Cadets in danger of being marooned

Space is at a premium in today’s pared-down shipping fleet, not least to train the next generation of seafarers. So acute is the problem that the idea of a lifetime career in shipping is under threat, writes JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

THERE are 10 of them, standing proudly to attention on the upper deck of the 39,728 dwt product tanker Quebec.
It is January 1991 and this is the first batch of cadets on a new training program launched by shipmanagement...

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