Tariffs and shipping

Here is the Monthly Report from Halifax. A very well done report. We continue to be very busy.Joseph is embracing the ship welfare visitors hours he is flexing to enable visitation of crew on Sundays and in the later evenings when there are many short turnarounds. Having checked in again with the crew of the…

This is from Peter in Vancouver

Have a look at the Master Mariners News Clips page. This is the perspective of ship captains and there is always something relevent in these almost daily articles. Note that the first cruise ship of the season has just arrived in Halifax! Also I have been assigned a MTS email. eric.phinney@mtsmail.org Please update your records….

I am currently in Vancouver at a regional NAMMA Conference.    Jason Z, true to his calling, did an amazing deep dive into the history of the shared work here in Vancouver.   It was excellent scholarly work as he took us through the “story” of tensions, visions, realities and resolution. Every port community has its…

On August 16 we will hold a training day in Halifax. We have people from Saint John, St. John’s and Halifax planning to come. The course “Safe Talk” will be presented by Josh Messick from Baltimore. This is a key course that will be required by anyone who has contact with seafarers in any of…

A few weeks ago IHQ (International Headquarters for The Mission to Seafarers), sent out a survey to all of us on the front lines. This will help us build out the next strategic plan. Please take a few minutes and fill this in if you have not yet done it. Click here to do survey