In this report we have reviewed outlook in the literature and reports from key shipping businesses and captured insights from visionaries within the industry to establish a solid impression of the future needs of maritime shipping.
The resulting report places maritime professionals firmly in the 21st century through this work. The results forecast future skills and competence needs originating from the four key trends that are shaping the future: sustainable development, collaboration of clusters, digitalisation, and education. Ships will be smarter, data driven, connected and greener with a variety of power systems. The future maritime activity will integrate people and digital technology in a way that transform how we operate and interact. New operation paradigm needs to be created. The maritime experts also highlight the importance of transversal skills, sea-land mobility, and innovation. In line with these trends and endorsed through our interviews, one of the rational solutions for improving current maritime professional education and training is high-tech based learning, such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and simulation-based learning with lifelong learning attribution.
Resource available: Future Skills and competence needs (Possible future development)