Abstract:

This study aims to find out the profile of merchant marine officers’ manpower in Turkey. In all steps of the study, data has been classified into age, gender, marital status, certificate of competency, the school where they graduated, graduation year, and their experience in existing companies. The study has been based on the descriptive statistics derived from a dataset. A total of 3894 profile data about merchant marine officers obtained from a total of 31 shipping companies operating in Turkey has been analyzed. The study provides a strong reference for getting the profile information of merchant marine officers and allows ship companies to get informed about the current profile. The findings of the study demonstrate that undergraduates from Istanbul Technical University, Maritime Faculty constitutes 36% of the total sample, which is, not surprising due to the year of its establishment, the primary resource of the maritime officer manpower in Turkey. When examining the officers in terms of education level, the research findings show that the large majority of Turkish officers have level 6 degree (63%). Another significant finding is that the average age of the merchant marine officers is 32.5 and also Turkish officers have average 3.3-year experience in the same companies.

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