Tag: seafarer safety

Six Filipino seafarers are now back home after getting stranded for at least half a year in southeastern China, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

The crew change Indicator for December marked an improvement of the situation and a stably increasing vaccination rate among seafarers.

Charities, ship owners, charterers and other stakeholders in the maritime industry must work together to create a culture of care in maritime, according to the Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS).

As the effort to repatriate a stranded community of I-Kiribati seafarers accelerates, pressure is mounting on the Kiribati government to facilitate the return of its citizens.

The recently-issued ISWAN Annual Review 2020-21 highlights some of the key issues seafarers have faced during the pandemic.

Seafarers have joined with other transport workers to call for a fair transition to greener transportation that preserves good quality, well paid jobs.

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

Eleven seafarers trapped aboard the Haj Abdulla are at extreme risk, with the ship taking on water off Mogadishu, Somalia, ITF informed.

ITF red listed Able Maritime Seafarers Inc after the crewing agent failed to respond to official enquiries from the ITF about the diabolical pay and terrible conditions of seafarers the company placed in work.

The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety; the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Thus, allowing for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind and being creative; to put it simply, sticking your head out without fear of having it cut off- in other words, the types of behavior that can lead to market breakthroughs.