crew welfare

OSG rolls out Starlink fleetwide

Tampa, Fla., headquartered Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE:OSG) is joining the growing number of shipowners worldwide rolling out SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service fleetwide.

OSG says its decision marks a pioneering moment for Jones Act and U.S.-flag shipping and that, since the market introduction of Starlink’s Global Maritime service earlier this year, its IT department has worked to substantially complete installation of Starlink equipment on every vessel in the fleet of OSG...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/osg-rolls-out-starlink-fleetwide/

Report: Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare needs

Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat has sponsored a new report exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping, training institutions and welfare services can respond to the changing needs of tomorrow’s seafarers.

The study —“A fair future for seafarers?” — has been prepared by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius.

Published with shipping’s COVID-19 crewing crisis yet to be resolved, the report takes a view of the shipping industry to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/report-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-future-welfare-needs/

ITF Members Board Ever Given To Check Crew Welfare

  • Representatives of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (seafarers as key workers ) Sunday boarded the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000) to check on the health and welfare of the crew.
  • The cargo vessel is currently anchored in Lake Bitter, in the Suez Canal system, as Egyptian authorities and the vessel’s insurer argue over damages claims.
  • ITF Arab World and Iran Network Coordinator Mohamed Arrachedi worked closely to have the two ITF contacts in Egypt to board the vessel and perform...

https://mfame.guru/itf-members-board-ever-given-to-check-crew-welfare/

WISTA UK – February and other Events

WISTA UK – February and other Events

Tuesday, 23rd February 2021 @ 13:30pm – Seafarer Welfare: Sustainability practises

Panlists Guy Platten ICS, Catherine Spencer Seafarers UK, Debbie Cavaldoro Nautilus International and Lena Dyring NSU chaired by Gina Panayiotou

Register here  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lc-utrzstGNCLMy9E8MZatgLKA_wtg49P

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD)
Help us celebrate IWD 8 March 2021 – theme Choose to ChallengeTake a picture of yourself, ask colleagues and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/23/wista-uk-february-and-other-events/

Seafarer welfare crisis ‘ticking time bomb’

The global seafarer community is in the throes of a mental health crisis, according to a newly released study.

The Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI), published Wednesday, says there are significant risks to the mental and physical well-being of ship personnel and a growing risk to vessel safety as crew change restrictions have remained in place while the coronavirus pandemic rages on. 

The Mission to Seafarers, which published the SHI, said its survey “shows the continuing decline of happiness at...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/seafarer-welfare-crisis-ticking-time-bomb

IMO: Help get seafarers home

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim is urging member states to join the 13 that last week signed a pledge to help get more than 200,000 seafarers repatriated.

The IMO has said those seafarers have spent months beyond their contracts stuck on ships because of travel restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic. A similar number of seafarers are waiting to board ships and begin work, according to the IMO.

The joint statement issued last week calls for...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/imo-help-get-seafarers-home

World Mental Health Day: It’s ok to not be ok

The World Health Organisation recognizes World Mental Health Day on October 10th every year to remind us the importance of awareness in a growing topic for the business world globally. In an era where most working people have less time and more stress, mental health has risen as a big topic for every industry, and the maritime world could not stay unaffected. Mental health issues in shipping industry relate to the nature of seafarers’ job which is characterized not only by intensive work hours,...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-world-mental-health-day-its-ok-to-not-be-ok/

Requirements when employing seafarers under 18 years old

Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator published a notice to ensure shipboard occupational health and safety programs (SOHSP). It also presents work restrictions that are considered as hazardous for seafarers under 18 years, according to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

According to the notice, shipowners are responsible for making sure that seafarers have occupational health protection and live, work, and train on board vessels in a safe and hygienic environment.

As for...

https://safety4sea.com/requirements-when-employing-seafarers-under-18-years-old/

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