Tag: crew welfare

Maritime charities, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), the Mission to Seafarers, and Sailors’ Society have endorsed Diversity Study Group’s (DSG) benchmarking initiative that tracks crew demographics and year-on-year trends in seafarer psychological and physical safety and wellbeing.

In the action plan from its annual seminar, the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) stresses the importance of listening directly to seafarers if the maritime sector is to develop effective solutions to the recruitment and retention crisis.

Complaints about breaches against the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) on ships decreased in 2023, compared to the previous year, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) latest report on seafarer welfare shows.

Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) is deeply concerned as levels of loneliness and isolation experienced by Indian seafarers are becoming more apparent, particularly on vessels where cultural differences have not been adequately addressed.

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, Ardmore Shipping and Dorian LPG have signed on as founding members of Diversity Study Group’s (DSG) newly launched Seafarer Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Data-gathering and Benchmarking initiative.

The 3rd SAFETY4SEA Manila Forum was a full day event that successfully took place on Tuesday 23rd of April 2024, at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, Philippines, where it became apparent that the maritime industry needs to foster an improved environment onboard and pay closer attention to its crucial workforce: our seafarers.

Idwal has announced the launch of its Social Impact Report to provide insight into the real-world working and living conditions experienced by seafarers across the global maritime fleet.

During the SAFETY4SEA Hamburg Forum 2024, Alexander Held, Head of Commercial at TURTLE, delivered an insightful presentation which explored the transformative advantages that a digital recruitment platform can offer.

ATPI Marine Travel has launched a new suite of solutions designed to redefine all aspects of the crew change cycle, across the pre-trip, on-trip and post-trip phases.

Neda Maritime has become the latest company to join the trend of installing the Starlink system on its ships to improve connectivity onboard.