Tag: career at sea

Offshore Marine Service Association announced the formation of a Committee to formulate ways to assist the career path of merchant mariners.

The International Maritime Prize for 2020 will be awarded to Mr. Paul Sadler, former representative of the government of the UK to IMO and of IACS, IMO announced. 

The UK government must overhaul funding for seafarer training and modernize courses if its seafarers are to remain competitive in the global shipping sector, according to a new report by the Maritime Skills Commission. 

The shipping industry will be facing the highest shortfall of officers to crew the world’s merchant fleet in over a decade by 2026, due to a diminishing attractiveness of a career at sea, coupled with rising man-berth ratios and continued fleet growth, said global shipping consultancy Drewry.

The Union of Greek Shipowners launched a campaign for the new generation, to explore career opportunities offered by the seafaring profession.

Soft skills development is probably the most powerful tool in terms of retention of seafarers in the shipping industry which needs to be more flexible if it wishes to adapt in the post-COVID-19 working environment, experts agreed at a recent CAREER4SEA Talk.

During the CAREER4SEA Talk on leadership at sea, speakers focused on how the crewmembers can use their leadership skills at many levels.

As a result of the rapid rise of digitalization and with automation gaining momentum within shipping, job requirements change. Regarding the maritime employment, during the second virtual CAREER4SEA Talk, speakers focused on the new skills required for young professionals aiming to join the industry.

Shipping’s digital transformation has already advanced, leaving the “cautious” behind with a disadvantage. It is important to bring value by adding the data and tech component, especially to crewing, which is a dynamic environment, argues Mrs Nadia Alegra, Business Development Manager at Seafair manning agency and crewing software provider.

As the shipping organizations are rapidly changing, struggling to attract new talents and have a modern working environment, there is an urgent need for soft skills development. Shipping needs to adopt new methods and techniques on how to improve those abilities, speakers of panel 3 at the last SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum highlighted.