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ePaper: Seafarer Transformations: Diversity, Technology, and Leadership in Maritime

The future of shipping is changing rapidly and here's how to get ready for it

It is an understatement to say that the maritime industry is changing. Disruptions are abound thanks to shipping’s digital transformation, and the industry is facing a significant talent shortage while its public image is challenged by negative news of seafarer wellness and gender diversity. In this ePaper, we spoke to 14 shipping and maritime professionals, who provided insight and solutions to the problems mentioned above.

Collectively, we found 7 ways to reinvent your talent management approach and change your business for the better. There are many factors that influence the maritime industry’s ability to recruit new talent, and we managed to identify 7 things maritime leaders could do to enhance their talent pipeline.

Diversity in the workplace is important in all sectors, and it is an important aspect of a company’s attractiveness. In Trailblazers and role models: 8 women to watch in maritime, we dive deep into the historical challenges that make gender diversity especially difficult to achieve in maritime.

With data analytics, chatbots, wearable and facial recognition technologies developing at a rapid rate, the focus on seafarer wellness will shift from treatment to early prevention. Seafarer welfare 4.0: Transformative technologies on board will look at these technological innovations and draw an image of the future of seafarer wellness.

But the biggest disruptor of maritime operations might be automation, the technology that is meant to make seafarers’ jobs easier. The experts quoted in The interaction between human and machine: The future of shipping caution that technological adoptions like automation on board need to be carefully planned.

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