MANY large shipping lines are worried they won't be able to recruit and retain workers, with many offering unprecedented incentives for a job known for notoriously bad working conditions and low pay, reports New York's Quartz.
The shipping lines are doling out massive bonuses that will effectively triple or quadruple some workers' salaries with the hope to retain workers to staff many of the ships they've ordered during the Covid crisis.
During the Covid crisis, seafarers have struggled to get access to vaccines and have been barred from disembarking at many of the world's ports.
As a result, some workers have spent more than a year at sea without a reprieve, working under conditions that violate labour laws.
Although happiness is bouncing back to pre-Covid crisis levels, the experience of working during the worst of the Covid crisis has prompted many seafarers to say they want out of their occupation.
'We heard from many seafarers, particularly those aged 35 and over, that they were not intending to return to sea once they eventually got home,' said a report from survey results gathered by The Standard Club, a shipping insurer that publishes a quarterly Seafarer Happiness Index.
'There is likely to be a growing shortfall in seafarers in the coming years.'
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The shipping lines are doling out massive bonuses that will effectively triple or quadruple some workers' salaries with the hope to retain workers to staff many of the ships they've ordered during the Covid crisis.
During the Covid crisis, seafarers have struggled to get access to vaccines and have been barred from disembarking at many of the world's ports.
As a result, some workers have spent more than a year at sea without a reprieve, working under conditions that violate labour laws.
Although happiness is bouncing back to pre-Covid crisis levels, the experience of working during the worst of the Covid crisis has prompted many seafarers to say they want out of their occupation.
'We heard from many seafarers, particularly those aged 35 and over, that they were not intending to return to sea once they eventually got home,' said a report from survey results gathered by The Standard Club, a shipping insurer that publishes a quarterly Seafarer Happiness Index.
'There is likely to be a growing shortfall in seafarers in the coming years.'
SeaNews Turkey