{"id":1269,"date":"2021-06-16T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:30:43","slug":"imo-day-of-the-seafarer-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/imo-day-of-the-seafarer-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"IMO Day of the Seafarer 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/DOTS_Logo_ENG_HOR_UN_Blue_inverted_smaller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/DOTS_Logo_ENG_HOR_UN_Blue_inverted_smaller.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/DOTS_Logo_ENG_HOR_UN_Blue_inverted_smaller-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/maritimeauthority\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/DOTS_Logo_ENG_HOR_UN_Blue_inverted_smaller-768x250.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers found themselves both on the front line of the global response and&nbsp;subject to difficult working conditions surrounding uncertainties and difficulties around port access, re-supply, crew changeovers, repatriation, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of this, the 2020 Day of the Seafarer campaign focused its message around urging governments to recognize&nbsp;seafarers as key workers and ease travel restrictions for them to facilitate crew changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 Day of&nbsp;the Seafarer&nbsp;campaign will continue to encourage governments to support seafarers amid the pandemic but will expand its message, calling for a&nbsp;<strong>fair future for seafarers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The campaign will discuss&nbsp;issues that will&nbsp;still be&nbsp;relevant to seafarers after the&nbsp;pandemic, such as fair treatment of seafarers, fair working conditions, fair training, fair safety, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIMA invite our colleagues to&nbsp;join in and use the hashtag #FairFuture4Seafarers on their social media to demonstrate&nbsp;how they support seafarers and what they hope for a fairer future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, seafarers found themselves both on the front line of the global response and&nbsp;subject&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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