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World faces shortage of merchant sailors to crew ships: Study



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LONDON: There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken to boost numbers, raising risks for global supply chains, a report said on Wednesday.
The shipping industry is already struggling with crewing shortfalls due to the coronavirus pandemic, a situation that will exacerbate expected labour supply problems over the next few years, according to the study published by trade associations BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
The variant of the coronavirus has hit hard in parts of Asia and prompted many nations to cut off land access …

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