Tomorrow is World Maritime Day, and towards this, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said yesterday that the theme for World Maritime Day 2015 is "Maritime education and training".
Tomorrow is World Maritime Day, and towards this, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said yesterday that the theme for World Maritime Day 2015 is "Maritime education and training".
According to the global maritime body, the theme was adopted to focus attention on the wider spectrum of maritime education and training, in particular its adequacy and quality, as the bedrock of a safe and secure shipping industry, which needs to preserve the quality, practical skills and competence of qualified human resources, in order to ensure its sustainability.
“The 1978 STCW Convention and Code, as amended, set the international benchmark for the training and education of seafarers. While compliance with its standards is essential for serving on board ships, the skills and competence of seafarers, and indeed, the human element ashore, can only be adequately underpinned, updated and maintained through effective maritime education and training, the IMO said”.
Commenting on the d, World Maritime Day 2015, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says “At a time when the world is beset by conflict and crisis, it is easy to forget that, day in and day out, the international shipping industry works quietly and efficiently to keep the wheels of global trade in motion and ensure the timely delivery of the goods and commodities … On World Maritime Day, let us recall the often unheralded but always vital contribution by international shipping to peoples and communities all over the world."
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