News : Year of the Seafarer

24 hour Act of Remembrance on World Maritime Day.
Maritime Charity urges public to remember merchant seafarers on 23rd September.
To mark World Maritime Day during the International Year of the Seafarer the Principal Chaplain of the global charity Sailors’ Society will be leading a ceremony during which each of the 35,675 names on the National Merchant Navy Memorials in Trinity Gardens, London will be read...

Rio Tinto Marine organise cricket match raises money for Sailors’ Society
As part of their fundraising drive to honour the Year of the Seafarer, Rio Tinto Marine organised a cricket match last month to raise funds for global charity, Sailors’ Society. Held at Ceylon Cricket Club in Singapore, the event saw a team of Rio Tinto Mariners take on a team comprised of the Rest of the Industry – named ‘The Pirates’....

Sailors’ Society Port Chaplain Reverend Ken Martin looks back on 30 years of ministry to seafarers across the world.
Looking back on his 30 years ministry with the Sailors’ Society, Felixstowe Port Chaplain Reverend Ken Martin says he has loved every second of his challenging and rewarding work offering practical and spiritual support to seafarers across the globe. A former seafarer himself, Reverend Martin...

Cargill and Freight Investor Services (FIS) have come together as joint main sponsors of the Sailors’ Society’s prestigious Geneva Shipping Ball in November.
In 2008 the black tie event raised over £150,000 for the international maritime charity and offered the 470 guests the perfect occasion to entertain clients, friends and colleagues and network with key figures in the industry whilst also contributing to...

The organisers of the leading industry show offer delegates the opportunity to honour the IMO Year of the Seafarer with global maritime charity
The world’s most prestigious shipping trade event - Posidonia 2010 – is currently honouring the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Year of the Seafarer by supporting international maritime charity Sailors’ Society, and raising awareness of the vital work they...

Sailors’ Society Donation Honours IMO Year of the Seafarer
Teekay Shipping is leading the way in the Sailors’ Society’s fundraising initiative to honour the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Year of the Seafarer campaign.

The IMO campaign aims to raise awareness and offer greater support to the world’s invisible workforce of seafarers and the Sailors’ Society is embracing this by asking...