The Hindu Business Line : Not enough marine officers

Talk of the shortage of marine officers afflicting the shipping industry has been a subject of discussion for the past several years but, with nearly two-thirds of the country’s marine officers now serving foreign flag vessels, the crisis is not only real, it is growing fast. But, then, it is not peculiar to the Indian shipping industry; it is a global problem now, so much so that even officers sacked for not being up to the job are readily able to find employment el sewhere, it is learnt. Nor is the problem confined to technically advanced vessels; even humble general cargo ships are finding it hard to locate and recruit right kinds of people. Some insurance companies specialising in marine claims identify poorly trained and inexperienced crew as one of the root causes of the current high level of claims. There are just not enough experienced people either to run the ships or to provide the support from ashore, complain many shipowners.

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