WAVELENGTH

摘要

The UK has long been regarded as one of the finest seafaring nations, but there are growing concerns about its shrinking pool of qualified seafarers-particularly senior officers and shore-based marine professionals. It is not attracting enough candidates, as evidenced by Department for Transport figures showing that 62% of deck and engineer officers are now over the age of 40-a figure increasing every year! Unless we work harder to show jobseekers that the merchant navy is a smart and viable career option, further decline is inevitable.