This International Women’s Day (Saturday March 8) will see the launch of a helpline that ensures female seafarers have access to a trusted, female-led support system whenever they need it.
Female cadets and seafarers can choose to speak in confidence to a female on the 24/7 helpline offered by global maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society.
The service, which will provide emotional support, crisis assistance, and peer-to-peer connections for female seafarers and cadets worldwide, is being...
It is with deep sadness that we have learned that our beloved pastoral chaplain and Crisis Response Network coordinator, Boet van Schalkwyk, has died suddenly following a car accident last night in his native South Africa.
Boet began working with the Society in 1989. He was a familiar voice at the end of our helpline and helped found our CRN.
He was an extraordinary man, and supported hundreds of seafarers and families at some of the most difficult times of their lives.
His compassion, heart and...
Global maritime charity Sailors’ Society is adding a new pre-departure module to its innovative and acclaimed MyWellness e-learning platform and app.
Last year alone, almost 9,000 seafarers and cadets were prepared for life at sea through the charity’s hosted hour–long Sea Ready training, which is available via its Wellness at Sea programme – a favourite with the industry.
And in March, thanks to funding from the Baltic Exchange Charitable Foundation (BECF), this wellbeing toolkit will also be...
In a first for the industry, the international maritime charity Sailors’ Society is launching a series of global wellness and mental health conferences designed exclusively for maritime school students.
Following on from a very successful pilot in India in 2021, four online events will explore the all-important subject of wellbeing and mental health with cadets as they embark on their careers at sea.
Building on Sailors’ Society’s pioneering wellness training and support program, the conferences...
“The sea is still God’s school for teaching the highest in sacrifice”
On the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, international maritime charity Sailors’ Society is paying a special tribute to one of its own – the Titanic’s Sixth Officer, James Moody.
Moody, who was just 24, was the only junior officer to go down with the ship.
Shortly before midnight on April 14 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg. The story of this tragedy...
Missed out on a 2022 TCS London Marathon ballot place?
There’s still an opportunity to tick this world-famous run off your bucket list by signing up for a guaranteed charity place with Sailors’ Society.
The maritime welfare charity, which recently launched its Ukraine Appeal to support seafarers affected by the conflict, is looking for dedicated fundraisers with a passion for running to take on the challenge of a lifetime on 2 October 2022.
These much-coveted places are limited, so apply now...
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“It was so bad and so dark, we really thought we were going to die.”
A crew, shipwrecked by a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, has thanked Sailors’ Society’s Crisis Response Network for helping them through their trauma.
The vessel, which appeared to have engine failure just as Cyclone Batsirai hit, was shipwrecked – dashed onto the rocky coast of Réunion Island.
Speaking...
Maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society is set to provide emergency care to thousands of seafarers and their families, thanks to grants from The Seafarers’ Charity and The TK Foundation. The grants will support Sailors’ Society’s Crisis Response Network, a free service supporting seafarers and their families following a traumatic incident such as abandonment, piracy, an accident or natural disaster.
The global service, operated by 37 trained crisis responders, has been running for six years...
The Port of Philadelphia, PhilaPort, had a record-breaking year in growth in 2021. The Port saw double-digit growth in containers, breakbulk and overall port tonnage for the year. Year-to-Date TEU volumes have increased 15% to 739,323 TEUs, with imports growing 16% and export 15%. PhilaPort surpassed its 2020 total TEU count of (640,799), marking another new milestone.
“It has been an interesting year full of challenges and opportunities,” said Jeff Theobald, PhilaPort Executive Director and...
Hundreds of Filipino pupils will no longer have to be taught in shacks and tents, thanks to a new storm-proof school built by maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society. The six-classroom school was built for the seafaring community of Lipayran island in the Philippines, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
The original buildings were not big enough to cater for everyone and some classrooms were little more than shacks, unable to withstand tropical storms. The new school was put to the...