The Mission to Seafarers provides essential welfare support to the world’s 1.5 million seafarers, from helping them keep in contact with friends and families during long voyages to practical and emotional assistance in the event of a serious incident.

Seafarers are responsible for the transportation of 90% of all global trade. without them, you wouldn’t have much of the food you eat, the clothes you wear or even the electrical device on which you are reading this. They have one of the toughest jobs on the planet and their importance to our way of life is often overlooked.

The work The Mission to Seafarers does to support this group of key workers and the tireless efforts of its staff and volunteers is of incalculable value to the shipping industry and wider society.