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The maritime industry is in desperate need of skilled seafarers; however, well-trained young talent is scarce. As the working age population of traditional seafaring nations is anticipated to decline over the next few years, companies need to take matters into their own hands and diversify their crew pool if they want to maintain business continuity. Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has now opened its Maritime Training Centre in Ghana, further boosting its presence and enhancing its maritime services offering in West Africa.

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), a leading Third-Party ship manager, enters the market with a new offer for seafarer’s qualification in India. The newly launched BSM Training Foundation, located in Kochi, is a Directorate General (DG) approved STCW training centre complying with the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.

The BSM Smart Academy has gained two more universities for its programme: the King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Egypt. This brings the partner network of the BSM Smart Academy, which was only launched by the BSM in April 2024, to six maritime institutions. BSM is also in cooperation talks with other universities.