Tag: wellness at sea

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) hosted a cheese and wine reception last week to promote The Mission to Seafarers Flying Angel Ride 2014

The National Seafarer Welfare Board for Australia, the Australian Seafarers Welfare Council (ASWC), has joined the International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network. This brings the number of national seafarers' welfare boards who are members of ISWAN to eight

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