Mission to Seafarers recently launched a new campaign focusing on the major welfare issues that seafarers face during the pandemic. Now, DNV GL and the Standard Club announced their support for the campaign.
DNV GL will help fund the development of the Seafarers Happy-at-Sea App, which helps track seafarer welfare, book chaplain visits and order medicine. Overall, the campaign has raised £600,000 from 18 maritime organisations for the Mission.
The ongoing crew change crisis shows that international problems need international solutions. Even so, we still need to keep the pressure on national governments and ports to alleviate this suffering. In the meantime, however, the maritime community can and should do nothing less that throw its full support behind the Mission and other organizations supporting seafarers. Their work has never been more needed
stated Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen.
As for the Standard Club, it said that it recognises seafarers as key workers, adding that it is the maritime trade that must continue to supply the world with food, medical supplies and goods.
For this reason, the Club supports The Mission to Seafarers’ Flying Angel Campaign in response to COVID-19.
The Mission has reviewed the needs of seafarers at this time, and have identified some key areas where support will continue to be needed for some time to come. Funds raised will support the following areas:
Technological Solutions
- Digital Chaplaincy (Chat to a Chaplain)
- Listening to seafarers; Seafarers’ Happiness Index App
- MiFi Internet Units for onboard communications
Resilience in Ports
- PPE global provisionMinibus adaptations
- Seafarer-safe Centres Fund
- Advocacy – representing seafarers
