Happiness Index

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…

I have created a WhatsApp group for all Station Managers and Chaplains. Most of us use this forum for connecting with seafarers anyway so why reinvent something. Look at the lower bottom right of any page on this site and you should see it. This is a chat facility to keep in touch with one…

This morning I listened to the most recent pod cast from “The Last Dinosaur” It was a great interview from a guy who used to work quite literally as a rocket scientist steering satellite’s and programming them. He has pivoted to a new company as is working at solutions to make ports more efficient using…

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….

CONGRADULATIONS TO OUR OWN REV. JOSH MESSICK! The governor of Maryland will be presenting Josh with a citation for his work with the crew of the “Dali” following the terrible accident and bridge collapse last March in Baltimore. Josh spent many hours working with the members of the crew, both in Baltimore and elsewhere after the ship was…

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…