- Anyone paying tribute to seafarers is also encouraged to use this hashtag to be a part of the campaign on social media.
- A welfare organisation that has been making seafarers’ voices heard is Mission to Seafarers.
- Results of the Social Interaction Matters (SIM) project Phase One was released in January 2021 and Phase Two’s results were recently published in June 2022.
This year’s IMO campaign is appropriately titled “Your voyage – then and now, share your journey”, as reported by Standard Club.
Seafarer journey
This focuses on the journey of each seafarer, looking at how it has changed over time and what has remained at the core of mariners’ reality. The new campaign hashtag is #SeafarerJourney, and participants will upload two photos—one from their first voyage and another from their most recent/recent voyage—sharing the differences they have encountered or learnt. This hashtag should be used by anyone paying tribute to seafarers if they want to join the social media campaign.
Mission to Seafarers
A welfare organisation that has been making seafarers’ voices heard is Mission to Seafarers.
The Seafarers Happiness Index, which the club are proud to sponsor, started in 2015 and was designed to monitor and benchmark seafarer satisfaction levels by asking 10 key questions over a range of issues, from mental health and wellbeing to working life and family contact.
Another international maritime charity doing its part to improve the lives of seafarers and their families is the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN).
ISWAN’s latest project takes a deep dive in researching the ways shipping and ship management companies can improve seafarers’ social interaction on board.
Results of the Social Interaction Matters (SIM) project Phase One was released in January 2021 and Phase Two’s results were recently published in June 2022.
Generating awareness
Standard Club also recognises the importance of seafarer wellbeing and is a signatory to the Global Maritime Forum’s 2021 Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change – which focuses on overcoming the current seafarer crisis, enabling crew changes, and repatriation.
The club also works extensively with international organisations to generate awareness of the seafarer’s condition in hopes of improving their life at sea.
Over the pandemic, we conducted webinars in collaboration with major welfare organisations such as ISWAN, Mission to Seafarers, and Stella Maris to address concerns that seafarers may have and point them to resources that they may require.
This year, we will be refreshing our seafarer wellbeing publication to include the latest resources and helplines as well as guidance on how seafarers can improve their wellbeing at sea.
As IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim says in this year’s video message, “This noble profession is something that I hold close to my heart and for many of us, our voyages are the start of a lifelong maritime journey.”
It is a sentiment Standard Club echoes and as you sail; we will be by your side.
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Source: Standard Club
