More than 70% of respondents to Splash’s brand new survey conducted in association with Inmarsat believe ships will be crewed by fewer people onboard come the year 2035.
Launched yesterday, the survey looks to identify how technologies and operations onboard will evolve over the coming decade with results due to be published in Ship Concept 2035, a magazine due for distribution at Nor-Shipping this June.
The very first question in the survey invites readers to estimate what the average crew numbers onboard will be in 2035 with 71% to date saying they will be less to varying degrees, and a quarter arguing they will be the same, and 4% believing the actual number will increase.
The initial polling suggesting reduced numbers onboard going forward flies in the face of research from the World Maritime University, which recently published results of a huge survey, receiving more than 9,000 responses from seafarers around the world, including the statistic that 87.6% of respondents said there is an imbalance between work demand and crewing levels.
Ship Concept 2035 will give readers a glimpse of what is realistic for newbuilds coming out of yards 10 years from now. Taking into account regulations, fuels, information technology, seafaring skills, shipyards and charterers this unique magazine gives a big picture beyond the hype of what is practical for vessels delivering by the middle of the next decade.
Artificial intelligence, bunker selection, reskilling, and automation are some of the topics covered in the survey launched this week.
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