The maritime industry has been battling with Covid-19 since 2020. Seafarers has been greatly affected by the pandemic with a crisis in crew changes and vaccinations, long delays to repatriations, loss of work, financial difficulties and increased reporting of related stress and anxiety.
This guide sets out to provide useful information for shipping and ship management companies on how best to devise and implement mental health policies and practices to promote and protect positive mental health shoreside and on board.
The silent suffering, ignorance, and pain get below the belt when a seafarer is seen in tears, being imprisoned for the threat of pollution, or potential of detention, etc. due to public pressure. Such events make you wonder. Does he deserve this?
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