The failure to treat seafarers as keyworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic is having devastating effects on seafarers. Massive decreases in shore leave and onshore medical treatment are being ...
Blog: COVID-19, maritime casualties, criminal prosecutions and scapegoating
The Manila Statement on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers
The First Regional Meeting on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers was held in Manila on 13 November 2018. It was co-hosted by the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment and SRI. Over 250 people ...
Survey shows significant crew safety and well-being lessons to be learned
A new industry-wide survey on maritime workers’ well-being during COVID-19, has uncovered key insights which may be used to improve the safety and well-being of maritime industry workers keeping ...
Open letter from shipping industry calls for protection for merchant vessels
The European and International Shipowners' Associations and European and International Transport Workers' Unions have written an open letter expressing concerns that the European Commission’s ...
PRESS RELEASE: SRI Calls for investigation into perfect storm for seafarers
The recent spate of grim casualties cannot simply be written off as bad luck, says Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law. ...
Advisory Board Member Appeals to Airlines
With the crew change crisis showing no sign of being resolved, SRI Advisory Board member and ITF Secretary General Stephen Cotton has made an appeal to airlines with global networks. In an ...
Joint commitment from governments to recognise seafarers as key workers
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the commitment of 13 countries to facilitate crew changes and achieve key worker designation for seafarers, following a virtual ministerial summit hosted ...
COVID-19: Pressing issues on seafarer welfare still remain
Advisory Board Member Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of InterManager, hosted a virtual press briefing on May 20, aimed at highlighting the work that has been carried out to support seafarers since ...
His Excellency Judge Thomas A. Mensah 1932-2020
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of His Excellency Judge Thomas A. Mensah on 7 April 2020. Tom was a prodigious supporter of seafarers’ rights and a much valued member of the SRI ...
Shipping industry issues new Coronavirus guidance
New guidance has been produced by the International Chamber of Shipping in collaboration with The World Health Organization (WHO); The International Maritime Organization (IMO); The European Centre ...
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