Shipbuilders face acute employment crisis

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Europe's shipbuilders and engineering companies are facing a recruitment crisis, according to unpublished industry figures revealed to Lloyd’s List.

The Europe-wide research, expected to be released later in the year, indicates that European yards and other engineering service companies need to recruit at least 10,000, and as many as 12,000, staff every year for the next five years to meet a shortfall in workers and to remain productive.

The news comes at a time when European shipbuilders,...


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