Tag: mental health

With mobility limitations leaving seafarers stranded and with port restrictions severely limiting port-based welfare, COVID-19 unveiled technology as a means to enhance the people’s performance.

Dr. Maria Carrera, Research Associate at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden, presents key findings from a recent study that explored the seafarers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting that it is now time to change the perception that seafarers’ resilience will last forever no matter what.

Just as physical fitness provides us with an increased ability to respond to life in all its richness, mental fitness helps in the same way. Mental fitness can be defined as having and maintaining a state of well-being and cultivating awareness of how we think, behave and feel.

Befrienders Worldwide (BW), an international organisation of help centres, announced the launch of the Seafarers International Emotional Support Service (SIESS).

Global maritime charity Stella Maris has teamed up with Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) to provide seafarers with practical tips for dealing with the pressures of working at sea.

The 2021 SAFETY4SEA Forum took place virtually from 19 to 21 of October 2021, focusing on key safety issues and latest updates of the regulatory agenda for the maritime industry which is currently facing challenging times due to the pandemic.

Mrs Sandra Welch, CEO at Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS) reveals key highlights of a landmark study on seafarers’ health and safety onboard to highlight priorities for the industry in order to improve maritime health initiatives.

Maritime UK is launching its second Mental Health in Maritime survey, one year on from the first. The survey will analyse how employers support good mental health in the maritime sector and the findings will be published in February 2022.

More than one year after the pandemic began, the impact on the seafaring community continues to be felt. Loneliness and social isolation have always been present, and Nigel Griffiths, Chairman of the Marine Advisory Medical & Repatriation Service, discusses the difficulties faced in repatriating seafarers suffering from mental health issues in the time of COVID.

Sunday 10 October was World Mental Health Day, which was themed 'Mental Health in an Unequal World'. This day is a global event which aims to raise more awareness about mental health conditions.