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The 2010 BIMCO/ISF study highlights that shipping faces a challenging future regarding crewing with an increasing imbalance in the maritime workforce. A surplus of Ratings especially in today’s EU Member States is facing increasingly unsecure employment prospect caused by cheaper manpower from the Pacific Rim Countries. This however is countered by a lack of ships’ officers, with a dramatic short ...

Specific training for ships cooks has become increasingly important and this need has been aroused by the fact that the number of personnel on board has been shrinked and there are no general regulations regarding their training. This project has set define standards of competence for ship's cooks and has developed a new training and competence verification tool that could be used for hotel and ca ...