If NATO wants to maintain global security, it must protect its merchant fleet. Nautilus pointed this out today International, the trade union federation that represents about 20 thousand maritime workers from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland, explaining that merchant ships are essential both to ensure international trade and military logistics and highlighting that the number of ships flying the flag of NATO member nations and the number of seafarers These nations are steadily decreasing.

Nautilus found that if, in terms of global security, there are military ships dominate the titles, but it is the ships to keep the economies and supply chains running supply in times of peace as well as in times of crisis. The trade union federation has denounced that, yet, in the countries of the a worrying trend is taking place with a reduction of national-flagged vessels and trained seafarers, which makes these nations more dependent on fleets controlled from abroad. This," Nautilus noted, represents a serious risk, especially in times of war or when safe lines of supply.

"We can't say this enough," said Mark Dickinson, Director of the Nautilus Federation and Secretary General of Nautilus International - NATO countries must develop Better retention and recruitment strategies to attract seafarers and expand training programmes for guarantee a highly qualified workforce". "A increased investment in national maritime industries - added Don Marcus, former president of the Nautilus Federation - will help to create stable and well-defined jobs. while strengthening strategic security. Without In these efforts, NATO risks losing its ability to control and protect its crucial supply chains supply'.