Seafarer welfare

In Africa, one seafarer is dead and 15 have been kidnapped. Worldwide, more seafarers are being barred from travel as COVID fears rise.

“It is paramount that we see progress with crew changeovers,” says The Mission to Seafarers.

Ship operators who engaged in “reprehensible,” “dishonest and predatory” behavior by forcing crew to work without pay get their ships banned from Australia.