September 2023

It has been another month of intense work with ship visiting, seafarers visiting the Centre and requesting assistance in general.

It was indeed a joy to extend Pastoral services and exercise care over a few who requested prayers while visiting the Centre.

The Mts team also extended support to the families of seven local fishermen who were arrested after having entered Maldivian waters. The families who were visiting the City of Colombo needed assistance to be connected with relevant authorities who arranged for their repatriation back home.

The Mts Centre in Colombo was delighted to welcome crew from the following vessels who have called over at the Centre.

The Mts Centre in Colombo was delighted to welcome crew from the following vessels who have called over at the Centre.

1. PH Giang Minh (Panama – IMO No.9481623)
2. Ocean Research vessel Ocean Invincible (Bahamas – IMO No.9386550)
3. Santa Catarina (Denmark – Imo No.9444730)
4. Ocean Invincible (Bahamas – IMO No.9386550)
5. Msc Regulus (Panama – IMO No.9475291)
6. Winner (St. Kits and Nevins – IMO No.9503550)
7. Msc Calypso (Liberia – IMO No.9932036)
8. Shimin (Singapore – IMO No.9326782)
9. EMMA Maersk (Denmark – IMO No.9321483)
10. Msc Juanita F (Liberia – IMO No.9235608)
11. Msc Diya F (Liberia – IMO No.9306263)
12. Maersk Pelepas (Liberia – IMO No.9936458)
13. Northern Magnitude (Portugal – IMO No.9252553)
14. ONE Matrix (Marshall Islands – IMO No.9424924)
15. Msc Fle X (Liberia – IMO No.9120853)
16. TBC Princess (Panama – IMO No.9606871)
17. X Press Antares (Singapore – IMO No.9875367)
18. APL New York (Singapore – IMO No.9597489)
19. TBC Princess (Panama – IMO No.9606871)
20. Spirit of Kolkata (Portugal – IMO No.9813838)
21. Msc Spring III (Liberia – IMO No.9316359)
22. San Pedro (Malta – IMO No.9625281)
23. Msc Capri (Liberia – Imo No.9154220)
24. Aegean Express (Panama – IMO No.9138161)
25. Maersk Kleven (Liberia – Imo No.9085546)
26. Msc Shay (Panama – IMO No.9393023)
27. GSLKalliopi (Liberia – IMO No.9285689)
28. Prague Express (Germany – IMO No.9450399)
29. Msc Virgo (Portugal – IMO No.9857171)
30. Msc Manasa F (Liberia – IMO No.9238882)
31. Oil Tanker Nile (Singapore – IMO No.9552745)
32. Northern Practice (Liberia – IMO No.9450301)
33. Msc Mokoto II (Panama – IMO No.9236212)
34. Msc Perle (Liberia – IMO No.9503733)
35. Chang An(Panama – IMO No.9555280)
36. Msc Lisbon (Liberia – IMO No.9304459)
37. Msc Lagos X (Portugal – IMO No.9605152)
38. Msc Lagos X (Portugal – IMO No.9605152)
39. Felixstowe (Bahamas – IMO No.9227039)
40. Msc Rafaela (Panama – IMO No.9129885)
41. Msc Orion (Portugal – IMO No.99857157)
42. Y M Excellence (Liberia – IMO No.9496616)
43. Blue Skye (Cyprus – IMO No.9566679)
44. Whutthi Bhum(Singapore – IMO No.9308405)
45. Cosco Thailand (Hong Kong – IMO No.9448798)

Many of the above mentioned on more than one instance in this month.

Gathering at the Centre and seeing how Seafarers avail themselves of the facilities that are on offer motivates the ship visitor team to encourage more and more Seafarers to visit the Centre and spend time at “Home away from Home”

With the adverse weather conditions becoming active in the form of the monsoon rains work was dampened and somewhat hampered to some extent.  Yet to those who braved the rain and took the ride of offer in the Mts free transport shuttle theirs was certainly an experience to remember.

The activity for the month at a glance would look like this:

Ship Visits 168

Seafarers at the Centre 198

Pick up and Drop 198

Request for Prayer 3

Advocacy 7