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May 8, 2018

Book Review: Sailors’ Society, 200 Stories from the Sea, 1818-2018

by Jason Zuidema

Nick Churchill, Melanie Warman, Charis Gibson, and James Leslie. 200 Stories from the Sea, 1818-2018. Southampton: Sailors’ Society, 2018. This is a commemorative book with 200 short vignettes about the work of the Sailors’ Society on the occasion of its 200th

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Literature
April 26, 2018

No smooth sailing: ‘Utility men’ and manning agencies in the Philippines

by Roderick G Galam

by Roderick G Galam ‘If you stayed and worked here, nothing is going to happen to you.' These are the words of 23-year-old utility man, Anton, when speaking about his life chances in the Philippines. He feels stuck and concludes that he

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Literature
February 2, 2018

What does shipping have to do with your faith? More than a little.

by Michael Skaggs

A new podcast teaches consumers a lesson in globalization, its promise, and its potential liabilities. Originally published in US Catholic. Most of us devote little thought to ocean-borne shipping. Yet it plays an enormous role in our lives, as around 90 percent of

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Literature
February 1, 2018

Book Review: The Remarkable Life of Father Charles McTague

by Jason Zuidema

Richard L. Byrnes, Christ with a Priest’s Face: Spirituality in Action: The Remarkable Life of Father Charles Hubert McTague. 2002. 139pp.   As the continuous stream of container trucks rumble past, the Stella Maris Chapel on Corbin St. in Port Newark, NJ

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Literature
January 26, 2018

Book Review: History of Norwegian Seafarers’ Welfare

by Jason Zuidema

Roald Evensen, Terje J. Eriksen and Bjørn Lødøen, Velferden – Historien om States Velferdskontor for Handelsflåten. Sofiemyr: Bjørgu Forlag AS, 2017. 194pp. This is a beautiful pictorial history of the work of the Norwegian Seamen’s Service over the past 70 years.

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January 13, 2018

Book Review: Maritime Mission in Hong Kong

by Jason Zuidema

Stephen Davies. Strong to Save: Maritime Mission in Hong Kong, from Whampoa Reach to the Mariners’ Club. Hong Kong: CityU HK Press, 2017.  Xxxii + 605 pp. This new book by Stephen Davis, former director of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum

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January 12, 2018

Book Review – The Life and Times of Boston’s Father Taylor

by Jason Zuidema

Wendy Knickerbocker, Bard of Bethel: The Life and Times of Boston’s Father Taylor 1793-1871, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. The history of maritime ministry’s institutions and individuals illuminates its modern iterations around the world. Knickerbocker, who retired from the Maine Merchant

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About The MARE Report

The MARE Report is a magazine for seafarers’ welfare professionals published by the North American Maritime Ministry Association.

Publisher and Editor: Dr. Jason Zuidema

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The Mare Report

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