FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The maritime industry stands at a pivotal moment. Mounting recruitment and retention challenges, growing demands from younger seafarers, and rising mental health concerns are making crew wellness an urgent priority. Recent findings from leading organisations, including West P&I Club, Gard, Sailors’ Society, SIRC, OneCare Group, and ISWAN, reveal the deepening impact of fatigue, illness, psychological strain, and systemic gaps in crew welfare. In a sector that moves over 90% of global trade, the human element is under increasing pressure, exposing a crisis long overlooked. RelatedNews Pilbara Ports: Best practices for gangway related activities Liberia issues advisory highlighting hazards of fumigation using phosphide var jnews_module_21347807_0_6a04cc960b9b0 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21347807","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"524,458,2468,3314,2341","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":""