Maritime Risk International
Seafarer well-being in spotlight
Yves Vandenborn, of The Standard Club, provides some practical suggestions to help improve seafarer well-being, both physical and mental
More than 1.6 million seafarers transport 90 per cent of the goods we rely on daily, according to the International Labour
Organization (ILO).
1 Yet 26 per cent of this population show signs of depression, according to a report from Safety4Sea.
2 This was revealed in a study carried out by international maritime charity Sailors’ Society, and Yale University, at the
Sailors’ Society’s Wellness at Sea Conference in 2018. This is a worrying statistic and one that must be reversed for international
seaborne trade to continue to thrive.