By the end of 2018, a total of 209,192 masters and officers held valid certificates of competency (CoC) issued by EU member states while another 106,334 masters and officers held original CoCs issued by non-EU countries, according to EMSA statistics.
The statistical review presented in this report is based on data extracted from certificates and endorsements registered by EU Member States until 31 December 2018 and recorded in the STCW Information System. It represents a snapshot of the European labour market in terms of the number of seafarers holding valid certificates and endorsements in 2018.
Overall, the end of 2018 saw almost a third of a million masters and officers as potential manpower to serve onboard EU members state flagged vessels.
The five EU Member States that had more masters and officers holding CoCs issued by them in 2018 were the United Kingdom (30,716), Poland (20,467), Greece (20,450), Norway (16,366) and Croatia (14,291).
In addition, the five EU Member States that had more masters and officers holding EaRs issued were Malta (64,158), Cyprus (27,038), Norway (13,645), the United Kingdom (12,511) and Portugal (11,552).
Finally, the five non-EU countries which had more masters and officers holding CoCs recognized by EU Member States were the Philippines (39,145), Ukraine (23,449), the Russian Federation (16,766), India (8,594) and Turkey (4,997).
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