New January 2022 data from the Neptune Declaration shows that 59.8% of seafarers in its sample have been vaccinated against COVID. This is an increase of 10.3 percentage points since November 2021.
By way of comparison, the proportion of the EU...
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/nearly-two-thirds-of-seafarers-now-vaccinated-against-covid/
I like the lifestyle and I have been doing it for twenty years
Meet Sofia Lundmark, Master Mariner, who loves her work and is very honest about that. She loves the lifestyle of a seafarer, and she knows she will always be working in shipping.
We discuss digitalisation, electronic paperwork, HSQE Health, safety, quality and environment, and why. We touch upon the fact that few people see the reason behind all rules and regulations and that it takes a very long time to put them into force.
We...
https://shippingpodcast.com/178-sofia-lundmark-master-mariner-knutsen-oas/
Mariners say the ocean can be unforgiving. During a voyage as a junior officer, Robert Buck found just out how much. Although he didn’t know it, he was a little more than four minutes from disaster.
“We knew the cyclone was out there,” Robert recalls.
The crew were carrying steel on the Newcastle-Auckland route in a general cargo ship. The voyage takes about five days, but bad weather adds an extra couple of days. One day out from...
The percentage of seafarers who have to stay onboard ship beyond their contract has decreased slightly and the percentage of seafarers who have been vaccinated has risen slightly. However, for the first time, ship managers are reporting a...
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...
Most of the merchant navy personals are great at engineering, navigating, living life at seas but are ‘Financially Unlearned’.
We have been taught lots of technical calculations during our engineering days about how a ship works but was never really taught how to manage our finances once we start sailing on those ships, says in article published on marineinsight.
Answer to whenThe moment you earn a dollar, you should invest a dime (that’s 10%) at least. Start investing when you get your first...
https://mfame.guru/when-why-a-seafarer-should-start-investing/
Just 13% of seafarers have received their first vaccine shot, says an article published in Seatrade maritime news.
Seafarers are being ignoredA welfare survey which was conducted by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) shows...
https://mfame.guru/87-of-seafarers-are-still-waiting-to-get-their-first-covid-19-vaccine-shot/
BIMCO is launching “Seafarers Deserve Support”, the second in the series of films produced to raise awareness, this time calling on governments and decisionmakers world-wide to step up and support the seafarers behind world trade.
Over 90% of world trade is carried by ship, and around 1.7 million seafarers work to facilitate the way we live, making sure we get everything we need in our daily lives. They too deserve to go home safely after work. Governments need to recognise the important role...
Kamlesd Kumar, Head of Section, Operational Centre and Class Systematics, writes for DNV about the seafarers...
https://mfame.guru/dnvs-remote-survey-to-assess-statutory-regulation/
Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS) urges that container stack collapse can cause physical and psychological impact on the seafarers, says an article published in Safety4Sea.
Not only injury & fatalitySpecifically, CSSS believes that stack failure can result not only in physical injury or fatality but also cause post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and similar conditions.
To be working onboard a large vessel during a major stow collapse must be an extremely stressful experience. The...
https://mfame.guru/container-collapse-can-cause-ptsd-for-seafarers-warns-csss/