Marinelink.com is a news site that reflects on maritime events, including the humanitarian needs of seafarers which is of particular interest to ICMA’s chaplains. In an article published on the site, dated March 9th, 2012, Marinelink.com reports that United States Coastal patrol craft USS Firebolt and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maui conducted a search and [...]
I deeply appreciate the increased attention… to caring for seafarers and their families who have been affected by piracy. Much work remains to be done. This is the view of Douglas B. Stevenson, Director of the Center for Seafarers Rights at SCI New York and New Jersey, and Chairman of the International Christian Maritime Association. [...]
Registration to attend the ITF Seafarers Trust Seminar on Seafarers Welfare is essential. Administrative Officer of the ITF Seafarers Trust, Tom Holmer, has invited ICMA members to participate in a seminar on seafarers welfare. Tom Holmer wrote: For 30 years the International Transport Workers Federation Seafarers’ Trust has supported and funded seafarers’ welfare worldwide and [...]
It’s business as usual at The TK Foundation. The TK Foundation continues to support seafarers’ welfare. In a communication with the ICMA Secretariat, Board member of The TK Foundation, Art Coady indicated that The TK Foundation is arranging for a new website which should be on line in a month or so. In the meantime, [...]
Ecumenical working within the International Christian Maritime Association requires bridging the schisms of centuries. While ecumenism itself is not our concern, working with one another is. It requires a change of heart. And we’re getting it right. Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) stated 7. There can be no ecumenism worthy of the name [...]
ICMA member the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey (SCI) gives a voice to seafarers who survived piracy. In a new series of YouTube video’s to be published online by the SCI, seafarers tell of their ordeal. In a press statement the SCI welcomes the maritime industry’s sharper focus on the effect [...]
ICMA members raise public awareness of seafarers and their welfare. The Sailors Society organised a “woolly hat” campaign in the United Kingdom for the week of 7th to 13th February, and many public figures donned warm knitted hats to show they care. In a statement the Sailors Society said: Seafarers have to battle with the [...]
