The Sea Archive

Seafarers have to overcome a myriad of hurdles to take advantage of shore leave By Felicity Landon Early in February came the news the Singapore authorities would no longer allow seafarers arriv...

Fuel scapegoating worries and rising racism issues have come to the fore By Steven Jones The Seafarers Happiness Index allows crews to share detailed feed- back on the challenges facing them at ...

Entering enclosed spaces might be just part of the job, but never forget the hazards such a task presents By Phil Belcher As a first trip cadet, one incident is imprinted upon my memory when I b...

The Mission’s safeTALK training programme champions a community-based approach By Verity Relph It is a distressing fact that close to 800,000 people lose their lives to suicide every year. Thi...

Companies need to recognise the operational and environmental factors that affect mental health By Katie Higginbottom Mental health in the maritime sector, as in other sectors, has been swept un...

New research proves that stable crewing strategies can be transformative for both seafarers and ship operators By Carly Fields Onshore there’s a great deal of reliable data confirming the bene...

A serious re-think is needed on the subject of seafarer training By Michael Grey Why should it be such a struggle for cadets and other trainees to find berths aboard ship to give them the sea ex...

Seafarer Vikas Mishra, abandoned on the cargo ship Tamim Aldar  for almost three years, speaks to The Sea about his ordeal By Kate Jones In October 2016, Vikas Mishra boarded the Tamim Aldar ca...

Knitters around the world take great solace in making items for seafarers By Andrew Wright The Mission to Seafarers, along with a number of its colleague societies, continues to give out very la...