More job vacancies for LNG carriers qualified stuff this year
Job vacancies to manage liquefied natural gas carriers tripled in 2011, reflecting a shortage of qualified people for the world’s most complex vessels, according to shipping recruiter Faststream Recruitment Ltd., Bloomberg reported.
Experienced, shore-based staff who had worked on LNG vessels were paid 10 percent more than the industry average, Mark Charman, Faststream chief executive officer, said in an e- mailed statement today.
New LNG carriers ordered this year will expand shipping capacity to 380 billion cubic meters by 2015, from 300 billion today, Charman said.
“Shipowners are going to be hard pressed to find the right people to manage these complex vessels,” Charman said.
Staff shortages were most acute in Europe, with U.K. immigration caps preventing the hire of experienced staff from outside the region, Charman said.
Twenty-four LNG carriers have been ordered at shipbuilders in South Korea and China in 2011, according to data from Clarkson Research Services, a unit of Clarkson Plc., the world’s largest shipbroker. There are 44 ships contracted, and 362 LNG carriers trading, Clarkson data showed.
Experienced, shore-based staff who had worked on LNG vessels were paid 10 percent more than the industry average, Mark Charman, Faststream chief executive officer, said in an e- mailed statement today.
New LNG carriers ordered this year will expand shipping capacity to 380 billion cubic meters by 2015, from 300 billion today, Charman said.
“Shipowners are going to be hard pressed to find the right people to manage these complex vessels,” Charman said.
Staff shortages were most acute in Europe, with U.K. immigration caps preventing the hire of experienced staff from outside the region, Charman said.
Twenty-four LNG carriers have been ordered at shipbuilders in South Korea and China in 2011, according to data from Clarkson Research Services, a unit of Clarkson Plc., the world’s largest shipbroker. There are 44 ships contracted, and 362 LNG carriers trading, Clarkson data showed.