Danish shipping needs Danish engineers
SHIPPING: Danish shipowners needs Danish marine engineers to operate their ships efficiently and safely, says Per Jorgensen, chairman of the Danish marine engineers, commenting on the Maersk decision to replace 170 of its Danish officers with cheaper Asian seafarers.
"The shipowners should not look only at wages between different nationalities, but see the efforts, which Danish marine engineers do with their knowledge about leadership and technique to secure competitive shipping", Per Jorgensen says.
Jorgensen hopes that Maersk will make use of the Danish marine engineers' capabilities in other of the company's activities, for example off shore.
Source: The Danish marine engineers
