The seafaring labour market in Brazil

Enrico Lobrigo and Thomas Pawlik

Maritime Policy & Management, 2012, vol. 39, issue 6, 621-639

Abstract: The most recent reports on the supply and demand for seafarers suggest that there is an increasing lack of officers for the expanding world's merchant fleet. With a focus on Brazil, this paper discusses a particular seafaring labour market highlighting specific challenges that need to be overcome. The paper looks into the current condition of the imbalance in Brazilian seafaring labour market as well as the prospects for merchant marine officers from the only two maritime schools in the country. Key issues on demand forecast and supply expectation, policy amendment, promoting maritime career, sea career commitment and maritime career empowerment are discussed to illustrate possible means to overcome the imbalance.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2012.729139

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