亚洲船东：三副和四初级轮机师人数显著减少
Asian Shipowners: Number of third mates and fourth engineer officers decreasing significantly
2022年4月21日，亚洲船东协会（ASA）海员委员会（SC）第27次中期会议召开。会议讨论航运业热门话题，包括Covid-19疫情和行业科技化对海员影响。
On 21st April 2022, the 27th Interim Meeting of the Seafarers Committee (SC), Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA), took place. The meeting discussed hot topics of the shipping industry, including the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on seafarers and digitalization.
首先，委员会注意到ASA成员的行政部门正努力吸引更多年轻人加入航海职业，这将有助于继续促进亚洲海员的供应和就业。
Firstly, the Committee noted that administrations of ASA members are continuing their efforts to attract more young people to seek a sea-going career, which will assist in the continued promotion of the supply and employment of Asian seafarers.
但在亚洲部分国家和地区，愿意从事海员工作的年轻人越来越少。因此，三副、四初级轮机师数量明显减少，往后海员供应亦不足。毫无疑问，疫情将加剧海员──特别是年轻海员的流失。
In some Asian countries and regions, however, there are fewer and fewer young people willing to work as seafarers. As a result, the number of third mates and fourth engineer officers is decreasing significantly, and the subsequent supply of seafarers is insufficient. Undoubtedly, the epidemic will be accelerating the loss of seafarers, especially young seafarers.
在讨论的主题中，委员会承认Covid-19疫情蔓延，导致世界许多港口的实施出入境限制，造成船员换班和船舶营运困难，引致海员社会地位下降，幸福感和出海意愿亦减少。
Among the topics discussed, ASA SC recognized that, the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to travel restrictions in many ports of the world, caused difficulties in crew change and ship operations, and resulted in the decline of seafarers’ social status, wellbeing and willingness of going to sea.
同时，在Covid-19疫情期间，船上服务时间延长以及在一些港口被拒绝上岸休假和接受医疗服务，加剧了海员精神健康问题，危及《2006年海事劳工公约》中规定的海员福祉。
Meanwhile, extended period of service on board and denied access to shore leave and medical care in some ports during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased seafarers’ mental health problem, which has jeopardized seafarers’ wellbeing as enshrined in the MLC 2006.
出于这个原因，委员会敦促航运业的利益相关者，根据《2006年海事劳工公约》， 采取措施确保海员福利不被削弱，从而吸引和留住海员留在业内。
For this reason, the Seafarers’ Committee urges the stakeholders of the shipping industry to take measures to ensure seafarers’ welfare in according to the MLC 2006, thereby attracting and retaining seafarers to remain in the industry.
ASA 进一步确认数码化和科技智能日益增长的重要性，其在航运业中的应用和作用，尤其是对海员的影响。
ASA further recognized the ever-increasing importance of digitalization and intelligence, their application and role in the shipping industry and, in particular, their impact on seafarers.
委员会特别指出，有国家已经建造并已进行试验投入使用一定程度自动化的船舶，国际海事组织正在制订其监管工具更新路线图，以适应智能船舶的运行。
It specifically noted that smart ships of certain autonomy degrees have been built and put into operation for a trial purpose in some countries and that the IMO is formulating the roadmap of modernizing its regulatory instruments in order to accommodate the operation of smart ships.
Resource: https://safety4sea.com/asian-shipowners-number-of-third-mates-and-fourth-engineer-officers-decreasing-significantly/
