moore (born September 20 1971) is an English merchant navy master. A well-known figure within the global shipping industry, he is widely considered to be a charming and highly capable master whilst demanding an unswerving loyalty from his crew. In an interview with Marine Insight, he stated his greatest strength was his ability to compartmentalize.

Early life[edit]
Captain Moore was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, the only child of Patrick and Nancy Moore (née Watkins). He grew up in the city’s Orchard Park estate, attending Sir Henry Cooper High secondary school. Before completing his o-levels, he joined the merchant navy as a 15 year old cadet in 1986.

Career[edit]
He qualified as master mariner in 2009 at the age of 38 and in so doing became one of the youngest masters with a full merchant navy license. As a holder of an unlimited license, there are no limits on the tonnage, power or geographic location of the vessels he is allowed to captain.

He began as a contract master to Maersk, the largest shipping company in the world with annual revenue of nearly $40bn. Following an internal dispute, he left in 2014 and he has moved between companies since, typically signing 6-12 month contracts with companies in Taiwan and China including Evergreen Marine and Cosco Group. He is currently contracted to SVG Group.

Has built up a network of trusted crew around the world.

Personal life[edit]
He married Jeanette (née Adkins), an English property solicitor, in 1997 at a small ceremony in Bali. They moved to Singapore in 2000 as Captain Moore was predominantly covering the Asia-Pacific routes at the time and had signed a long-term contract as chief mate with Pacific International Lines (PIL), based in Singapore.

Captain Moore and Jeanette separated 12 years after they married with the divorce finalized in 2012. He has two estranged daughters from this marriage. Laura, 19, studying in Hong Kong and Lorraine, 22, who works in finance, also in Hong Kong. In 2013 he married Isabel Tan, a 35 year-old Malaysian life-coach. She died on his 43rd birthday. He is not currently in a relationship. He has an apartment in Kuala Lumpur.

Controversies[edit]
In his twenties Captain Moore spent 6 months in a Kenyan prison for his indirect involvement in elephant tusk smuggling. In 2005 he had his chief mate contract terminated by PIL following an internal investigation into allegations of falsification of his ship’s telemetry. Captain Moore took the case to a tribunal but was ultimately unsuccessful in having the termination overturned. In 2017 Captain Moore’s ship MV Ever Certain collided with the Turkish military ship TCG Burgazada during heavy fog in the Bosporus. After an investigation neither party were deemed to be at fault.

On September 20 2014, his wife Isabel Tan fell to her death from her Kuala Lumpur apartment balcony, whilst she and Captain Moore were celebrating his 43rd birthday.

Awards[edit]
In 2016 Captain Moore rescued 160 Libyan refugees from a sinking fishing boat off the North African coast and was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the International Marine Organisation. In 2019 he was a recipient of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service.

Media[edit]
He is the self-published author of Eye of the Storm, a novel about the fictional exploits of a merchant navy captain battling greedy shipping companies, violent pirates and bad weather.