FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Joe Kramek, President & CEO of the World Shipping Council (WSC) discusses the industry’s challenges surrounding decarbonization and highlights the crucial role that its workforce plays in this transformation. He emphasizes that ‘investing in people is just as critical as investing in ships and fuels’ and acknowledges that recruitment continues to be a challenge. However, the decarbonization journey has sparked renewed interest in maritime careers, creating a demand for a motivated and well-prepared workforce RelatedNews WSC: Dual-fuel containership and vehicle carrier fleet passes 1,200 vessels Norway leads efforts to make nuclear propulsion commercially viable var jnews_module_21339863_0_6a037a7a3b9b7 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21339863","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2596,3684,1613,667","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads