Source: Logistic Manager
As if piracy were not enough to discourage men and women from pursuing careers in commercial seafaring, the International Maritime Organization has determined that a number of other factors are keeping talented young people out of the workforce.
The global shortage of seafarers, especially officers, has already reached serious proportions, threatening the very future of the international shipping industry, which is the lifeblood of world trade.
Recent reports have identified a current officer supply requirement of 498,000 in 2008, with an officer shortfall of 34,000. This figure is expected to rise to a projected officer shortfall in 2012 of 83,900.
Fortunately, senior figures from the International Labor Organization, from the “Round Table” of shipping NGOs – BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO – and from the International Transport Workers Federation have joined IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos in launching a major new campaign to address the problem.
Their mission is to give greater prominence to the maritime perspective, arguing that governments should do more to support and encourage the shipping industry in any initiatives it takes to enhance its image. By promoting maritime training, governments can indirectly but importantly contribute to improved standards and enhance the environmentally-friendly nature of the industry.
Governments might encourage campaigns to promote seafaring as an attractive and rewarding career and as a springboard to other relevant positions ashore, particularly through the provision of appropriate training institute or university curricula.
Not only through learning from actions taken by other governments in support of their own shipping industries, governments can do much to promote a wider take-up of a sea career through, for example, recognition of sea service instead of compulsory military service, training of jobless persons and promoting the career for women.
The global shortage of seafarers, especially officers, has already reached serious proportions, threatening the very future of the international shipping industry, which is the lifeblood of world trade.
Recent reports have identified a current officer supply requirement of 498,000 in 2008, with an officer shortfall of 34,000. This figure is expected to rise to a projected officer shortfall in 2012 of 83,900.
Fortunately, senior figures from the International Labor Organization, from the “Round Table” of shipping NGOs – BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO – and from the International Transport Workers Federation have joined IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos in launching a major new campaign to address the problem.
Their mission is to give greater prominence to the maritime perspective, arguing that governments should do more to support and encourage the shipping industry in any initiatives it takes to enhance its image. By promoting maritime training, governments can indirectly but importantly contribute to improved standards and enhance the environmentally-friendly nature of the industry.
Governments might encourage campaigns to promote seafaring as an attractive and rewarding career and as a springboard to other relevant positions ashore, particularly through the provision of appropriate training institute or university curricula.
Not only through learning from actions taken by other governments in support of their own shipping industries, governments can do much to promote a wider take-up of a sea career through, for example, recognition of sea service instead of compulsory military service, training of jobless persons and promoting the career for women.
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