The increasing number of new risks and challenges facing seafarers is causing considerable concern.
Earlier this year, the World Maritime University published a new report, In Search of a Sea-Life Balance in an Adverse Environment.
It shed light on the realities of seafarers’ work, health and career intentions in today’s shipping industry, drawing on responses from 4,372 seafarers representing 99 nationalities, making it one of the most comprehensive recent surveys of life and work at sea.
Afloat previously reported on the World Maritime University’s call for seafarers to participate in its research into hours of work and rest, workload and ship manning.
The National Maritime College of Ireland at Ringaskiddy in Cork has announced a conference to be held on Friday, October 16, which will focus on the realities facing the modern seafarer under the title Navigating New Risks.
It follows the National Seafarers’ Conference held at NMCI in March, where cyber security, artificial intelligence, maritime security and the skills required for a digital ocean economy were among the subjects discussed.
Speakers will include Hugh Kennedy, President of the Irish Maritime Law Association, and Robert McCabe, Lead Researcher at the NMCI, as well as insurance company claims and underwriting experts and master mariners.
Afloat adds: The Irish Institute of Master Mariners has previously focused on the human pressures of working at sea at a Seafarer Wellness seminar at the NMCI in association with the Nautical Institute’s Ireland Branch and the college’s Department of Maritime Studies.
