How the changing market environment in shipping and ports affects the requirements with regards to seafarers and dock workers? Which are the motivation tools and instruments for seafarers and dock workers taking into account the professional/ industry contexts? What is the role of career management and second career possibilities?
PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom presented the most contemporary issues on the career path and ‘second life’ for seafarers during the final event of the “SECOND LIFE – Seafarers work and live better having alternatives of a future job ashore” project.
Key discussion issues included:
- The dilemma on pure seafarer skills vs. going beyond seafarer skills
- Seafarers receive high levels of training which now may not be used, which may result in their skills being lost. It is these transferable skills that make seafarers valuable assets and resources both onshore and in other industries
- Importance of keeping seafarers in the maritime industry rather than losing their skill sets to other nonrelated onshore positions. How do we make sure students still opt for seafarer profession and not go for a job ashore straight away after completing studies?
- Is STCW (International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) too restrictive in view of possibilities for a ‘second life’?
- Are ‘comprehensive’ maritime academies the future? If so, how do they relate to regular universities and higher schools of education
Theo’s presentation can be freely downloaded here.
Do you know that:
The project SECOND LIFE – Seafarers work and live better having alternatives of a future job ashore” has been financed by International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) – Seafarers Trust and developed by PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Giovanni Satta and the event organised by Centro Italiano di Eccellenza sulla Logistica i Trasporti e le Infrastrutture-University of Genova, on January 18, 2019.
