Seafarer Mental Welfare

£2.4 Million Funding Announced To Support Seafarers’ Mental Wellbeing

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Maritime Minister Robert Courts has announced government funding for 3 organisations to support projects developing seafarers’ wellbeing and maritime skills, diversity and careers.

Announcing the news at the Mersey Maritime Exchange in Liverpool, the minister also outlined how the funding will support a review of ‘ratings’ training. This will include roles such as deck, engine room, hospitality and catering in the maritime industry. It will be carried out by the Maritime Skills Commission.

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A Listening Ear For Seafarers And Families Directly Affected By The Ukraine Conflict

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24-hour emotional support is available to any seafarers and their families directly affected by what is happening in Ukraine via SeafarerHelp – the free, confidential, multilingual helpline operated by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN).

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ISWAN’s experienced SeafarerHelp team are always available around the clock for seafarers or their families who are worried and need support or someone to talk to. Last year, SeafarerHelp handled thousands of...

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Seafarer Wellbeing Identified As A “Casualty Of The Pandemic”: ICS

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The annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table, from the International Chamber of Shipping, has identified reporting on seafarer wellbeing as a “casualty of the pandemic,” following its publication this week. The Table is intended to encourage shipowners to maintain a dialogue with their Flag states, and help facilitate necessary improvements in the interests of safety, the environment and decent working conditions, among other issues.

The Flag State of a merchant ship is the...

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Seafarer Welfare And Wellbeing App Launched By Stella Maris And FrontM

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International maritime network Stella Maris is partnering with FrontM on their development of onship – a new crew collaboration and wellbeing platform and super-app. As a result, seafarers and fishers across the world will be able to gain quick access to Stella Maris’s global chaplaincy directory, media content and faith resources.

Stella Maris is the largest ship-visiting network in the world with over 1,000 chaplains and volunteers in 330 ports across 60 countries. This remarkable team makes...

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Sailors’ Society To Hold Mental Health And Wellbeing Conference For India’s Next Generation Of Seafarers

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Maritime charity Sailors’ Society is to hold an online Wellness conference for maritime colleges in India and their current students, next Thursday 30 September.

Designed especially for maritime schools, the Wellness at Sea: Positive wellbeing for a rewarding seafaring career conference will explore the all-important subject of wellbeing and mental health, helping to prepare cadets for a long and fulfilling career at sea.

Hundreds of cadets will benefit from the conference, which is sponsored by...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sailors-society-to-hold-mental-health-and-wellbeing-conference-for-indias-next-generation-of-seafarers/

Culture Of Care Is Key To Future Seafarer Health And Welfare: Seafarers Hospital Society

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The Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS), Yale University and Lloyd’s Register Foundation told shipping companies that they will need to create a culture of care if they are to adequately address the health and welfare needs of seafarers.

Reporting on the early findings of their landmark study of maritime worker health initiatives at a London International Shipping Week (LISW) webinar last week, research lead Dr Martin Slade, Director of Yale University Maritime Research said: “Seafarers need to...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/culture-of-care-is-key-to-future-seafarer-health-and-welfare-seafarers-hospital-society/

How To Reduce Administrative Pressure On Seafarers Using Technology

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The latest Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) has revealed a ‘steep and concerning’ drop in happiness levels in Q2, linked in part to the impact of COVID-19 hygiene requirements on workloads and the pressures of administrative work rising.

The SHI is the shipping industry’s barometer of issues facing those at sea today. In the report there were complaints of far too many emails from shore to ship. Previously there was a sense that office management and executives ashore were trying not to put too...

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One Of World’s First Smartwatches Built For Managing Seafarer Wellbeing In Hazardous Work Zones

One Of World’s First Smartwatches Built For Managing Seafarer Wellbeing In Hazardous Work Zones

Seafarers face multiple risks to their health and wellbeing, which can affect safety, performance, and livelihoods. According to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) 2019 annual overview of maritime casualties and incidents study, 66% of incidents are caused by “human factors”, with crew fatigue and lack of situational awareness being major contributing causes.

Integrated with the SAFEVUE.ai(1) platform, the SOL-X ATEX Certified SmartWatch transforms operations by extending safety and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/one-of-worlds-first-smartwatches-built-for-managing-seafarer-wellbeing-in-hazardous-work-zones/

Life At Sea Report Shows Seafarers’ Need For Human Contact

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Global maritime charity Stella Maris is highlighting the vital need for personal, human contact for seafarers in a world operating amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Our latest Life at Sea Report observes that, in a maritime world of increased digitalisation and automation, smaller crews and faster port turnaround times, the need for basic human contact remains paramount,” says Stella Maris CEO Martin Foley.

“In the face of the world’s collective failure to provide timely repatriation for seafarers,...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/life-at-sea-report-shows-seafarers-need-for-human-contact/

Sailors’ Society’s Appeals Industry To Get On Board With Wellness To Stop A Mental Health Disaster

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The shipping industry must help seafarers now to prevent a mental health catastrophe – that’s the message from international maritime charity Sailors’ Society as the most recent COVID wave threatens a new peak of the crew change crisis.

The charity is building a new Wellness at Sea e-learning platform, which it will make available for free to all seafarers around the globe in response to the pandemic. It says companies urgently need to get on board its Wellness at Sea campaign and make crew...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/sailors-societys-appeals-industry-to-get-on-board-with-wellness-to-stop-a-mental-health-disaster/

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