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BIMCO/ISF Study Suggests Possibility Of Officer Shortage

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Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Shipping

Federation (ISF) have published the results of their 1995 Manpower

Update, a follow-up to the

BIMCO/ISF study commissioned in 1990. Speaking at the presenta- tion of the results in London, chair- man of the joint steering commit- tee, Sudhir Mulji, said: "The clear message of the Update is that even on the basis of quite conserv- ative assumptions about future growth in the size of the new fleet, the current worldwide shortage of qualified and competent officers will escalate unless corrective action is taken. Although there has been a significant increase in the number of officer trainees recruited since 1990, the upward trend appears to have peaked in 1993, and it will be necessary to reverse the recent decline in recruitment if the future supply of seafarers is to meet demand."

The BIMCO/ISF report suggests that failure to effectively imple-

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BIMCO is a Copenhagen-based, international shipping organiza- tion, whose membership comprises 2,600 companies including ship operators, shipbrokers, chartering and port agents, P&I clubs and defense associations from more than 100 countries. ISF is the international employers' organiza- tion for shipowners. Its member- ship comprises national shipown- ing associations from 30 countries.

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