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The Mission to Seafarers
ANNUAL REVIEW
2010
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Shipwreck.Abandonment.Loneliness.Danger.
Founded in 1856, and entirely funded by
voluntary donations, today’s Mission to
Seafarers offers emergency assistance,
practical support, and a friendly welcome to
crews visiting 230 ports around the world.
Whether caring for victims of piracy or
providing a lifeline to those stranded in foreign
ports, we are there for the globe’s 1.2 million
merchant seafarers of all ranks, nationalities
and beliefs.
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen
President: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Secretary General: The Revd Tom Heffer
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Message from our PresidentHRH The Princess Royal
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BEYOND THE NEXT
HORIZON
“In 2010, The Mission to Seafarers reviewed and renewed its historic commitment to keep on being there for seafarers.” The Revd Tom Heffer, Secretary General
2010 was a dynamic year for the Mission as we crystallised our vision for the next half-decade. Acting upon the global review, we launched our strategic plan Beyond the Next Horizon at a reception provided by Cunard on board Queen Mary 2. It set out how we would refine our worldwide provision of care, targeting our support for seafarers in the most cost-effective and sustainable manner.
The maritime world is fast-moving and the challenge our charity faced in 2010 was the challenge we have always faced - to stay ahead so that we are on hand, whenever and wherever the ships come in. We must be where seafarers are, and go where they go. As sea routes change and different ports rise, the Mission must move away from areas where it is no longer needed and go boldly into new places
that urgently require a welfare presence. It means, quite literally, stretching our resources further.
Whether in 1856 or 2010, our purpose to deliver at the point of greatest need has never wavered. Although we began our work in ports like Belfast and Bristol during the heyday of the British maritime empire, we are in spirit and in fact an organisation whose reach is truly global. Today we remain a reliable presence in an uncertain world, on call in more than 230 ports, delivering daily to those who daily deliver to us.
No shipping company can have a welfare officer in every port, but the Mission’s frontline staff are there for seafarers in trouble, distress, or despair. In many remote areas, the Mission may be the only help on offer, or the only place vulnerable seafarers feel they can turn for support. Around the world, night and day, we answer cries for help and provide post-trauma counselling, family liaison, or financial assistance, and we arrange professional advice for
those abandoned, caught up in red tape, or left in foreign hospitals far from home.
Seafarers are all too often marginalised and hidden from the world’s eyes but the passion and commitment of those fighting for their welfare is unswerving. From century to century and from horizon to horizon, the Mission’s staff (shipvisitors, centre managers), committees, volunteers, partners and supporters have combined to ensure that the brave men and women on whom we depend can depend on us too.
The International Year of the Seafarer celebrated the life-giving contribution crews make to the fragile security and luxury of our way of life, and, in 2010, The Mission to Seafarers reviewed and renewed its historic commitment to keep on being there for seafarers during their time of greatest need.
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BEYOND THE NEXT HORIZON - 32O WORDS
On board Queen Mary 2 in Southampton, MtS unveiled its five-year development plan to around 200 business leaders, supporters, and leaders of commerce and industry. Our Secretary General Tom Heffer said the organisation was moving away from declining ports to bring services to the rapidly-expanding modern hubs still lacking welfare facilities. Showcasing the Mission’s work in Suape in north-east Brazil, the Secretary General revealed the Mission’s aim to put its services on the map in other emerging ports like Luanda in Angola, Maputo in Mozambique, and Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.
View from Suape, Brazil by the Revd ArielIrrazábal Montero
Since its inception, the fledgling port chaplaincy in Suape has continued to strengthen its presence, gaining all-important recognition from the Port Authority, and getting the word out to seafarers and port terminal agents about our new service. I have forged a good relationship with the union and a range of organisations linked to the maritime industry. Crucially, initial limitations imposed by Customs upon visiting vessels are in the process of being lifted, giving us good prospects for a programme of ship visiting in the future.
A key achievement in 2010 was getting theMission acknowledged by the authorities as anorganisation for the welfare of seafarers, meaning it must be given access to ships, so that I could
visit the port daily, meeting crews from all over the world. A vital grant from the ITF Seafarers’ Trust, without whom so much of the Mission’s work around the world would not be possible, enabled us to acquire a vehicle and a computer. In an important step, MtS was admitted as a full member of the Brazilian Christian Maritime Ministry Committee, the national instrument of cooperation for port operations among the churches.
Our welfare service in Suape is still verymuch in development. However, the level ofneed is great - demands increase, especially forcounselling, one-to-one personal consultationswith seafarers, and a big requirement for accessto communication equipment.
ACHIEVING OUR
GOALS
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In 2010 our flagship fundraising event was the Flying Angel Ride which was launched by celebrity supporter Dan Snow. Over 100 people gathered on the Isle of Wight for a day’s cycling
and raised a whopping £69,580!
On one of the wettest weekends in October, participants from across the shipping industry and committed supporters lined up outside the Island Sailing Club in West Cowes to take on one of three courses around the island – passing rugged coastlines, chocolate-box villages and rolling countryside.
