Comparative Study of Shipping Talent Cultivation Models in the Context of Digital Transformation — A Case Study of Universities in China, the United Kingdom, and Singapore

Ming Sun; Meng He; Kebiao Yuan; Midakpe P.  Vortia

doi:10.62177/chst.v3i1.1028

Authors

Ming Sun Shanghai Maritime University
Meng He Shanghai Maritime University
Kebiao Yuan Ningbo University of Technology
Midakpe P. Vortia Shanghai Maritime University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62177/chst.v3i1.1028

Keywords:

Digital Transformation, Maritime Talent, Cultivation Model, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Comparative Study

Abstract

As big data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoTs) profoundly reshape the global shipping industry, multidisciplinary talents with digital literacy have become a core competitive advantage. This paper aims to explore the systemic changes brought about by digital transformation to global shipping talent cultivation and conducts an in-depth comparative study of the training models of three typical universities: Shanghai Maritime University in China, Plymouth University in the UK, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. The study is based on four core dimensions: training objectives, curriculum system, practical teaching, and industry-academia-research collaboration. The research concludes that the NTU model performs best in terms of overall weighted performance, demonstrating that the reform of global maritime education must focus on the substantive restructuring of curriculum content and the transformation of practical teaching towards data-driven decision-making simulations, supported by a systematic industry-academia collaboration mechanism, to effectively cultivate "T-shaped" talents who can adapt to and lead the future development of intelligent shipping.

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