2021 SAFETY4SEA VIRTUAL FORUM

The Bahamas Maritime Authority is pleased to be participating in the 12^th SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum, a 3-day event running from the 19^th – 21^st October.

Day 1 – Tuesday 19 October

Panel #1 – Crew Welfare
10:00 GMT / 13:00 ATH / 18:00 SGT

Crew Welfare is on the top of the agenda of several industry stakeholders with calls from the industry by the Neptune Declaration on “Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change”. It is now high time that we focused on the vital role that seafarers play for safer and sustainable shipping as well as the whole trade and economy; highlighting ways to improve crew welfare taking into account that the pandemic has added new challenges in the work and daily life onboard.

• What are the key challenges of this pandemic crisis for the shipping industry? Are there any opportunities for crew welfare?
• Are there any alarming trends concerning crew welfare?
• How would you assess industry stakeholders’ response on the issue of crew welfare until today?
• Where should the industry focus on improving crew welfare today and in the post pandemic world?
• What are industry’s best practices with regards to crew welfare?

1. Mr. Simon Frank, Thome Group, Chief Human Resources Officer
2. Mr. Tom Jenkins, Bahamas Maritime Authority, Deputy Director (Investigations Department)
3. Mrs. Johanna Kull, Alandia, Loss Prevention Executive
4. Dr. Eng. William Moore, American Club, Senior Vice President
5. Dr. Periclis Tzardis, ShipMedCare, Chief Medical Officer
6. Mrs. Anna Wucher, Mental Health Support Solutions, Clinical Psychologist

Full 3-day agenda on event website