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Shipping is the backbone of the world’s economy, in which nearly 90% of the world trade is carried on ships. To carry this cargo on international trade routes, there are over 50,000 ocean going merchant vessels, registered in over 150 countries, which carry more than a million tons of cargo annually. This is essential for human life, for without shipping, the world trade would come to a dead end causing hardships to the global population.
In our own country, with regard to the recent petroleum shortage, all Sri Lankans will recall the importance of the petroleum carried on board the tanker “Neveska Lady”,which saved the island’s daily life from coming to an abrupt halt.
In the recent past,the shipping industry underwent many revolutionary transformations with respect to cargo carrying capacity of ships, with the introduction of mega containerships which can carry more than 18,000TEU and has now reached 20,000 TEU’s. With increasing orders for mega shipbuilding, shipyards around the world are kept busy, and shipping will continue to be a very vibrant industry in the future, in spite of occasional ups and downs in the last decade. Considering Sri Lanka’s strategic location adjacent to the main shipping route between the Far East and Europe, a rapid growth in the shipping industry is positively expected with the implementation of the government’s new liberalized shipping policy and the vision to make our island nation the maritime hub of the Indian Ocean.
The expected recovery and growth in international trade will result in an increased demand for ocean going ships as well as a demand for qualified and competent seafarers. It is the seafarers who take the responsibility in this specialized profession and play a major role in effective and safe operation of ships,to ensure safe and timely transportation of cargo around the world. Without properly trained and internationally qualified seafarers, operating ships will not be possible, resulting in slowing down of the international transportation of cargo, which will result in a slowing down of world trade a negative effect on the economy of most countries.
In addition to the requirement for new crew to man the global merchant fleet, there is an annual requirement to fill in the thousands of vacancies created by the seafarers who retire from sea life due to age and of those who take up positions ashore such as academics, harbour pilots, government maritime administrators, surveyors, senior managers of shipping companies, crew managers etc. Since suitable replacements area major concern for the shipping industry for reasons stated above, it is imperative to recruit suitable young persons to meet the annual requirements and be given training to comply with the international standards of the International Maritime Organization.
In view of this, all new recruits should be given training in keeping with the highest of standards to be on par or ahead of recruits from other nations. In the areas of recruitment and training, CINEC Maritime Campus - the pioneer maritime training institute, which has been in the forefront for 26 years, bringing international awareness and recognition for Sri Lankan seafarers.
CINEC maritime campus which complies with the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, has won many national and international awards in recognition for being a provider of quality maritime education. CINEC has won the Sri Lanka national quality award for four consecutive terms in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. Further, CINEC has a proud history of winning the Asia Pacific Quality Award 2010-Best in Class- Education national shipping companies. Some of these officers have taken up high shore based management positions in shipping companies around both overseas and in Sri Lanka.
CINEC is a partner of the Ceyline Group, the largest shipping company in Sri Lanka that provides crews and allfacilities to international shipping and maritime industry.
One of the main reasons why CINEC is able produce such reliable and competent Navigation officers and Engineers is the quality of training and the facilities provided to students. CINEC has the only full mission bridge simulator training facility in Sri CINEC has produced good trainees is the experience and skills of the academic staff. The maritime academic staff of CINEC comprises of ten well experienced Master Mariners and eight Chief Engineers and many more Senior Officers and Engineers in permanent employment.Of all the maritime training institutes in Sri Lanka, it is only CINEC which employs such numbers of maritime academic staff. CINEC is the only institute in Sri Lanka that is authorized to conduct managerial level training that is required to become Captains and Chief Engineers. Further, CINEC has the proud achievement of having their Cadets being provided training with world renowned shipping companies such as the leading French containership operator CMA CGM, the Canadian company Seaspan Ltd, Nord Oldendorff of Germany and many more. These companies, unlike other small-time operators, invest millions of US Dollars in training and upgrading standards of their seafaring staff. All their ships have the latest technology used in navigation and engineering.
To supply the regular demand for new recruits from various shipping companies, CINEC has commenced recruiting suitable candidates to become Ship Captains (Navigation Cadet) and Chief Engineers