{"id":14877,"date":"2026-06-30T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missiontoseafarers.org\/colombo\/?post_type=news&p=14877"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:44:25","slug":"june-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.missiontoseafarers.org\/colombo\/news\/june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n The month of June has been a relatively busy month, even though a slight decline can be noted in the number of Ships visited.\u00a0 While ship visits and Seafarers at the Mts Centre were brisk at the beginning of the month, the trend gradually diminished as the month progressed.<\/p>\n It is difficult to attribute the sharp spike in last month’s numbers to any specific cause, but it can be safely concluded that some of it was due to the uncertainty and instability in the industry stemming from the global crisis triggered by the situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Ship Visiting <\/strong><\/p>\n At the heart of the Mts ship visitor teams\u2019 routine is the systematic planning that goes into each day\u2019s ship visiting. This point of first contact sets the tone for the visits to the Mts Centre that take place later in the day, once Seafarers have completed routine on-board duties.<\/p>\n The on-board conversations have been pointed and educative, helping us connect with Seafarers as they reach out. The uncertainty with which they continue to carry out their work is apparent no sooner than our interactions go beyond the initial pleasantries.<\/p>\n Seafarers are looking forward with eager hope and anticipation to a Peaceful environment and space to pursue their livelihoods.<\/p>\n It is also hoped that those responsible for the Peace of the world would keep these helpless individuals in mind when they make decisions that often have far-reaching consequences. Too often, these individuals who keep our supply chains serviced and running, who are taken for granted, become victims of people’s violent actions even though they may be beyond being third parties to the conflict. They are sadly collateral in the conflict of others, which is extremely immoral, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\t\t