In maritime industry, personnel’s training is considered by shipping companies as a top priority matter on the list of factors affecting competitiveness in operating vessels. This paper presents the importance and th...
Background:Little is known about the health of GMS commercial fishers and seafarers,many of whom are migrants and some trafficked.This systematic review summarizes evidence on occupational,physical,sexual and mental h...
The purpose for seafarers' competence assessment is to evaluate the practical operational ability of the applicants and the weight of the index directly influences the accuracy of the assessment results. This paper t...
The article examines the world experience of e-learning as well as distance education technologies within the education process organization on higher and post-higher education programs.There have been listed the resu...
Fatigue has negative impacts on the general working population as well as on seafarers. In order to study seafarers’ fatigue, a questionnaire-base survey was conducted to gain information about potential risk factors...
A study was undertaken in Kiribati, a small Pacific island nation, that has a low-level HIV epidemic but a high incidence of STIs among seafarers, their spouses (and children), and those involved in sex work. There ar...
International and national concern about detrimental climate change has generated pressure for the shipping industry to play its' role in reducing the 3.3% of global carbon emission it emits. On the 1st January, 2013...
The full review of The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (the STCW Convention) has been accomplished by International Maritime Organization (IMO) and ...
The purpose of this paper was to find out whether the higher education has met the necessary requirements for the implementation of the ICT system, in particular the e-learning system in higher education of seafarers....
The Role of Manning AgenciesThe decline of the era where the people that owned the ships, managed the ships and hired their own crews saw the development of ship management firms and manning agencies. As the supply of...