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

International Forum on Seafarer's Education, Training and Crewing, Odessa24 – 25 April 2013

Chief Marine Technical Officer Aron Sørensen

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

What does BIMCO do?

• Education• Advocacy - promulgating shipping

interests• Documentation• Information and advice to members

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

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

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

Aspects of human element quality in a shipping context

Supply states(Producing and

Checking)

Crew manger(Quality Control)

Company (Quality

Management, Quality Control)

Vetting and Port State Control

(Quality Assurance)

STCW(Producing and

checking)

ISM Code(Quality control)

MLC(Quality

assurance)

The basis

Regulatory basis

2010 Global supply and demand

Area 2010 Supply

Officers % Ratings %OECD Countries 184 29.4 143 19.2

Eastern Europe 127 20.3 109 14.6

Africa / Latin America

50 8.0 112 15.0

Far East 184 29.5 275 36.7

Indian Sub-Continent 80 12.8 108 14.5

All National Groups 624 100.0 747 100.0

Worldwide demand in 2010 was 637,000 officers.

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

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

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

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

Questions?