Seafarers

What the NSRI is to the physical safety and rescue of ships, boats and their crews, the Mission to Seafarers offers the spiritual equivalent.
There are more than 100 000 ships plying the earth’s waters, collectively manned by well over 1.5million seafarers (only 2% of them being women).
Some 90% of the world’s trade moves via ships.
And while continued efforts are being made in terms of ship safety and navigational aids, the ocean remains the most inhospitable terrain on the planet, with more than 2 000 seafarers still dying every year from various causes.
But it’s not only the hidden reefs on the ocean beds below the ship that pose the greatest problems to seafarers, nor is it the condition of the vessel itself, nor the pirates who might intercept it.
While shipping is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations, as with most other of life’s challenges, it is the human being that is the most critical – and potentially the weakest – link in the chain.