Abstract:
The International shipping industry carries 90% of the world trade and is life line
of the global economy. Ships being core component of the industry are
technically sophisticated and high value assets. Their safe operation depends
upon the highly trained manpower. Since maritime is a global industry, standards
of maritime education and training needs to be of very high standards to meet the
demands of highly competitive international maritime job market.
The purpose of this research work is to analyze the standard of maritime
education and training in Pakistan, identify the problems and suggest measures
for its improvement. This paper presents background information on International
standards of maritime training and certification requirement. The report discusses
the global market supply and demand scenario and what benefit we will get
through improvement in standards of training. The demand for the Pakistani
officers is dependent on the quality standards of the Pakistani maritime institutes
and their acceptance by the world.
