The General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association has come to the end of his term in the role. Reverend Hennie la Grange will leave ICMA at the end of July 2013 after being in post since July 1st 2007. He will leave the office on July 15th. Hennie wrote: The Strategic Review is [...]
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’ [...]
The years of service delivered by seafarers’ missions is often forgotten or underestimated. It is gratifying when port communities understand the significance of centres for seafarers. When The (Australia) National Trust recently hosted a conference on the future of Melbourne’s maritime heritage, it was acknowledged that the domed roof of the Mission to Seafarers is [...]
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 [...]
The North American Maritime Ministry Association, a founder member of the International Christian Maritime Association, has announced the appointment of its new Executive Director. Dr. Jason Zuidema from Canada will assume the role in July 2013. Announcing the appointment, NAMMA Notes said: NAMMA’s Board of Directors in January selected Jason Zuidema as the next Executive [...]
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 [...]
The ICMA centres in Yalta and Barcelona report that they run small but successful sports programmes for crews. They participate in the ISWAN sports initiative. Football and basketball games are organised. Both these centres work closely with ISWAN’s sports programmes for seafarers. Especially cruise ships participate. Port cities are not always supportive in supplying [...]
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 [...]
The twinning of seafarers’s centres, a project currently run by the newly established ISWAN, was initially intended by ICSW to connect ex-Soviet Union centres with centres elsewhere in the world. Set up to improve understanding of the the mindset of Slavonic seafarers, and to inspire hospitality to foreign seafarers in Eastern European ports, the Twinning [...]
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