Shipping Industry as a career

Maritime industry is flourishing at a very high pace globally. If you’re feeling confined and landlocked and want to explore the deep blue sea, with an extremely lucrative career, then maritime industry is the key. There are plenty of opportunities in the maritime industry that can be explored.  

Through this article we intend to steer a steady course through the waters of maritime-based careers and qualifications.

The maritime industry’s diverse workforce apart from seafaring offers a plethora of careers across the globe. From ship brokers to ship builders, from fleet managers to marine risk managers, from naval architects to shipping analysts, from chief engineers to chief accountant the options are as wide and varied as the seven seas. 

The maritime industry is not just about ships and cargo, it’s predominantly about people and services. If you have drive and talent, and are ready to discover the depth of this industry, both onshore and ashore, maritime is the sector for you.

Talking about the courses available, MBA in Shipping and Port Management is a comprehensive course conducted by some renowned universities and institutions in India. The minimum qualification for entering the industry is 10+2 (Science). Some universities also conduct advance courses in Shipping such as Shipping & Port Management and for that they invite applications from Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology. However some institutes even allow science as a management graduate. Sky is the limit in terms of remuneration in this industry.

Most of the big shipping firms are headquartered outside India, or have significant operations outside India. It means a good performance can lead to exciting roles, globally and a hands on exposure to the various cultures around the globe and these would not be the usual “big economic hubs” like London or New York, but include exotic places like Brazil, Central America, Western Africa and the Middle East. This also means an opportunity to work with, interact and know people from different cultures – exchange notes on food habits, arts, literature and lifestyle.

There is an ocean of opportunities that can be explored.  Come explore this ocean of opportunities. 

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 Significant role of Maritime in India

Half of the world would starve and other half would freeze had it not been shipping - Efthimios Mitropoulos

The maritime industry plays a very significant role in the socio-economic development of any country. The common man has limited perception and appreciation of its influence and role as an essential element in terms of our overall development. In spite of 90% trade being carried out by ships, we choose to ignore the seas. And to highlight this very same fact we give you a very fine example. Ask a person on the street if he has heard of Microsoft and surely you will get an exuberant ‘YES’.

Ask the same person if he has heard of Maersk and he will give you a straight poker face. Maersk is one of the leading shipping companies and generates revenue equivalent to Microsoft.

Both the companies are on par with each other in terms of revenue generation and so as contribution to the economy. But still, we chose to ignore the latter.

We think of the seas as a simple blue patch as we pleasantly fly over it. The sea isn’t considered as an area of work or industry. The main reason for this attitude towards the Maritime Industry is not having proper and adequate knowledge about this industry. There is a lot more to shipping than what meets the eye. It goes beyond the seas.

The food on your plate, the clothes on your back, the gas in your car, the shoes on your feet; everything has made their way on a container on a ship on the seas and oceans. Maritime is a potential source of excellent employment and career opportunities, with several million people currently working in activities and companies directly and indirectly related to oceans and seas worldwide. Our lives aren’t just associated with shipping; their dependent on shipping, totally.

Without shipping, half the world would freeze and the other half will starve because grains would not be distributed from the points of origin to the points of consumption - Efthymios Mitropoulos.

Shipping practically is the mother industry which gives rise to all other industries.

It directly provides job opportunities for the millions and indirectly for the billions.

So let’s sum it up. Shipping is:

• The greenest Industry

• The cheapest mode of transport

• High generator of revenue

• High job opportunities provider

The Maritime Awareness Program society is all out to change this way of thinking.

MAPS, has been formed with the primary objective of promoting and spreading awareness about the maritime sector. We should no longer be known to the public just for pictures of dead birds lying in a pool of oil or a ship stranded on the beach. So come ahead and be a part of this society. Share your views and lets spread awareness about this industry.