day of the seafarer

This Day of the Seafarer podcast brings together Andrew Stephens of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), and Simon Bennett of Swire Shipping to reflect on the ongoing maritime crew change crisis and wider human rights issues among the world’s 1.6 million seafarers. In conversation with IHRB's Francesca Fairbairn, they discuss the impact on seafarers of being unable to disembark ships, sometimes for many months beyond the end of their contract, due to national government-imposed COVID port restrictions.

To help celebrate the first-ever Day of the Seafarer, IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos sends a message of admiration and gratitude to seafarers everywhere. Thank you Seafarers. Coracle is delighted to be supporting this initiative by publishing this podcast, by making the iPhone game Ship It! free for the day, by reducing the price of the iPhone app Maritime Glossary to £1.19 for the day and by running the 'I'm the Captain' quiz found at imo.coraclequiz.com