Are Seafarers the Solution to Sustainability?

With so much attention on action to decarbonise the maritime economy, it seems obvious to include all possible stakeholders in the conversation. Which makes it curious that of all the voices crucial to the process, seafarers have so far been unrepresented.

There are good reasons for this – COVID-19, affordable access to communications to name but two – but the International Transport Workers’​ Federation (ITF) sees decarbonisation as an opportunity for an even bigger transition.

Without training, adaptation, equality of opportunity – and an appreciation of the scale of the challenge – the maritime energy transition will be neither safe nor sustainable, the ITF reckons.

And given that only a very few applications of crew-less ships are likely in the next 20 years, it might be wise to remember who’s driving the boat.

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