You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence World News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features World Seafarer Welfare: Industry Can Back the IMO but Governments Need to Act, Says IBIA's Hughes Seafarer Welfare: Industry Can Back the IMO but Governments Need to Act, Says IBIA's Hughes by Martyn Lasek, Managing Director, Ship & Bunker Friday September 25, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker Cargo ship. File Image / AI Generated SSI report: 88% of self-assessed companies score well on crewing, but only 49% of seafarers surveyed had enough crew to work safely Survey finds fewer than six in ten seafarers would feel safe raising a serious concern; Another cargo ship hit in Hormuz on Wednesday and IBIA 's Edmund Hughes says no one would accept planes being routinely attacked, "but this is where we find ourselves today with ships" IUMI hands hull underwriters a crew wellbeing checklist covering fatigue, wages, abandonment, and crew change plans Report calls on charterers, insurers, and financiers to make welfare count in commercial decisions Hughes moderates the regulatory panel at the IBIA Annual Convention in New York , November 10-12 Seafarer welfare is getting worse on two fronts at once, with a five -year review finding that the standards shipping companies report for themselves are running well ahead of what crews say they experience, while ships and the people on them keep being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz . “ good welfare can be delivered but those standards are not yet part of daily life for many seafarers Ellie Besley-Gould, chief executive, SSI The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) and five partners, including RightShip , the Mission to Seafarers , and the Institute for Human Rights and Business , published a progress