Global shortage of seafarers addressed

A shortage of 27,000 maritime officers worldwide has been forecast by 2015.

The increasingly severe shortage of seafarers and its future impact on the global maritime industry wasl be addressed at an international seminar at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London last month.

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