Marine Industries Global Market Analysis - Marine Institute

MARINE INDUSTRIES GLOBAL MARKET ANALYSIS
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24 Education & Training
1999–03 2004 2005–09
Irish Market €M – – –
UK Market €M – – –
Europe Market €M – – –
World Market €M 10,041 1,537 7,691
Definition – fees from higher education in marine subjects and training of marine personnel.
24.1 INTRODUCTION
Education & Training has three primary activities: seafarer training, offshore worker
training and higher education (e.g. universities).
Seafarer training – 400,000 officers and 825,000 ratings are employed worldwide
with 60% of the latter being from the Asia Pacific region.There has been a 27% oversupply
of ratings although there are doubts about the extent to which large numbers
of these ratings are qualified for international service. 81
The majority of ratings are recruited from developing countries, especially the Far
East.The Philippines alone provides almost 20% of the global maritime workforce.
The Philippines is the largest supplier of seafarers with some 180,000 or 28.5% of the
total maritime population of 632,000 on board vessels worldwide. Russia is second
with 7.3%.
Currently, 418 ‘maritime schools’ are listed worldwide. In 2000, there were 121
maritime schools in the Philippines rapidly resulting in an over-supply of trained
seafarers. However, in 2004 the number of schools was down to 76, twenty of which
will be phased-out in the next two years, after their last students have graduated.
Of the 500,000 registered Filipino seafarers, enough to man most of the vessels afloat
around the world, more than 300,000 are unemployed.
However, other countries are also adding training capacity – South Africa opened
a 150 student training academy in 2003 offering two three-year courses.
Amongst training now being used are tools such as bridge and engine room
simulators. Specialised courses for the fishing industry are offered by some
establishments. In 2003, 1,681 attendances were registered in Ireland at the country’s
BIM Training Centres.
China and India are also significant maritime labour supply nations. Other major
labour supply countries include Greece, Japan, Norway, Russia and the UK.
There is regarded to be a 4% undersupply of officers which is expected to rise to
12% by 2010.The OECD countries remain the most important source for officers,
but growing numbers of officers are now recruited from the Far East and Eastern
Europe and it is expected that this trend will accelerate as the ageing OECD officer
group retires.
Note:As training may be provided in one
country to meet demand from other
countries, it is difficult to segment the
‘market’ by regions.This is particularly the
case for the shipping industry and to a lesser
extent higher education.
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