Lin Li

Before coming to Cardiff Lin worked as a Manning Supervisor in COSCO Dalian Manning Cooperation Co., Ltd from May 2005 to June 2006, during which Lin was taking care of three ships’ crew and arranged their signing on and off ships. When the company negotiated a manning contract for the first LNG carrier (built at Pudong Shipyard, Shanghai 2006) of China’s primary LNG project, Lin joined to review employment contract with his colleagues and attended interviews of seafarers undertaken by captains from BP Shipping. Before Lin became a Manning Supervisor he had worked as a seafarer of COSCO Dalian Shipping Company since 1990; he is holding a merchant navy engineer’s certificate.

After his graduation in 2011, Lin started working for his former employer COSCO Dalian Manning Cooperation Co., Ltd.

Thesis title: Values and beliefs: Chinese seafarers in an age of transition

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