For many of the world’s trade ports, there is little or no local welfare information available to seafarers who may never have visited the port before. Therefore, Seaferers’ Welfare Ambassadors are needed to share their local knowledge for visiting seafarers. This is particularly the case in ports where there are no welfare boards. Port Visitor aims to improve the information gathered about the services for seafarers around the world and make this readily available to seafarers through its port directory search.
Seafarers’ Welfare Ambassadors work with port owners or authorities to represent the interests of visiting seafarers, gather information and help the International Port Welfare Partnership create welfare boards in port. MLC, 2006 4.4 mandates that the formation of Welfare Boards should be encouraged to review and improve access to welfare services.
If you are a key member of the port community with a vested interest in seafarers’ welfare and would like to volunteer as a local Seafarers’ Welfare Ambassador (SWA) please get in touch or request approval by adding the Seafarer Welfare Ambassador role to your user profile on the Port Visitor platform.
Any member of the maritime community with a vested interest in the welfare of seafarers in port can apply to become a Seafarer Welfare Ambassador.
No. This is a part time voluntary role and as such role holders are giving their time freely.
It could be as little as a few hours a month or as much as you feel you are able to commit. All we ask is that you focus on the priority activities of furnishing the IPWP programme with welfare information about your port and assist in the establishment of a welfare board.
If you want more information about the role, you can contact the IPWP team by clicking here.
That’s up to you! We would welcome your participation in the welfare board itself, and we would value having someone local to ensure that the welfare information we hold is kept up to date.
Simply create an account on the Port Visitor platform (if you haven’t already done so) and go to your user profile. In the Roles section, click on the ‘Additional Roles’ button and select Seafarer Welfare Ambassador. Then click Request Role. Your request will be reviewed by our team and you will be notified of the outcome. We may contact you during the approval process to request details a reference.
