World Maritime University

This study considers welfare service provisions for visiting Filipino seafarers in terms of access, experiences, and expectations for such welfare provisions in Australian ports. As a significant portion of the global maritime workforce, visiting Filipino seafarers face a variety of obstacles in accessing effective welfare when in Australian ports. In a quest to comprehend such obstacles, this study aims to investigate significant welfare services that visiting Filipino seafarers need including transportation, SIM card registration, medical care and leisure, and assess the effectiveness of such welfare provisions in Australian ports. Utilizing quantitative approaches, the survey obtained information from a group of 100 experienced Filipino seafarers. Outcomes indicated that key services, including access to the internet, transportation, and subscription to a SIM card, are utilized regularly and rated high in value for use by the seafarers. Gaps, such as medical care, legal consultation, and availability of service, specifically during off-hour periods, have been identified as important concerns, according to the survey. Besides, more leisure and social activity options have been espoused in an effort to mitigate feelings of isolation and enhance mental well-being. The research identified systemic vulnerabilities in the welfare delivery system, such as the lack of awareness regarding accessible welfare services, fragmentation between service providers, and a lack of resources. It also identified the need for increased coordination between private, public, and volunteer sectors in a move to make welfare service delivery accessible and sustainable. The study recommends the enhancement of information dissemination about accessible welfare, extending medical and legal care, extending off-hour service, and providing additional social and leisure activity for seafarers. All these will serve towards a fuller realization of welfare needs of Philippine seafarers in Australian ports and provide actionable information for maritime welfare organizations, shipping companies, and government departments in supporting such a critical workforce.

EUCLID is, like the European Central Bank, NATO or the African Union, an international intergovernmental organization (IGO).

It was established by treaty, under international law, in 2008. Its special status is indicated by the authorized use of the restricted ".int" domain.

EUCLID holds a university charter as well as a specific mandate in the field of higher education and sustainable development. It belongs to the exclusive group of intergovernmental universities (see below) having special status under international law, of which the most famous institutions are the United Nations University, the University for Peace, and the European University Institute.

EUCLID's constitutive text with its charter, approved by its Participating States, was duly registered and published in the United Nations Treaty Series (OMOU/UFA) in December 2010 according to the provisions of Article 102 of the United Nations Charter.

It is important to study the risk posed by heavy shipping traffic to a subsea pipeline located near an industrial port area. In this context, it is essential to estimate the accident frequency in an attempt to eliminate subjectivity in the analysis process. This study proposes a model for estimating the ship sinking frequency over the subsea pipeline in the Madura Strait area. The Madura Strait is one of the busiest shipping lanes in Indonesia. Many ships pass through the fairway in the strait, and many industrial ports have been built in this area. The proposed model is developed based on Fujii’s Model, and it uses Automatic Identification System (AIS) data as a ship traffic survey. Ship sinking accidents are considered based on ship–ship collisions over the critical subsea pipeline area. The ship–ship collision locations around the subsea pipeline and the ship traffic distribution models are estimated using AIS data. The causation probability Pc is determined based on a synthetics...

The aim of this research is to analyse and discuss the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on seafarers globally. Moreover, this research's focus is on the psychosocial distress that the seafarers experienced, and continue to experience, since the declaration of pandemic. The paper's premise is that these psychosocial stressors in the maritime industry are not new, but it was exacerbated since the onset of the pandemic. Methodologically netography will be used as the primary source for the collection of data and firsthand contact with seafarers on social media platforms, of which one is a Facebook group, 'Seafarers Forum' managed by the author. In addition, with the permission of seafarers' missions, this data was extracted from their social media platforms. This data was compared with existing scholastic research that focused on pre-existing psychosocial conditions that exist and are at work in the maritime industry.

This qualitative study made use of semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and case studies, to gain in-depth appreciation of seafarers' recording practices, and a clear understanding of how different stakeholders deal with implementation, compliance monitoring and enforcement of the relevant provisions of the instruments of the International Labour Organization and International Maritime Organization. To collect a diversity of views, the research sample used included maritime stakeholders such as seafarers, port State control officers (PSCOs) and representatives from shipowners' organizations, industry organizations, maritime non-governmental organizations, and casualty investigators. Four (n=4) separate interview instruments were created according to the broad categorization of stakeholders: seafarers, shipping companies, maritime organizations, and port State control officers. In total, seventy-one (n=71) interviews were conducted with eighty-one (n=81) participants. The interviews were complemented by two (n=2) separate focus group discussions. The first one was held with a group of International Transport Workers' Federation inspectors; the second focus group invited port State control officers and focused on compliance monitoring and enforcement. Research findings The clear convergence of empirical data collected confirms existing literature and suggests that recording malpractices are widespread. On the relevance of the current international regulatory framework to effectively prevent fatigue and mitigate its effects, the research outcomes suggest that there is no scientific basis to ensure the effectiveness thereof. The thresholds of the existing regulations receive stark criticism across the entire range of stakeholders interviewed except for views expressed by a few shipowners' organizations.

The participants suggested that inconsistencies in implementation and non-dissuasive enforcement measures of flag and port States create an environment for the normalization of deviance. The World Maritime University (WMU) has undertaken an exploratory research project funded by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Seafarers' Trust, which involves an evaluation of the implementation of the current regulatory framework on rest and work hours.

This year special attention is given due to the epidemic virus Covid 19.  Seafarers had to undergo more difficulties and hardship than ever.
Seafarers are the unsung heroes of the global crisis, transporting the food and essential foods we all need. They also face tremendous challenges, with thousands of them still stranded onboard ships./R 4/R7

We need to recognise them as key workers, so they can continue to transport essential cargo across the world and we need to ensure that they return home at the end of their contracts./R8

Multilateral universities have been created in diverse manners either by sovereign States directly or by international organizations. This report discusses the legal nature of these institutions, evolving modes of accreditation, and the case of EUCLID University in particular.