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March 5, 2025

NAMMA Regional Meeting Florida

by Jason Zuidema

The North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA) regional meeting on March 4 in Canaveral brought together seafarers' welfare organizations, port chaplains, and industry representatives for a day of discussion, collaboration, and insight into the evolving landscape of maritime ministry. Hosted

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January 20, 2025

Exploring the History of the White Fleet on the St. Lawrence River

by The MARE Report

On Sunday 19 January, we listened to fascinating presentation hosted by La Bibliothèque Réjean-Ducharme de St-Ignace-de-Loyola, where Louis-Vincent Barthe, a former seafarer and author, shared the history of the iconic “White Fleet” of passenger ships on the St. Lawrence River.

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August 13, 2024

Tomi Toluhi on Adapting to Change

by Jason Zuidema

At the ICMA Africa Regional Conference in Durban, South Africa, Tomi Toluhi, COO The Mission to Seafarers, reflected on the conference theme with thoughts from on Luke 5, 33-39. A transcription of audio recording below. Throughout the course of this conference,

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May 21, 2024

Ensuring Seafarers’ Welfare: Insights from Norstar Ship Management

by The MARE Report

On May 21, Capt. Sidhartha M Mathur, Director of Marine and Crewing Strategy at Norstar Ship Management Pte. Ltd., delivered an insightful presentation during the seafarers' welfare training course organized by the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) in Singapore. The

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September 28, 2022

ICMA Meets in Rome to Discuss New Opportunities to Improve Seafarers’ Welfare

by Jason Zuidema

by Jason Zuidema, ICMA From September 27-30, 2022, ICMA held its annual general meeting and conference in Rome to discuss challenges and programs during the pandemic and war, but also the new opportunities that have been made clear. The COVID-19 pandemic

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February 26, 2020

Mare Training: developing skills to serve seafarers

by Kevin Walker

There is a lot to learn in welfare and wellbeing service to seafarers.  It is a unique occupation that requires unique skills: listening, social service or pastoral care are harder for many of us than we would like to admit;

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February 25, 2020

Houston School 2020 – Maritime Ministry Training

by Kevin Walker

The Houston School’s 2020 Session A weeklong course on maritime ministry has once again been hosted by the Houston International Seafarers’ Center (HISC) and NAMMA with the endorsement of AOS United States and ICMA. Instructors taught on a range of

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October 28, 2019

Promises

by Rev. Mark Lawson-Jones

Photo: Ship Portrait: Challenge Phoenix. Louis Vest. Flickr. By Rev. Mark Lawson-Jones, Port Chaplain – South Wales, Mission to Seafarers ’That’s Life’ Eventually we discover that people will let us down, they will promise things they won’t deliver. You might be

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March 28, 2019

Tampa Meeting Explores Partnerships to Support Seafarers’ Welfare

by Jason Zuidema

From March 5-6 in Tampa, Florida, NAMMA partnered with the International Port Welfare Partnership (IPWP) project for a seminar on developing port welfare committees to support seafarers' welfare.  More than 35 individuals participated in the seminar, with representatives especially from

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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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