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Guest: Dr. Jason Zuidema, Executive Director, North American Maritime Ministry Association

What is a fair future for seafarers?

We continue the discussion about; what is a fair future for seafarers? Dr Jason Zuidema, Executive Director, North American Maritime Ministry Association, NAMMA, shares his view on what we need to do to make seafarers keyworkers. He says it’s about respect and using the instruments already in place. Abandonment in 2021 is a disgrace. Also, seafarers must be able to trust that they get paid.

Jason thinks seafaring it’s an honourable profession. Seafarers are...

https://shippingpodcast.com/guest-dr-jason-zuidema-executive-director-north-american-maritime-ministry-association/

159 Anthony Day, Blockchain Partner, Global Business Services, IBM Ireland Ltd

What will a Digital Health Pass mean for Seafarers?

During the pandemic, we have seen a crew change crises. Seafarers have not been able to travel between the ships that constitute their workplace and their country of residence due to travel restrictions.

High-level meetings have been taking place, aiming to get seafarers designated as “key-workers”, which would lead to exemption from specific COVID-related travel restrictions and make it possible for the 200,000 stranded seafarers to become...

https://shippingpodcast.com/159-anthony-day-blockchain-partner-global-business-services-ibm-ireland-ltd/

152 Stuart Ostrow – President ShipMoney

Stuart Ostrow is the President of ShipMoney and he is the guest in episode 152 of the Shipping Podcast. Stuart is an entrepreneur who entered the maritime domain 15 years ago. He tells the story of ShipMoney and how he realised the importance of a virtual debit card for seafarers and what a difference it makes to offer online payments both for employers but also for the seagoing personnel.

Stuart highlights the importance of the seafarers and the situation they are currently facing, not to...

https://shippingpodcast.com/152-stuart-ostrow-president-shipmoney/