{"id":1727,"date":"2022-12-09T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/?page_id=1727"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:30:37","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/index.php\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>by Jason Zuidema, NAMMA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, seafarers\u2019 welfare is done \u2018under the radar\u2019. It is often said that the general public does not pay all that much attention to shipping, a proverbial \u201csea blindness\u201d. In previous years, this has meant that seafarers\u2019 welfare providers needed to spend that much more time justifying their work and educating the public about why seafarers and shipping were so important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the global COVID-19 pandemic, shipping and the work of seafarers\u2019 welfare hit the news. 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