Asia Pacific Maritime 2008 Conference 27-28 March at Singapore Expo– Paper by Kalyan Chatterjea, Singapore Maritime Academy
Narrowing the Gap between the Shipowners’ Requirements
&
Maritime Administrations’ Certificate of Competency
Kalyan Chatterjea
Singapore Maritime Academy
500 Dover Road, Singapore - 139651
Email Address: kalyan@sp.edu.sg
Abstract
Shipowners’/ ship managers’ requirements of finding competent seafarers to manage
complex shipboard systems are becoming progressively more challenging. Shipping
companies have resorted to developing their own training centres to improve the
competencies of their shipboard officers and engineers. However, once fully trained in a
company