Good news for me..!
Good news for indonesian..!.
let Going to the sea.... MAN...!,and say ..."bye"to BANJIR , MACET in
jakarta..
Sukses slalu deh buat pelaut2 indonesia.
Brgds
eli aryani wrote:
> Crew crunch reaching crisis point : Nov 26 - Lloydslist
>
> Arthur Bowring : Real shortage is going to bite soon
> THE maritime industry 'has no plan' to cope with the shortage of trained and
> competent crew and officers but has so far been spared the full effects of
> the crewing crunch, a leading industry figure has warned. Hong Kong
> Shipowners' Association managing director Arthur Bowring told the opening
> session of the SeaTrans Asia conference in Shanghai that the crew shortage
> was a result of fleet growth in the past three years which had outpaced
> desperate attempts to plug the gaps, promoting junior officers and even
> seeing training staff return to sea service. "How could we have predicted
> that so many units would be added to the world fleet in
> three years with almost no scrapping? Five years ago we were wondering if
> there would be enough money to replace the tanker fleet with double-hull
> ships by 2010 or whether adding one yard in Korea might upset the supply and
> demand balance," he said. Mr Bowring added there was "always the expectation
> that we would muddle through because that's what we do, but fleet growth has
> turned this onto a crisis". The 'typical' reaction was to promote as many
> seafarers as possible but this ran the risk of bringing down far-reaching
> consequences on the industry. "We have used up the buffer [of seafarers that
> could be promoted] and the real shortage is going to bite soon. Are we
> prepared? No. Do we have a plan? No. And as a result we risk the direct
> threat of new
> regulation.." He said the immediate result would be 'big business' for
> those selling fraudulent certificates of competency and that 'poaching and
> promoting' would continue as shipowners and managers struggled to cover their
> commitments. "I don't see people discussing it. This is a crisis situation
> and we have to manage it. You wouldn't run a factory this way, you wouldn't
> run an airline this way." Mr . Bowring said that by next year the crewing
> crisis could be acute enough to prevent ships from sailing but owners
> unprepared to risk losing charter revenue might apply
> to their flag states for single or multiple trip exemptions to operate
> without the required complement. And he warned that pollution incidents or
> casualties that found operational failures to blame might encourage pressure
> groups to make the case for more unilateral regulation, citing ships as a
> potential threat to the environment. "Some large containerships carry as much
> fuel as a small tanker. If there is an incident which finds the certificates
> were there but the crew was not, it could be an excuse to retrofit double
> hulls to fuel tanks," he said. Mr . Bowring said the industry would weather
> the storm but should take steps now to avoid the situation worsening by at
> least acting to retain experienced crews. That meant improvements in pay and
> conditions, more direct employment and the kind of benefits that workers
> enjoyed by those ashore. "We need to re-package the maritime career and that
> means pensions, direct employment and health benefits. But these things are
> in our interest. We shouldn't entrust our ships to people we don't know."
>
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