Although the recession has meant decreasing business for many, it also presents an opportunity for players to address long-term industry issues such as insufficient skilled crew. Companies looking to India's population to answer this call have a number of options to choose from, ranging from the recently opened Indian Maritime University in Chennai to smaller and more personal training centres.rn'This is the time for owners, and operators to lay down the foundations for the boom periods and crew is a very important part of this,' says Capt K.N. Deboo, principal of Anglo Eastern Maritime Training Centre, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. One of the factors in favour of AEMTC is that it sources crew for vessels under management by its parent Anglo Eastern Group, thereby giving it steady business - a partnership similar to that between Singapore's Executive Shipmanagement and its Lonavala-based Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies.
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