Best management practices to deter piracy
Click on the link ‘Best Management Practices’ to the right of this page to see the full text. It outlines the procedures that companies and crews should follow...
Double Bookkeeping
Double bookkeeping is an unlawful accounting system in which seafarers are forced to sign two different sets of contracts and/or wage accounts. One wage...
Piracy
In recent years, thousands of seafarers have been killed, injured, assaulted, taken hostage or threatened as piracy and armed robbery have increased...
Surviving piracy off the coast of Somalia
Click on the link ‘Surviving Piracy’ to the right of this page to see the full text. The leaflet is available in the following languages: Arabic,...
Health
When you are working at sea, you want to be fit and healthy. But seafarers can be prone to specific illnesses and diseases because of the nature of the work and...
Fatigue
According to the definition given by the IMO, Fatigue is a state of feeling tired, weary, or sleepy that results from prolonged mental or physical work, extended...
Abandoned Seafarers
Some shipowners don’t take their responsibilities for crew seriously. This can result in seafarers being abandoned in ports far from home without fuel, food and...
Ferries
What are the pros and cons of ferry work? However, the ‘race to the bottom’ of the global free-market economy is being felt in the ferry sector too. With very...