New guidance is now available to assist welfare organisations dealing with incidents of seafarers being abandoned and vessels being arrested or detained. The booklet, entitled Arrested and Detained ...
New guidance on arrested and detained vessels and abandoned seafarers
New rule benefits seafarers
New regulation benefiting mariners in the US has come into force, following years of effort from organisations and individuals from many sectors of the industry. When the rule was initially proposed, ...
Shipowners worried for crew after vessel hijacking by migrants
Lloyds List 29 March: SEAFARERS are in danger of facing traumatic conformations with the people they rescue at sea, the International Chamber of Shipping has warned after a bunkering tanker was ...
Careers mapped out for young and women seafarers
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcomed the roadmap agreed at a tripartite meeting in Geneva last week to address the gap in recruitment and retention of seafarers and the ...
First Regional Meeting on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Manila, November 13, 2018
The First Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations took place in Manila in November, and highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident. Senior figures from ...
Asian seafaring nations announce first ever Manila Statement on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers
A Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations has highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident and has pledged to lead the drive towards proper and effective ...
Professor Alastair Couper 1931-2018
We are very sad to announce the death, on 12 September 2018, of a valued friend and member of the SRI Advisory Board, Professor Alastair Couper. Alastair was a true and loyal friend to seafarers; ...
SRI recently welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board – Justice Noel G Tijam and Captain Hans Sande
Noel G Tijam was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 8, 2017. He is also a professorial lecturer at the Philippine Judicial ...
International Backing for Latest SRI Initiative
International backing has been given to a new initiative from London-based Seafarers Rights’ International (SRI), which aims to harness the support of governments worldwide in implementing ...
WORLD FISHERIES DAY – SRI speak at the FAO
On World Fisheries Day (21st Nov 2016), Professor Hance Smith represented SRI at a special event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the Sheikh Zayed ...
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