The future of crew welfare
The Mission to Seafarers has today launched a global consultation with the major players in the shipping industry, to better inform welfare service development for seafarers and their families in need around the world for 2014 and beyond.
The consultation will inform the 5-year strategic Global Review which will underpin the work of the Mission’s full-time welfare teams and volunteers in over 260 ports worldwide in 71 countries.
“Lloyd’s Register has recently co-published Global Marine Trends 2030, a report which involves scenario planning for the future and sets out to map the key drivers that will shape the shipping landscape and infrastructure in 2030. In the coming decade, there is likely to be a significant reorientation of the industry, from western-centric to eastern-centric shipping routes, with new ports opening up in the Far East, Africa and South America. The Mission’s survey, alongside industry reports, will help to inform the Mission’s welfare provision and business plan for the future.”
“The economic downturn has been a period of great strain on the shipping industry and on the lives of seafarers, but new challenges and opportunities are on the horizon. We need to ensure that the seafarer’s hard, and sometimes hazardous life is not forgotten, that global regulation is robust to protect standards and crew wellbeing, and our extensive portfolio of Mission welfare services is a balanced, efficient mix which will continue to be developed in the right place, at the right time. We would like to encourage the industry to support us and give their views.”
Source: The Mission to Seafarers
