Research on Improving the Salary Structure of Port State Control Officers in Taiwan

Abstract

The implementation of port state control (PSC) has been challenging in Taiwan due to lack of port state control officer (PSCO), foreign ships berthing at ports in Taiwan cannot be effectively inspected. PSCOs of Taiwan are subordinate to the public service system, and restrained by the number of personnel by Executive Yuan. Compared with the other similar work, their salaries are significantly different from those of the industry, making it unideal to recruit the PSCOs or retain existing human resources. Accordingly, this study improved the salary structure of PSCO by conducting field interviews with existing PSCO in Taiwan and using the Fuzzy-AHP method as an analysis model. According to the results of the analysis, priority has been given to improving the adjustment of the “profession allowance” for PSCOs. It is sought to provide shipping authorities as a reference for improving the remuneration structure of PSCO in order to achieve effective recruitment or retention of professionals.