Getting maritime industry shipshape

YEARS ago, it was quite easy to recruit youngsters to go to sea, and thus maintain the manpower needs of the wider maritime industry. Many teenagers were interested in ships and the sea, and were attracted by a maritime career.

Now, things are very different. The entire maritime industry has to work hard to attract recruits. That is precisely why we now have the Maritime Singapore Connect (MSC) Office which was set up with a S$4 million commitment by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore in 2016. It purpose is, by complementing efforts by the Sectoral Tripartite Committee for Transport (Sea), to attract more Singaporeans to join the maritime industry,

A couple of weeks ago, MSC Office held the annual MSC Connexions Forum, bringing together some 120 maritime employers, representatives from the government and trade associations, and those working with students and job seekers in schools and career centres.