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The interrelation between the higher education sector and the labour market should be more intensive and intertwined, not least because of the growing demands of professional profiles. Furthermore, the educational process and its designers have recently been challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on the one hand and distance learning and technological opportunities on the other. The paper aims to present examples of coping with the various requirements of enhancing professional and language competencies in English for Maritime Purposes and meeting both the individual needs of the students and the demanding standards of the international seafaring market. In particular, we share our valuable experience as the liaison between the teachers of English for Specific Purposes, professionals from the maritime sector and experienced seafarers at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Kotor. In that regard, we present the twinning activities conducted with the second and third-year students, which seek to prepare our future seafarers for both job interviews and the mandatory paperwork required by recruitment agencies for their first experience of signing on as a member of a ship's crew. © The Author(s) 2022.
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Covid-19 has been affecting the world for more than two years. The maritime sector in general has been hit hard by the pandemic as well. Since most of the world trade is carried out by sea transportation, the sector has been suffering deeply. The supply and demand chain were broken due to preventive measures such as lock-downs, travel restrictions etc. have been imposed the governments. Passenger transportation by sea was affected as well. As a result of all these the demand for ships and in turn for new buildings was dipped. Some of the shipyards got into trouble completing their ongoing projects due to financial difficulties even bankrupted. This paper deals with the problems that were surfaced during pandemic in maritime industry and for possible remedies to get out of it. Along with the global review of the impact of the pandemic, the effects on Turkish shipbuilding was also taken into consideration. © 2023 the Author(s).
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The application of newly available technologies in the green maritime sector is difficult due to conflicting requirements and the inter-relation of different ecological, technological and economical parameters. The governments incentivize radical reductions in harmful emissions as an overall priority. If the politics do not change, the continuous implementation of stricter government regulations for reducing emissions will eventually result in the mandatory use of, what we currently consider, alternative fuels. Immediate application of radically different strategies would significantly increase the economic costs of maritime transport, thus jeopardizing its greatest benefit: the transport of massive quantities of freight at the lowest cost. Increased maritime transport costs would immediately disrupt the global economy, as seen recently during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the industry has shifted towards a gradual decrease in emissions through the implementation of "better" transitional solutions until alternative fuels eventually become low-cost fuels. Since this topic is very broad and interdisciplinary, our systematic overview gives insight into the state-of-the-art available technologies in green maritime transport with a focus on the following subjects: (i) alternative fuels;(ii) hybrid propulsion systems and hydrogen technologies;(iii) the benefits of digitalization in the maritime sector aimed at increasing vessel efficiency;(iv) hull drag reduction technologies;and (v) carbon capture technologies. This paper outlines the challenges, advantages and disadvantages of their implementation. The results of this analysis elucidate the current technologies' readiness levels and their expected development over the coming years.
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Covid-19 has been affecting the world for more than two years. The maritime sector in general has been hit hard by the pandemic as well. Since most of the world trade is carried out by sea transportation, the sector has been suffering deeply. The supply and demand chain were broken due to preventive measures such as lock-downs, travel restrictions etc. have been imposed the governments. Passenger transportation by sea was affected as well. As a result of all these the demand for ships and in turn for new buildings was dipped. Some of the shipyards got into trouble completing their ongoing projects due to financial difficulties even bankrupted. This paper deals with the problems that were surfaced during pandemic in maritime industry and for possible remedies to get out of it. Along with the global review of the impact of the pandemic, the effects on Turkish shipbuilding was also taken into consideration. © 2023 the Author(s).
