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HUMAN FACTOR

by Elpi Petraki,
President, WISTA Hellas
and Operations, Chartering &
Business Development Manager
at ENEA Management

As technology advances and the
shipping industry looks at how it
can decarbonise effectively, we
hear a lot about “future-proof”
solutions. However, to truly
future-proof the industry, we
need to understand the needs
of today’s seafarers and shore-
based staff so we can effectively
invest in the next generation -
the industry’s future leaders.
The shipping industry is one
of the oldest industries in the
world, and its vast range of
shore-based and at-sea job
SECURING THE roles offer a huge variety of
career opportunities. However,
INDUSTRY’S the global labour shortage in
shipping means there is intense
FUTURE REQUIRES competition from other indus-
tries for new talent.
MORE THAN NEW To attract that talent, we first
need to understand what moti-
TECHNOLOGY AND vates the next generation.
Deloitte’s 2022 Gen Z and Mil-
REDUCED EMISSIONS lennial Survey provides some
interesting insights. In these

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