Professor Dato Abd Radzak Abd Malek speaks at World Maritime Day 2015

1. Maritime Education and Training
Malaysia Experience
Prof Dato’ Abd Radzak Abd Malek FCILT
President of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Malaysia and CILT International Vice President
Dr Kasypi Mokhtar CMILT
Assistant Treasurer, CILT Malaysia
School of Maritime Business and Management, UMT

2. Presentation Outline
• Introduction
• The Importance of MET
• MET
• Career Opportunity
• Issues and Challenges
• Conclusion

3. Maritime Education and Training
• Maritime industry provides significant impact for the global
economic activity as 80% of global merchandise trade by volume is
transported by sea (Prandeka and Zarkos, 2014, Eurobank)
• UN (2013) Shipping is the most international of all the world’s major
industries and its global character requires global regulations that
apply universally to all ships.
INTRODUCTION

4. Maritime Education and Training
• Koji Sekimizu (2013) highlights eight pillars of sustainable
maritime development;
• safety culture and environmental stewardship
• energy efficiency
• new technology and innovation
• maritime education and training (MET)
• maritime security and anti-piracy action
• maritime traffic management
• maritime infrastructure development
• global standards
INTRODUCTION

5. Maritime Education and Training
• Therefore, MET is backbone for maritime industry in
supplying competent and knowledgeable manpower.
• The first formal school of MET was established by Infante
Henry in 1419 for seafarers, gradually developed and
provided enormous talents
for shipping industry.
INTRODUCTION

6. The objectives
• To assess importance of MET to the maritime industry.
• To highlight the issues and challenges face by maritime industry

7. Maritime Education and Training
• Maritime Education and Training (MET) is defined as an educational
system which aimed to provide seafarers for merchant vessels.
• Then, when the development of shipping industry significantly
contributes globally, a new outlook to redefine the concept of MET from a
broader perspective is needed.
• Modern scenario, the scope of MET are broader such as maritime finance,
maritime security, and rare maritime disciplines in shipping markets like
maritime archaeology (Dong, 2014)
Definition

8. Maritime Education and Training
• Demand in MET superseded supply especially in offshore

9. Maritime Education and Training
• Governments initiative: Concerned by providing adequate
infrastructures, facilities, manpower, etc
Secretary General IMO Ethimios E Mitropoulos, 2011
• As human element at sea is critical in ensuring safe, secure, clean
and efficient operations, it is only feasible to secure, and to preserve,
properly qualified human resources for the maritime industries
through effective education and training – based on scientific and
academic rigor; the development of a clear linkage between
practical skills and management techniques; and an unerring focus
on quality.”
The Importance of MET

11. Maritime Education and Training
• Institutions initiative i.e., in Malaysia (Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Academy
Maritime (Alam) etc.
• The opportunity for Undergraduates programmes and for
Postgraduate and Doctorate programmes.

14. Maritime Education and Training
Role of tertiary education
Role of education (Grewal and haugstetter, 2007)

15. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

16. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

17. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

18. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

19. Maritime Education and Training
• Institutions initiative i.e., in Malaysia (Universiti Malaysia
Terengganu, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Academy
Maritime (Alam) etc.
• The opportunity for Undergraduates programmes and for
Postgraduate and Doctorate programmes.

22. Maritime Education and Training
Role of tertiary education
Role of education (Grewal and haugstetter, 2007)

23. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

24. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

25. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

26. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

27. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

28. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

29. Facilities i.e.,
Simulator, GMDSS.
Chart work
classroom

30. • Relevancy of MET
• World fleet by
number and types
2013

31. • Relevancy of MET
• World fleet by size
and age, 2013

32. Maritime Education and Training
Career Opportunity: Maritime Industry
Career in Maritime Industry
1 . Maritime
Lecturers
2 . Freight
Forwarders
3 . Shipping
Managers
4 . Cargo Surveyors
5 . Marine
Surveyors
6 . Operation
Managers
17 . Maritime Lawyers
18 . Marine Insurance
Practitioners
19 . Ship Brokers
. Maritime Security
and Safety
Practitioners
. Port Managers
. Ship Broking
. Ship Management
. Freight Forwarder
. Marine Insurance
. Naval Architecture
20 Maritime Administrators
21 Marine Engineers
22 Maritime Business
Managers
23 Crew Managers
24 Marine Incidents and
Accidents Investigators
25 Surveying
26 Transport and Logistics
27 Maritime Economist
28 Maritime Journalism
29 Lecturing
30 Ship Managers
31 Ship superintendent
32 Harbour Masters
33 Master/Captain
34 On board Crews
35 Marine
Environmental
Managers
36 Ship Building
Engineer

33. Maritime Education and Training
• Offshore: Seafarers career advancement
Career Opportunity: Maritime Industry

34. Maritime Education and Training
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• Onshore: Education
MBA (Maritime Logistics)
Modern Port Management
Marin Insurance
The Law Carriage of Good by Sea
Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Maritime Logistics
Custom and Agent Delivery
Career Opportunity: Maritime Industry

35. Maritime Education and Training
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• Onshore: Education
Career Opportunity: Maritime Industry

36. • Courses Offered for Undergraduate
Maritime Education and Training
Shipping Management Terminal Operation Management The Law of Carriage of Goods by
Sea
Report, Communication and
Information Technology
.Maritime Security and Safety
.Maritime Law
.Maritime Insurance
.Maritime Management
.Freight Forwarding
.Ship broking Practice
Marine Survey
.Port Operations Management
.Container system
.Carriage of Good by Sea
.Marin Insurance
.Port and Shipping
Management
. Logistics and Distribution
.Marine Incident and Accident
Investigation
.Chartering & Ship Broking
Practice
.Crew Management
.International Trade
.Marine Engineering
.Marine Operations
.Ship Superintendence
.Naval Architecture
.Nautical Science
.Marine Cargo Operations
.Maritime English
.Maritime Conventions
.Safety and Security in Marine
Operations
.Port Design and Engineering
.Marketing and Business
Development
.Finance, Accounting and
Budgeting
.Port Project Management
.Occupational Health and Safety
.
.Marine Environmental Surveying
.Business Planning
.Chartering and Ship Broking
.Maritime Trade and Transport
.International Trade
.Shipping and Logistics
.Competency and People
Management
.Customer Relations

37. Maritime Education and Training
Issues and Challenges in MET
• Communication skill
• Technology
• Quality of graduates
• Government intervention: policy, infrastructure etc
• Amended STCW 1978/2010
• Further research in MET

38. Maritime Education and Training
Conclusion
• MET is an important agent in ensuring the growth and sustainability of
maritime industry and expand significantly i.e, ship building, seaport
expansion, delivery of cargoes etc.
• To sustain role of government, international association and stake
holder are pivotal.
• MET as a backbone of maritime industry can achieve its goal to serve
for maritime industry with support from government to stake holder.

39. THANK YOU
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Malaysia
12D, Block 1, Worldwide Business Centre, Jalan Tinju 13/50, Section 13,
40675 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Tel: 03-55105275 Fax: 03-55105489
E: info@cilt-m.com.my