The IMO’s Day of the Seafarer 2013 campaign will reflect the human face of seafarers. ICMA members have begun to participate by sending us photographs of seafarers plying their trade. This photo is from Florin Garbea, Director of ICMA member LIFE International Ministries in Constantza, Rumania. Florin himself visits ships and runs the local seafarers’ [...]
With the recent announcement by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that “this year’s theme for Day of the Seafarer (25, June 2013) is ‘Faces of the Sea’”, ICMA invites you to send us images of seafarers. IMO explained that this year the theme brings into focus to the unsung heroes of shipping: seafarers. It aims [...]
The final report from the ICMA Regional Conference held in Odessa concludes with a set of statements by the delegates that underline the region’s commitment to caring for the welfare of seafarers. The outgoing Regional Coordinator, AOS Deacon Ricardo Rodriguez Martos from Barcelona, Spain, wrote that the region was committed to pursue the following goals [...]
To be able to say that Kapringen – A Hijacking is good as a film, would be a fitting tribute to the seafarers and the shipping company whom it depicts. In fact, it is a very good film indeed. The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) presented a pre-screening of Kapringen – A Hijacking in [...]
Chaplains’ responses to seafarers affected by piracy requires common sense, not therapy. Pastors should be professional in fulfilling their limited but crucial role, and establish themselves as a vital resource. The ICMA Regional Conference in Odessa was addressed by the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme. Toon van de Sande delivered a paper to raise awareness [...]
Seafarers’ centres represented at the ICMA Black Sea Mediterranean and Middle East Regional Conference report on how tough it has become to maintain facilities and staff. Reports received from the centres in the region reveal the challenges that beset ICMA members’ operations and service delivery to seafarers. Some centres, like Yalta’s, have long and [...]
“Seafarers are human. They are not simply labourers nor expendable commodities. Respect for seafarers, and seafarers’ respect for themselves, should be nurtured to enable seafarers to improve the quality of their lives.” Nataliya Yefrimenko, Odessa-based ITF Inspector, conveyed the warm regards of the ITF and its local affliliates to the ICMA Regional Conference. Yefrimenko represented [...]
The countdown to implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC2006) is drawing to a close. The implementation date is August 20th, 2013. Douglas B. Stevenson, Chairman if ICMA and Director of the New York based Center for Seafarers Rights of ICMA member the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, addressed the ICMA [...]
The ICMA Regional Conference is taking place in Odessa, Ukraine. Thirty chaplains from the region are gathered to network and to discuss experiences, challenges and achievements encountered in ministry to seafarers. From the port reports it is immediately apparent that access to seafarers is a recurring problem. Chaplains’ access to port facilities and ships is [...]
“We are happy to welcome the release of 21 crew members from the captivity and are equally saddened to hear of the loss of one Nigerian crew member during captivity days.” The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme reported on its website that the M.T. Royal Grace, a Panama registered Chemical oil product tanker which was [...]
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