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SANTA OF THE SEA DELIVERS CHRISTMAS TO CRUISE WORKERS LOCKED DOWN AT SEA
December 2020
Sailors’ Society’s Southampton seafarer centre manager Simon Mobsby delivering gifts to a cruise ship at Southampton port.Charity worker Simon Mobsby ...
December 2020
Innovative ‘Ship Connect’ takes helpline support to another levelSailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer welfare charities in the world, is prov...
Sailors’ Society welcomes new Southampton port chaplain
November 2020
International maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society has announced the appointment of Revd Frans Sahetapy as its Southampton port chaplain. Frans, ...
October 2020
Attacks on ships can be “utterly terrifying” for the seafarers involved, Sailors’ Society CEO Sara Baade has said, following an incident off the Isle ...
September 2020
Are they alive? Three weeks after 40 seafarers vanished at sea when a typhoon destroyed their ship, not knowing is tearing their loved ones apart, say...
450 seafarers quarantined on board for weeks amid COVID outbreak on ships
September 2020
Sailors’ Society delivers medicine to desperate crew off Indian islandA suspected coronavirus outbreak on 20 ships off the coast of a tiny Indian isla...
Sailors' Society backs UN's call to avert humanitarian disaster for seafarers
September 2020
Statement from Sailors’ Society CEO Sara Baade:“We strongly support the UN’s call on governments to take action to avert a humanitarian disaster for s...
Coronavirus ‘worst crisis for seafarers in 200 years’, says international maritime charity
September 2020
Sailors’ Society says coronavirus is the worst crisis seafarers have faced in its 200-year history, with ‘overwhelming’ numbers turning to the charity...
September 2020
International maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society recently marked the fifth year of its longstanding Wellness at Sea partnership with containers...
Sailors’ Society launches dedicated 24-hour helpline for Indian seafarers
August 2020
Sailors Welfare Association, an affiliate of international maritime welfare charity Sailors’ Society, has launched a dedicated India helpline to suppo...
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