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proach, communication, delegation, man- agerial and leadership, all of which areimportant for a seafarer to develop, be- cause today multi-tasking is mandatoryas crew?s grow smaller. A ship?s turn- around is very fast and the time available to the seafarers is very limited to effec- tively manage and complete the tasks. The contact time being limited, thechoice of training methodology is impor- tant. Once a year it is important to pro-vide training on-shore with workshops, practical training, etc. But at other timesthere is eLearning, where the seafarer?s leave does not get disturbed as it can be taken anywhere and at any time. Every ship is different, and the various types of specialization being restricted tothe type of cargo it carries make type specification training a priority need . And this becomes all the more challeng-ing for training since it is not broad-based. ?The ship-owners need to be part- ners in training / updating their sea-farers,? says Dr Brijendra K Saxena. ?They have to provide small training modules for their seafarers. TheseNovember 2012www.marinelink.com 83MR#11 (82-89):MR Template 11/6/2012 8:40 AM Page 83