This book sheds light on the nature and causes of the issues and challenges in human
resources in shipping and proposes fresh recommendations to manage them. It explains the …

This article explores the relationship between precarious employment and seafarers' control
over the scheduling and location of their work, and considers the implications of this …

The BIMCO/ICS maritime manpower surveys have been consistently indicating a shortage of
seafarer officers. However, due to data deficiencies, this shortage thesis has been …

In the maritime sector, seafaring has been predominantly a male industry. The industry had
developed its own culture which denied or precluded women's participation. This paper …

Seafarers make a critical contribution to civil society, but seafarers' health has received
comparatively little attention in the maritime world. China has the largest population of …

It is not unusual to find that employers operating in low-pay sectors are reluctant to provide
vocational training. Frequently they fear benefitting competitors as better-skilled employees …

Purpose–This paper aims to, using the example of the highly globalised shipping industry,
shed light upon the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the extent to which …

As the maritime industry's workforce has become thoroughly globalized, multinational crews
have become the norm at sea. Little is known about how seafarers perceive and deal with …

Piracy off the coast of Nigeria portends grave danger to the economic, security, and
sociopolitical development of the country. It also threatens both international and regional …

Although a number of aspects have been identified that have the potential to adversely affect
seafaring occupational health and safety regime (Walters, Bailey, 2013), this article will …