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We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Seafarer.

This is a day for seafarers of all stripes, from Coast Guards, to Navies, to every fisherman and marine biologist and cruise ship captain.

The day is dedicated to the job involves a large quantity of salt water.

The day recognizes the unique and vital role of seafarers in the global community, and the United Nations recognize the Day of the Seafarer.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) wants to engage ports and seafarer centers to demonstrate how much seafarers matter to them.

The idea is for ports and seafarer centers to share and showcase best practices in seafarer support and welfare.

There are over 1.6 million seafarers worldwide.

Most seafarers originate from the Philippines, China, Indonesia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Women make up just 2% of the workforce.

Today, 90% of world trade is carried by ship.

Globally, there are over 50,000 merchant ships trading internationally and the total cargo capacity of the world merchant shipping fleet is 1.75 billion deadweight tons (DWT).

The people responsible for maintaining, running, and operating the fleet are seafarers.

The most cost-effective way to transport goods.

Marine biologists and oceanographers from every country have dedicated their lives to learning more about the ocean depths, and humans from every walk of life keep going to the sea to explore the planet.

Several ships sink each year because of storms and rough weather, but that does not scare a seafarer.

They are born for such conditions.

He is built tough and has the heart to carry on with this work as the ship rolls and pitches over huge waves.

According to a report, more than 100,000 seafarers at any one time either travel or are planning to go through the dangerous piracy affected areas.

Until now, several ships have been high jacked, and many seafarers have been taken as hostages by pirates.

They are tortured, abused, and kept in miserable conditions as prisoners.

Even today, events of piracy have not stopped.

Ships continue to get high jacked and seafarers are still being taken as hostages.

Seafarers are prone to several specific diseases and illnesses because of the nature of the work and continuous travel to new places.

Apart from physical hazards such as diseases and injuries caused due to accidents, seafarers also fall prey to psychological problems such as homesickness, loneliness and fatigue, a part and parcel of their life at sea.

Each country the ship visits has its own law and regulations which they can freely use to criminalize a seafarer.

Most of the times this is done with the intention to raise revenue or settle political issues.

In the past years, several seafarers have been made scapegoats by countries desperately wanting to prove a point to other nations.

According to ITF, seafarers are among the most exploited and abused group of workers in the world.

They face exploitation, abuse, and corruption on a large scale.

Many seafarers have been criminalized, abandoned, and not paid by their shipping companies, especially in tough financial times.

Working in 30 countries around the world, Sailors’ Society chaplains, volunteers and project staff help seafarers, their families and communities with welfare and practical support in times of need.

Most nations have dedicated maritime unions for safeguarding and providing a host of benefits to seafarers.

They assist in legal matters, but some also have a provision with respect to medical benefits, financial assistance, and guesthouses across different states to enable seafarers to save money when they travel.

Shipping is one such wherein women constitute a very miniscule part of the shipboard workforce.

It is for that very reason that the IMO, ITF, and other such organizations have laid such high emphasis on the inclusion of more women in the industry.

The resolution encourages governments, shipping firms, companies associated with sea trade and others, to promote and uphold sea trade and seafarers through the Day of the Seafarer.

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