Future Skills Requirements Analysis in Maritime Industry

Abstract

Abstract The latest technological developments in maritime industry with the effects of fourth industrial revolution, industry 4.0, will require a change in the skill needs of the workforce from on-board operational based skills. It turns into an essential issue to identify the skills requirements with the incorporation of new technologies in maritime industry from the perspectives of industrial and educational. At this insight, this paper focuses on the analysis and identification of future skills requirements in maritime industry to bridge the gaps between the training offers and the actual needs of the industry. In the paper, the future skills requirements are comprehensively analyzed under the lights of the emergent technologies in maritime industry. We believe that, the outcomes of the paper will present significant outcomes for the stakeholders of maritime industry in order to take relevant actions respect to the effects of industry 4.0.