The Chennai Port and the Kamarajar Port will soon have new exclusive clubs for seafarers with a host of amenities. When a ship reaches a port after a long journey, seafarers often look forward to ...

Seafarer abandonment reached its highest level on record in 2024, according to a just-released report. The International ...

Sri Lankan seafarers are in high demand internationally and there should be a proper mechanism for catering to that ever increasing demand, Seraya Shipping Private Ltd and Seraya Maritime Service Ltd ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A record levels of ship abandonment on the high seas has left thousands of seafarers stranded without pay, provisions, or a way home. In 2023, the Inspector ...

This followed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to help the seafarers and their families rebuild their lives. “The seafarers and their families received financial assistance ...

Thanks to intervention from ITF, he and the rest of the crew got sent food and finally got paid in Dec, two weeks before their contracts expired. An abandoned seafarer is one who has been left ...

These include the recent enactment of Republic Act 12021 or the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which mandates the transfer of jurisdiction of all maritime schools in the country, including PMMA, ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda pins her hopes for better working conditions for Filipino seafarers, after the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of their Magna Carta was ...

Each day of delay in issuing Seafarer Identity Documents represents lost opportunities, missed contracts, and potential economic setbacks. In an increasingly competitive global maritime market ...

MENTAL health provider Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS), a member of OneCare Group (OCG), has taken its commitment to the welfare of seafarers one step further by extending its services to their ...