Developing Professional Capacity For The Shipping Sector In Mauritius
The Shipping sector is in crisis, both at national and international levels,
with a drastic fall in the number of people inclined to join the industry,
according to a statement made by Mauritius' Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport and Shipping, Dr. R. Beebeejaun, at
the opening of a workshop on developing professional capacity for the shipping
sector. The Deputy Prime Minister explained that the scarcity of labour faced by the
shipping industry can have adverse effects on that sector in the long run. "We must study the profile of careers of those who choose to embark upon
the profession and find ways and means to encourage them," he commented.
Dr. Beebeejaun spoke of the need to attract youngsters to pursue a professional
career in the maritime sector. He said that youngsters should be made aware
of careers prospects and possibilities of the shipping industry. Additionally, he proposed to use the recommendations of the workshop in career
guidance programs in schools in order to increase interests about the sector.
The objective of this one and a half day workshop organised by the ministry
of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport and Shipping is to assess scarcity
of skills and competence and make appropriate recommendations and propose corrective
measures to address the problem of shortage of professionals in the shipping
industry. The shortage of seafarers is a worldwide problem. According to figures from
the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), there would be a shortage of
46,000 officers by 2010. In Mauritius, since 1998, the number of seafarers has decreased by 81 % from
3,300 to 628. .
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