Day of the Seafarers and the urgent need for training
Rather than disappearing, #seafarers will become even more important to the business of safely operating and navigating ships during the #energytransition of coming decades.
The challenge for policymakers and regulators is stark: is it better to try and revise the four pillars of maritime regulations or provide much more training to close the gaps?
Two recent studies, one by DNV – Maritime and the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) the other by Lloyd’s Register for the Maritime Technology Forum lay bare the scale of the training challenge.
Research for the Maritime Just Transition Task Force Secretariat predicts a significant rise in the number of seafarers needing training on alternative fuel technologies in the 2040s, between 310,000 and 750,000 people.