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Tag: maritime industry
Being Serious About Mental Health Means Standing With the Individual Experiencing Difficulty
This year’s World Mental Health Day on 10 October comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NGO Shipbreaking Platform publishes South Asia Quarterly Update
Press Release July 2018 London.UK. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has just published its South Asia Quarterly update for 2018. There were a total of 220 ships broken in the second quarter of 2018. Of these, 169 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking. Between April and June, 6 workers...
HRAS & University of Bristol Publish ‘Flag States and Human Rights’ Report
Press Release Tuesday 24 July 2018 London. UK. Human Rights at Sea in partnership with University of Bristol Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Implementation Centre have published the first report on ‘Flag States and Human Rights’. The report is a study on flag state practice in monitoring, reporting and enforcing human rights obligations onboard...
Update on Shipbreaking in South Asia from the NGO Shipbreaking Platform
Press Release 1st of May 2018 Brussels. There were a total of 206 ships broken in the first quarter of 2018. Of these, 152 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia for dirty and dangerous breaking. So far this year, 10 workers have lost their lives and 2 workers have been severely injured...
UK Seafarers Awareness Week promoting maritime jobs for future generations
Seafarers UK, the unique maritime charity that oversees the whole UK maritime environment, calls on both the Government and the UK shipping industry to invest in training of British Merchant Navy officers to meet huge manpower shortfall. This year, their ‘Seafarers Awareness Week’ (20-26 June) has the specific theme of promoting ‘Maritime Jobs for Future...
HRAS Commentary on management and actions relating to the EU Mediterranean Migrant crisis by interested parties
A HRAS commentary as part of the”Unlocking the issue” global campaign. “Ultimately, intervention at sea costs money. This affects profits, a fact that should not be masked by apparent humanitarian benevolence once an arbitrary threshold for loss of life finally triggers action and seemingly moves sentiment.” The issue of Human Rights at Sea is now...
HRAS partners with March on Stress to promote pyschological support services to seafarers and maritime business
HRAS PRESS RELASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 September 2014 March on Stress and Human Rights at Sea have joined forces to provide expert psychological support options to personnel in the maritime industry. The collaboration will see both organisations working together in order to help build resilience and support the psychological wellbeing of maritime personnel. This...