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The mere fact that more than 90% of global trade is performed by maritime shipping confirms the importance of the maritime industry in the world. During the current Covid-19 pandemic, seafarers still face the risk and mobility obstacles that pose a threat to their existence, and consequently to their physical and mental health. The well-functioning seaborne trade is extremely important for the internal and international markets as it enables delivery of goods worldwide. However, many seafarers on board cargo vessels sailing across European waters are the third country nationals. Regardless of their citizenship, they should be able to easily travel to ports of embarkation/disembarkation and to return home because this, in addition to other effects, would contribute to mid-term and long-term efficiency of the maritime industry. In Croatia, there are approximately 20,000 seafarers, 15,184 of whom take part in international and the rest in national navigation. According to the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, the estimated number of seafarers (20,000) makes up merely 0.47% of the total population (4,290,612 according to the 2011 Census), which means that four or five out of a thousand people in Croatia are seafarers. Seafarers make up the same share (0.47%) of the general population in the Philippines, which is considered to be “the land of seafarers”. The absolute number of Croatian seafarers is not large, but when compared to the population of the country it can be noted that Croatia is one of the countries with the highest incidence of seafaring profession worldwide. In addition to seafaring, tourism also has an important share in Croatia’s GDP, which includes cruise tourism, a branch closely related to the maritime sector. Both branches of the economy have been heavily hit by the current Covid-19 pandemic. Repatriation and embarkation have become more difficult due to the pandemic. As a result, seafarers remain stuck on board for months following their contract expiry, awaiting possible return home, which is a serious threat to their mental and physical health. A partial solution to these problems lies in awarding seafarers the key/priority worker status and in implementing priority seafarer vaccination against Covid-19 at the global level. © 2021 21st Annual General Assembly, IAMU AGA 2021 - Proceedings of the International Association of Maritime Universities ,IAMU Conference. All rights reserved.
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Most of the people in the world are struggling to ensure their presence and livelihood activities during this pandemic period. Achieving the third Sustainable Development Goal: “Ensure Healthy Lives and promote Well-being for all at all ages” since the end of 2019 is a big question mark to most of the economies. The first Case of Covid-19 was found in China during the mid of November 2019, still now there is no proper medicine and vaccine were found to cure fully. The vaccination availed after one year also not resulting 100% and the modern medicine there is no satisfactory effective therapy available to cure the Covid-19 infection due to the less genetic information regarding the mutation of this virus. World Health Organization suggested to implement Lock downs to handle this pandemic. Upto the end of first month of this decade more than 100 million people were infected and more than 2 million people were lost their lives. This pandemic severely affected most economic sectors of the world without any partiality. This attempt was made to analyze the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the Maritime Education sector and Shipping Industry. For the study purpose detailed survey was conducted among the Maritime students, educators, sailors and practitioners in the different parts of the world. Collection of qualitative data for this study is quite difficult due to pandemic. So present study adopts descriptive cum analytical research design was adopted for the study. Totally 1094 respondents of the 16 countries were approached for the study purpose and received the responses from 857 respondents were responded to the survey and results were documented here to understand the future of the Maritime industry. The results of the study are interesting and highlighted the present mentality and economic status of mariners and future of the students. Mariners reported that they have less sailing opportunities compared to the past. Many of the respondents were worried that this economic slowdown due to pandemic had a huge impact on the industry is terms of less Liner schedules and reduced employment opportunities and poor practical exposure. Maritime Students highlighted that they were unable to get the practical exposures to meet out the challenges and virtual education system gave less chances to learn the practical aspects. Maritime educators pointed that less interaction between the students resulted in terms of adverse results. Meanwhile few of them responded that this pandemic helps them in terms of increased business growth in absence of Air Cargos. This study suggests that both public and private sector should take initiatives to meet out the challenges of this changes in the Maritime sector. Maritime Education institutions have to revise their mandatory policies to meet out the changing trends in education sector. It concludes that both positive and negative aspects of this pandemic resulted the tremendous changes in the Maritime sector hugely in reduced possibilities in the economies of the maritime business ventures. Further, this study suggests future researchers to carry out the segment specific both qualitative and analytical studies to handle the pandemic situation to effectively meet out the needs of the sector for the sustainability. © 2021 21st Annual General Assembly, IAMU AGA 2021 - Proceedings of the International Association of Maritime Universities ,IAMU Conference. All rights reserved.