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Use Training to Direct
the Future of Shipping
says ICS Chairman
Esben Poulsson, Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
T
raining acts not only as a career enhancer, but also
plays an essential role in the modernisation of the
shipping industry as a whole, said Esben Poulsson,
Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping
(ICS) today, as he delivered the keynote speech at this
year’s Crew Connect Global Conference in Manila.
“The future sustainability of the industry requires
an evolutionary response to the training and retention of seafarers,“ he stressed. “We need to do more than simply respond to
changing needs, we must learn to anticipate them and thereby
control the development of the industry. “
In an uncertain time for the global economy and world trade, and
therefore the shipping industry, he pointed out the inevitability that
structural change will follow and that operations and trading
patterns will also change.
“There is always a danger in these circumstances that investment
in training can be a victim,” warned Mr Poulsson. “Now, perhaps
as never before, companies must have an eye to the future and
Employers must recognize that decisions made in these difficult times
should not inhibit the future sustainability of the industry.
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