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[Updated] Family plea for investigation and accountability into son’s death on MT Sea Princess

1st February 20218th February 2021Justice, Mission to Seafarers, safety, Seafarers, Suicide, UAE

London. UK. / New Delhi. India. With express permission, and at the direct request of the family of the deceased seafarer tragically found hung onboard the MT Sea Princess off the UAE coast during a final voyage to a ship-breaking location in Alang, India; Human Rights at Sea today publishes the family’s written plea...

[Updated] Tragic seafarer suicide on asphalt tanker vessel off UAE coast

30th January 20213rd February 2021India, Seafarers, Suicide, UAE

London. UK. With express permission, it is with great sadness that we report the tragic and premature death of a young seafarer onboard the MT SEA PRINCESS (IMO 8607634), an asphalt bitumen tanker owned by Global tanker Pvt Ltd India and operated by Prime Tankers (UAE), which occurred on the afternoon of 28 January...

Seafarers UK CEO raises concerns about availability and reliability of crew suicide statistics

5th July 20205th July 2020Catherine Spencer, COVID-19, Press Release, Seafarers, Seafarers UK, Suicide

Seafarer suicide statistics spotlighted as coronavirus curtails crew changes. London. UK. Seafarers UK CEO, Catherine Spencer, has raised public concerns about the availability and reliability of statistics concerning seafarer suicides at sea during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release issued by the organisation on 3 July, and ahead of the 2020 Seafarer Awareness...

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