Tag: Day of the Seafarer

Opportunities to Work at Sea' will be the theme for this year's Seafarers Awareness Week (20-28 June 2015)

An overview of how Day of the Seafarer 2014 was celebrated around the world for its fourth edition

In the Day of the Seafarer Celebration on June 25, the MPHRP engaged in a riveting talk on maritime piracy, its tremendous effects on the Filipino seafarers and their families

#thankyouseafarers

In celebration of the Day of the Seafarer, the MPA, the SMOU and the Singapore Organisation of Seamen, will jointly distribute 600 hampers to ships

Show appreciation through social media for seafarers and their contribution Quietly, mostly unnoticed, seafarers keep the wheels of the world in motion. Throughout the world, they face hardship and danger every day to keep our global economy afloat. Their work is hard and the level of responsibility is high.Every year, June 25th is celebrated globally as the Day of the Seafarer, an official United Nations observance day. This year, once again, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is asking people everywhere to show their appreciation, through social media, for seafarers and their contribution to global prosperity.At the heart of this year's campaign is the simple sentence "Seafarers brought me....". IMO is inviting everyone to complete the sentence with a word of their choice and post it on social media, adding the hashtag "#thankyouseafarers". The missing word can be anything that came by sea: from the cars people drive, the food people eat, the clothes people wear, the gadgets they use or the furniture they sit on.To help spread the campaign globally, IMO's media and communications team has developed a toolkit, which features a variety of different content items and materials all designed to reinforce the campaign's message.The Day of the Seafarer ...

IMO will be celebrating the fourth edition of its global campaign: Day of the Seafarer, held every year on 25 June.

The IMO Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu expresses his support and appreciation for the work of seafarers around the world

IMO Secretary-General video message for Day of the Seafarer

Seafarers Awareness Week