Mission to Seafarers, Tokyo

10/06/2026

01/06/2026

The latest issue of The Sea is out today! is a quarterly publication from The Mission to Seafarers, packed with the latest news, stories, and developments that affect the seafaring community. It's made for seafarers, by the people who care for them around the world.

Are you a seafarer? Get your free digital copy delivered straight to your inbox! Just fill out the quick form via this link: https://www.missiontoseafarers.org/the-sea

19/05/2026

Beautiful day in the Port of Tokyo today — and our dinky little rental car has certainly helped us get around smoothly! 🚗⚓

It’s always a privilege to spend time with seafarers visiting the port: sharing local advice and information, listening to their stories, and chatting about life and the many challenges that come with life at sea.

For so many crew members, there is precious little opportunity to come ashore, so being able to visit them on board, offer a listening ear, and simply spend time together really matters.

Please continue to keep all seafarers and their families in your prayers today. 🌏🙏

07/05/2026

The rise of the so called "dark fleet" of sanctions evading vessels is casting a long shadow over the maritime world and seafarers can find themselves caught in the middle, often without even knowing it. Crew members may have little idea who actually owns the ship they are sailing on, let alone the cargo it is carrying.

In the latest issue of The Sea, Michael Grey advises seafarers on how to protect themselves, from sticking with reputable operators to knowing the warning signs of unscrupulous employers.

"Under no circumstances should a seafarer ever pay an agent for employment."

Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4spTtQc

28/04/2026

Today, we are pleased to be launching the Shorebased Happiness Index (ShoreHI), a new way to understand wellbeing and job satisfaction among shore-based maritime professionals.

Built on the proven framework of the Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI), ShoreHI uses a short, anonymous 10-question survey, scored from 1 to 10, to capture how people working ashore are really feeling.

As Ben Bailey, Director of Programme at The Mission to Seafarers, notes, the SHI has given us "a clear view of life at sea", while also showing that "many of those pressures originate ashore".

This new index helps address that gap. Steven Jones, founder of SHI and ShoreHI, explains that the decisions made ashore "shape life onboard", making it vital to better "understand the pressures and realities on both sides of the ship-shore divide".

Read more: https://www.missiontoseafarers.org/news/the-mission-to-seafarers-launches-shorebased-happiness-index

27/04/2026

21/04/2026

13/03/2026

Life at sea can be challenging, and sometimes seafarers face events that are truly distressing and difficult to process.

That's why we created the Managing Distressing Events booklet, a practical resource offering guidance for navigating exactly these kinds of situations - including the ones seafarers are facing in the Middle East right now. This booklet is for them, and for every seafarer who may need it.

Download it via the link below, and please share it widely. You could make a real difference to someone who needs it.

Booklet: https://bit.ly/41869yZ

12/03/2026

Please keep in your prayers the seafarers currently in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Please especially pray for the Indian crew member who died on the Tanker Safesea Vishnu, we pray for all the loved ones of seafarers also affected at this time.