Reports of seafarers being denied medical evacuation or access to ports despite serious medical conditions. New guidance issued by ICS for shipowners and operators to […]
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Joint Open Letter to United Nations Agencies and National Governments from the International Christian Maritime Association Facilitating Crew Changes and Access to Port Welfare Facilities throughout the COVID-19 Crisis
The International Chamber of Shipping and International Transport Workers’ Federation are calling on the United Nations to keep ports open and facilitate crew changes in […]
ITF and ICS joint open letter to the United Nations on facilitating crew changes
The International Chamber of Shipping and International Transport Workers’ Federation are calling on the United Nations to keep ports open and facilitate crew changes in […]
Coronavirus and seafarers’ welfare – Dr Ilona Denisenko, past president IMHA
To help understand seafarers’ welfare work in these challenging circumstances, we have begun a series of interviews that we will post as they are made. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Welfare organisations raise serious concern on safety and wellbeing of seafarers transiting through the Gulf of Guinea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19/12/19 As reports confirm the pirate attack on MV Duke off the coast of Benin this week1 and the successful abduction of 20 Indian seafarers, […]
ICMA World Conference 2019 Program
ICMA World Conference 2019 Official Programme Schedule Welcome message of Rev. Chien-Yueh Chen, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan’s 64th General Assembly. Monday 21 […]
Seafarers’ Welfare Publications Worldwide
(Image: literature distributed by The Mariner’s Club, Hong Kong, Facebook). by Kevin Walker, NAMMA, with Jason Zuidema, NAMMA/ICMA Seafaring-related publications are invaluable aids to seafarers’ […]
Building relationships in Australia and Oceania
From February 11-15, 2019, more than 40 delegates from Australia, New Zealand, and Tahiti gathered together at Mary McKillop Place in North Sydney, Australia for […]
Labor rights are human rights: World Fisheries Day FAO and AOS
“Labor rights are human rights: working together to ensure the rights of fishers and strengthening the fight against trafficking and forced labor within the fishing […]