UK plan fails to address skills gap

摘要

UK training provider Clyde Marine Training (CMT) has responded to comments made by the House of Commons Transport Committee and urged the government to address the "looming skills gap" in the UK maritime sector. Launching the report in March, committee chairwoman Louise Ellman said: "The government's new maritime strategy poses the right questions about UK shipping but does not yet provide compelling answers on a range of key points that will have a major impact on this valuable sector of our economy. In particular, it is unclear how the government plans to address the looming skills gap, whereby the UK will have 5,000 fewer deck and engineering officers than the UK's maritime sector is predicted to require by 2021."