crewing issues

8/29/2018 Source: Splash 24/7 Scott Bergeron, CEO of the Liberian Registry presents compelling evidence of the continuing diffuculties in attracting new talent to serve a career at sea. He presents data from a survey of the Liberian Seafarer database from year 2000 to date.

From the article:

"Risk is only likely to increase in the shipping industry." Such is one of the conclusions drawn from the inaugural Shipping Risk Survey 2015 by the accounting and consulting network Moore Stephens. Survey respondents noted demand pressures closely followed by competition and availability of competent crew as the major risk factors for their organizations.