The UK Department for Transport has published its Seafarer Statistics 2013.
In 2013:
- The total number of UKseafarers active at sea fell for thethird consecutive year to 22,830,a 5 per cent annual decrease.
- There were 10,840 certificatedUK officers active at sea, 1 percent less than in 2012.
- The number of UK ratings fellfor the second consecutive yearto 8,590, an 8 per cent annualfall.
- There were 1,990 officercadets in training, the highestlevel for over a decade.
- The number of new entrantsunder the SMarT1 scheme inthe financial year 2012/13 was780.
Gender Profiles of UK Seafarers
- The proportion of UK officers who were male was 93 per cent in 2013. Among deck officers, engine officers and technical officers, the proportions of officers who were male were 96 per cent, 99 per cent and 99 per cent respectively. Female officers were more heavily concentrated in the Catering/Hotel/Other officer category which had 37 per cent of employees as women.
- Deck and engine UK ratings in 2013 had a similar split to deck and engine UK officers. Men accounted for 99 per cent of deck ratings and nearly 100 per cent of engine ratings.4 The catering/other category of UK ratings had the highest proportion of women at 36 per cent.5
- Due to the relatively small number of Catering/Hotel/Other UK officers and the relatively high number of Catering/Other UK ratings, the overall proportion of UK ratings who are women, 21 per cent, is greater than the overall proportion of UK officers who are women, 7 per cent.
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