Quality Human Resources as a main Contribution to Safety and Efficiency of Shipping

1. Quality Human Resources as a main Contribution to Safety and Efficiency of Shipping International Forum on Seafarer's Education, Training and Crewing, Odessa 24 – 25 April 2013 Chief Marine Technical Officer Aron Sørensen

2. BIMCO history • Established in Denmark in 1905 • A large international shipping Association for Owners, Brokers, Agents, Clubs and Associates • Approximately 2.500 members in 123 countries • The owner-members of BIMCO control about 65% of the world's merchant fleet.  www.bimco.org

3. What does BIMCO do? • Education • Advocacy - promulgating shipping interests • Documentation • Information and advice to members

4. Todays presentation Quality what are we talking about? Manpower issues and its impact on quality in shipping Suggsted solutions to ensure quality shipping also in the future

5. Definition Quality in business, engineering and manufacturing is non-inferiority or superiority of something or fitness for purpose A quality human resource has the ability to perform satisfactorily on board and provide the service suitable for the intended purpose

6. Aspects of quality in a business context Producing - providing something Checking - confirming that something has been done correctly Quality Control - controlling a process to ensure that the outcomes are predictable Quality Management – directing an organisation so that it optimises its performance through analysis and improvement Quality Assurance – obtaining confidence that a product or service will be satisfactory

7. Aspects of human element quality in a shipping context

8. Regulatory basis The basis

9. 2010 Global supply and demand Worldwide demand in 2010 was 637,000 officers.

10. Manpower Study 2010 other results Wastage rates are high (avarage app. 6%) Faster carreer patchs a challenge Leave periods expected to increase Specialisation will continue The rigth human resources needs to be supplied in sufficient numbers

11. Means to ensure quality shipping • Company • Retain human resources • Attract new seafarers to an attractive career • Manage to ensure that seafarers contribute to safe and efficient shipping • Seafarer supplying countries • The right human resources in sufficient numbers should be supplied • More supply countries please • Lean education systems are called for

12. How does the Company ensure quality shipping • Career path planning to retain qualified seafarers • Availiablity to direct link to home • Improve industry image • Continuing training for STCW++ competencies, because of • Specialised facilities and ships • Stricter regulation (environmental, operational etc.) • Integrated and sophisticated on board systems • Create a safety culture

13. How does the supply country ensure quality human resources Shipping industry needs interest from policy makers in supply states Close co-operation with the industry makes recruitment and retainment easier Feed of specialied people into shore side part of industry crucial

14. Questions?