SS Edmund Fitzgerald Not Forgotten
by Susan Huppert, NAMMA Every year, people gather at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, ON, Canada, to remember those who died in the tragic sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald. The original bell from the 729-foot-long American Great
Book: 50 Years of Caring for Seafarers in Port Houston
50 YEARS OF CARING FOR SEAFARERS IN PORT HOUSTON (NAMMA, 2019) by Rev. David Wells and Dr. Jason Zuidema celebrates the five-decade history of the Houston International Seafarers' Center: how it was founded, how it has served seafarers and led
Converted Bus Set for Mobile Seafarer Centre Trial in Southampton UK
by Joel Holt, MNWB https://youtu.be/0CUCzQJcR9Q A bus has been transformed into a mobile seafarer centre for hundreds of seafarers to use in a major UK port. The mobile seafarer centre is being trialled in the Port of Southampton on Thursday, August 17 and
Partnerships for Seafarers Mission in Panama and Costa Rica
Article audio (courtesy of Don Sheetz) by The Rev'd Ian Hutchinson Cervantes (Mission to Seafarers - Regional Director – Latin América and Port Chaplain - Panamá) We inhabit a moment when war, pandemic, the politics of amoral “national (self) interest”, and
Book Review: The ILO Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC): Securing international social standards of seafarers’ working conditions
Review by Dr. Jason Zuidema, NAMMA Janna Vaudey, Das ILO-Seearbeitsübereinkommen, 2006 (MLC): Sicherung der internationalen Sozialstandards von Arbeitsbedingungen der Seeleute. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2022. This German-language book is a revised edition of a doctoral dissertation submitted in 2020 in the Faculty of Law
Seafarers’ Mandarin-English New Testament and Psalms Now Available
The Naval & Military Bible Society and Bibles for China partner to create a Seafarers' Mandarin-English Diglot New Testament & Psalms. by Andy Dakin, NMBS Whenever I meet with ICMA and NAMMA members, I am always keen to ascertain what additional resources
New Building Benefits Seafarers Visiting Point Comfort
by Susan Huppert, NAMMA Visions of growth and a strong will can spur real development. That’s the case in a small Texas port northeast of Corpus Christi. At Point Comfort, ship visitor Rhonda Cummins began visiting international crews who docked there about four years
Spiritual and Pastoral Care for Filipino Seafarers, Fishers, and their Families
https://youtu.be/RxWu1q6UL9I by Bishop Ambo David, Bishop of Kalookan and President, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) (Speech given during the ICMA Ahoy! Training Course on February 22, 2023 at the Midas Hotel in Manila, Philippines.) Let me begin by thanking the International
Bishop Brendan Cahill on the Importance of Maritime Ministry
On February 14, 2023, NAMMA visited Bishop Brendan Cahill in Victoria, Texas to learn about the importance of seafarers' ministry. Bishop Cahill serves as the Bishop Promoter of Stella Maris in the United States. NAMMA visitors included Dcn. Paul Rosenblum