By Godfrey Bivbere
THE prospects of Nigerian trained cadets may have become jeopardized by the emergence of technology driven ocean-going vessels.
Informed industry sources indicate that several thousands of cadets may eventually be cut off from sea-time experience as their skills are no longer relevant in the modern vessels.
Maritime experts who disclosed this to Vanguard Maritime Report said the nation’s cadet training institute, Maritime Academy of Nigeria, MAN, Oron in Akwa Ibom, State, may have been caught unprepared by the development.
Project Coordinator of the Agge Deep Sea Port, located in Bayelsa State, Capt. Warredi Enisuoh,explained that the training requirement for seafarers globally has evolved with the needs of the shipping industry, noting that the requirement for the industry presently is digitalisation of vessels which reduces the number of seafarers needed to man such…
