Found this article that is interesting for those living in England how their numbers for seafarers is starting to spiral downward. The call for sea is slowing down for several countries while men and women look for work closer to home. . . .
February 19, 2013 By MI News Network 0 Comments
Nautilus has voiced concern over new government statistics showing a fresh slump in the number of UK seafarers.
The Department for Transport report reveals that the total number of UK officers and ratings dropped by 10% last year, with an estimated 24,100 British seafarers active at sea.
The number of certificated UK officers has fallen by 19% since 2006, it notes, while the number of un-certificated officers dropped by 27% last year – a reduction that the DfT puts down as ‘primarily the result of a large company transferring their operations out of the UK’.
On the positive side, the number of officer cadets in training last year was 2,160 – a 19% increase from 2011. A total of 903 new entrants started under the SMarT scheme last year.
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