The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and Bimco’s five-yearly assessment of the seafarer labour market has revealed a worsening shortage of trained officers.
There is a shortage of 26,240 officers in 2021, according to the latest figures, compared with a shortage of 16,500 last time around.
In total this year, there were 1,881,320 seafarers certified by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW Convention), including 883,780 officers and 997,540 ratings..
