The move by RightShip to include human rights and seafarer welfare as part of a comprehensive expansion of its vetting criteria drew a strong positive reaction from the industry on social media.

Online training provider Tapiit Live live streamed a mass from the Philippines to seafarers on a vessel sailing from America.

The Isle of Man Ship Registry has officially launched its “Crew Matters” welfare app developed with training company Tapiit Live.

Over the past few months, there has been much said and written about crew welfare and how it has been handled during the pandemic and longer-term.

Singapore is establishing a floating Crew Facilitation Centre (CFC) with on-site medical provisions, as well as a SGD1m ($736,000) Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund.

Jamaica has taken steps to facilitate crew changes and repatriations as the country lists seafarers among the class of ‘essential workers’ under its Disaster Risk Management Act.

Inmarsat, Shell Shipping and Thetius have jointly launched a new crew welfare open innovation challenge for start-ups and SMEs to identify technologies that can improve overall crew safety, health and wellbeing at sea.