Tag: wellness at sea

Welfare practitioners in South Asia who devote their working lives to the care of seafarers, gathered in Mumbai this week for the MPHRP's Welfare Responder Course

Young Episcopalian Will Bryant from the Diocese of Western North Carolina has decided to spend a year as a Young Adult Service Corps volunteer working with the Mission to Seafarers in Hong Kong.

A new range of resources for schools to introduce children to shipping and the lives of seafarers has been launched. Written by teachers and produced by the seafarers' charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS), in association with Ten Ten Theatre, the resources are aimed at KS2 and KS3 students.

Shipping companies and seafarers overcome challenging situations every day. Now the UK's leading charity for seafarers in need is asking the maritime industry to meet a different type of challenge - and help raise thousands of pounds for struggling seafarers in the process.

Seafarer welfare organisation Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) is set to boost its worldwide network to better assist seafarers working in current tough conditions faced by shipping.

This year, a number of Owners and their brokers are exploring buying low level healthcare insurance, which poses an interesting question for our sector.

The Mission to Seafarers has announced a 'Strategic Reorganisation' which is designed to refocus charitable activity on the global 'regionalisation' of maritime welfare service provision for seafarers. It will also realise substantial savings and increased efficiency.

nmarsat has announced that global shipping company MOL SHIP MANAGEMENT CO. LTD. have commenced migrating over 100 vessels to the FleetBroadband 6 gigabyte plan

The purpose of Regulation 3.1 is to ensure seafarers'accommodation and recreational facilities The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has issued document to provide member states with information concerning currentlyavailable codes and standards related to the provisions of Regulation 3.1: Accommodation and Recreational Facilities.The purpose of Regulation 3.1 is to ensure that seafarers enjoy decent accommodation andrecreational facilities on board ships consistent with promoting their health and well-being.Ratifying states are obliged to develop, adopt and implement laws that give full effect to allprovisions of the MLC, including subject Regulation 3.1 and associated Standard A3.1, and it isthese national requirements, rather than the MLC itself, with which ship operators must comply.Some of the provisions in Standard A3.1 are detailed and prescriptive while others are more broadlyexpressed. Many simply refer to the need for measures to be "adequate", "acceptable" or"sufficient", leaving it to individual member states to specify appropriate criteria in each case.Provisions in Standard A3.1 which are general and for which specific criteria need to be defined byeach member state are listed below:the accommodation shall be adequately insulated (para 6.(b)),...satisfactory arrangements are made for lighting and ventilation... (para 6.(d)),...external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance... (para ...

Crew welfare must remain a top priority for the industry