6 The economical emigration aspect of East and Central European seafarers: Motivation for employment in foreign fleet

What are the consequences of seafarers’ economical emigration? Former researches proved economical benefit of seafarers’ economical emigration for country of origin: e.g., Latvian seafarer working if foreign company gets salary above Latvian average and in 4-5 years returns his educational investments (Gulans, 1999); Lithuanian seafarers employed in the foreign fleet create about 60 mil. Euro added value per year while consuming and investing in Lithuania (Policy Research Corporation, 2004).