After prolonged periods of despair occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 marked a year of recovery for seafarer welfare with happiness levels risi.
Crew communications are widely accepted as an important element of seafarer welfare provision and vessel operators are now prioritising onboard systems to enable crew to keep in touch with home. The crisis in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted the vital need for internet access and contact with home, while seafarer surveys regularly identify .
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Evergreen, COSCO, Maersk, CMA CGM, and their rivals have doled out bonuses worth as much as 40 months' wages in a bid to recruit and retain seafarers after a rough two years on the job.