Norwegian biz leader urges Pinoy seafarers to fill in manning void
Monday, 21 March 2011 00:00
PHILIPPINE-NORWAY Business Council president Stein Eriksen urged Filipino seamen to fill the global shortage of qualified seafarers as there is bigger opportunity for them out there.
He made this statement after noting over 90 percent of goods transported worldwide are on board vessels of any kind and the demand continues to increase every year. Eriksen stressed that the task of moving these goods is done by an estimated 1.3 million seafarers currently sailing across the seas.
"Imagine the world without shipping and seafarers," Eriksen said, even as he emphasized that there is a current shortage of 50,000 qualified seafarers worldwide and this number is expected to double by 2015. He noted that that the Philippines is the leading supplier of seafarers in the world. Of the estimated 1.3 million seafarers in the world, Filipinos account for more than 350,000.
There are also approximately 20,000 Filipinos on board Norwegian-owned ships. pna
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