MOST seafarers are content with life at sea, according a survey done by the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Shipping Council, groupings of owners and shipmanagers.
More than 500 seafarers have already responded to the survey, representing over 40 nationalities, reported New York's Maritime Advocate.
What makes happy ships are timely wage payments and career promotion opportunities.
Sixty-six per cent of seafarers polled estimated that it would take them less than three months to secure another job in the industry if they chose to leave their current company.
Basic pay and internet access were the most popular responses provided as improvements in conditions at sea when asked about changes within the past two years.
The survey also points towards the impact that increased regulation of the industry has had on the seafaring profession.
One seafarer responded: "This is a great career, but an increasingly technical and administrative one so it is no longer as much an adventure as simply a job, albeit one with the possibility of adventure!"
The new Manpower Report will also solicit the opinions from a wider number of maritime professionals with knowledge of the "sharp end" of the manpower supply situation, including seafarers, lecturers at maritime education and training (MET) institutions, manning agents, maritime unions, and port welfare workers.
WORLD SHIPPING
15 April 2015 - 20:42
BIMCO-ICS seafarer poll: Most are happy, rate on-time pay, internet tops
MOST seafarers are content with life at sea, according a survey done by the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Shipping Council, groupings of owners and shipmanagers.
WORLD SHIPPING
15 April 2015 - 20:42
BIMCO-ICS seafarer poll: Most are happy, rate on-time pay, internet tops
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