Boom of Marine Engineering

Till the late 90’s marine engineering never came to light as a career option but in recent times the boom in the nautical industry and innovative developments in the field of marine engineering has drawn the spotlight and many people have started to opt for marine engineering. The unprecedented rise of the amount of trading and the number of merchant navy vessels has highly been effective in increasing the commercial activities across seas which has drawn a positive impact on the field of marine engineering.

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The complexity of building a ship is much more than that of building a car or aircraft. This is mainly due to the unpredictability of the weather conditions when at sea. Ships operate based on the waves and the wind that blows. So, a marine engineer needs to have proper knowledge in order to build a cost-effective, safe and reliable ship. Marine engineers not only build ships but they also work in navies, dockyards, equipment manufacturing companies.

According to a recent study in Malaysia, an average merchant navy vessel requires around 10 marine engineers and technicians. Around 6000 marine engineers are employed by non-governmental organizations for various ship operations. Due to lack of public interest in the country around 90% of the jobs are acquired by foreign engineers. The Malaysian government has forecasted that the country’s shipbuilding and repairing industry will generate around 20000 job opportunities by the year 2020.

It is evident from the above statistics how marine engineering has a lucrative prospectus in Malaysia.