The ride was supported with generous corporate sponsorship from classification society ABS who fielded a team from Belgium and e-money and communications company iVitta whose founder, Simon Black, was the first to return from the 15-mile route from Cowes to Newtown.Teams from across the shipping industry also took part, including: Tilbury Container Services, Associated British Ports, A&P Falmouth and C-MAR. “Despite the foul weather, we had a fantastic day on the island and we want to say thank you to everyone for their time, effort and commitment,” said event organiser David Peters. “We were bowled over by the way local businesses welcomed us and went out of their way to help. The PTA of the Yarmouth Primary School hosted our first refreshment stop and the Co-op provided bananas, energy bars and bottles of water at points across the island. We had volunteers who
stood for hours in the rain acting as stewards to ensure that our participants were cycling safely and on the right route. We couldn’t have put on the event without this kind of support.”
In total, 108 people took part in the ride and the money raised is helping us provide services to seafarers across the world. The previous evening, participants gathered for a meet-and-mingle reception at the Island Sailing Club. Guests enjoyed a buffet supper of chicken curry and relaxed in the club’s comfortable surroundings preparing for the morning ride.
THANKS TO OUR
SUPPORTERS
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Portbury
Seaham
Milford Haven Felixstowe Harwich
Great Yarmouth
Goole
Immingham
Ipswich
South Tees
Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Fowey
SouthamptonTilbury
South Shields
North Tees
Port Talbot
Falmouth
SwanseaCardiff
Newport
PortsMedway
Hull
Port of Spain
Tomakomai
Yokohama
Kobe
Lae
Hong Kong
Fos/Marseilles
Baltimore
Rouen
New YorkNewark
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Diego
San Francisco
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Philadelphia
Norfolk
DunkerqueGhent
Antwerp
Dar-es-Salaam
Port Hedland
Fremantle
Gladstone
Brisbane (2)
Auckland
Napier
Wellington
Hastings
Richards Bay
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Limassol
Bahrain
Dubai
Aqaba
Rotterdam
OdessaVlissingen
Saint John
Walvis Bay
Cape Town
Dampier
Geraldton
BunburyTaurangaAlbany
Port Lincoln Portland
Melbourne Hobart
Esperance
Devonport
GeelongBurnie
Townsville
Port Pirie
Sydney and Port Botany
Pt. Kembla
Honiara
Lagos Mombasa
Busan
Singapore
Manila
Tuticorin
NewMangalore Colombo
Bangkok
Suva
Marsden Point
Nelson
Hamilton
Montreal
Charleston
Halifax
Seattle
Vancouver and Roberts Bank
Port Everglades
Newcastle
Bell Bay
Gibraltar
Port Louis
Stanley
Kiribati
Kwai Chung
Belem
Suape
Saldhana Bay
Sarnia
Fujairah
Port Vila
Lautoka, Fiji
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Mumbai
Lyttelton
Scottish Ports,Grangemouth
Cayman Islands
Santos
Tenerife
Maputo
OUR
NETWORK
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Portbury
Seaham
Milford Haven Felixstowe Harwich
Great Yarmouth
Goole
Immingham
Ipswich
South Tees
Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Fowey
SouthamptonTilbury
South Shields
North Tees
Port Talbot
Falmouth
SwanseaCardiff
Newport
PortsMedway
Hull
Port of Spain
Tomakomai
Yokohama
Kobe
Lae
Hong Kong
Fos/Marseilles
Baltimore
Rouen
New YorkNewark
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Diego
San Francisco
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Philadelphia
Norfolk
DunkerqueGhent
Antwerp
Dar-es-Salaam
Port Hedland
Fremantle
Gladstone
Brisbane (2)
Auckland
Napier
Wellington
Hastings
Richards Bay
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Limassol
Bahrain
Dubai
Aqaba
Rotterdam
OdessaVlissingen
Saint John
Walvis Bay
Cape Town
Dampier
Geraldton
BunburyTaurangaAlbany
Port Lincoln Portland
Melbourne Hobart
Esperance
Devonport
GeelongBurnie
Townsville
Port Pirie
Sydney and Port Botany
Pt. Kembla
Honiara
Lagos Mombasa
Busan
Singapore
Manila
Tuticorin
NewMangalore Colombo
Bangkok
Suva
Marsden Point
Nelson
Hamilton
Montreal
Charleston
Halifax
Seattle
Vancouver and Roberts Bank
Port Everglades
Newcastle
Bell Bay
Gibraltar
Port Louis
Stanley
Kiribati
Kwai Chung
Belem
Suape
Saldhana Bay
Sarnia
Fujairah
Port Vila
Lautoka, Fiji
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Mumbai
Lyttelton
Scottish Ports,Grangemouth
Cayman Islands
Santos
Tenerife
Maputo
Portbury
Seaham
Milford Haven Felixstowe Harwich
Great Yarmouth
Goole
Immingham
Ipswich
South Tees
Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Fowey
SouthamptonTilbury
South Shields
North Tees
Port Talbot
Falmouth
SwanseaCardiff
Newport
PortsMedway
Hull
Port of Spain
Tomakomai
Yokohama
Kobe
Lae
Hong Kong
Fos/Marseilles
Baltimore
Rouen
New YorkNewark
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Diego
San Francisco
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Philadelphia
Norfolk
DunkerqueGhent
Antwerp
Dar-es-Salaam
Port Hedland
Fremantle
Gladstone
Brisbane (2)
Auckland
Napier
Wellington
Hastings
Richards Bay
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Limassol
Bahrain
Dubai
Aqaba
Rotterdam
OdessaVlissingen
Saint John
Walvis Bay
Cape Town
Dampier
Geraldton
BunburyTaurangaAlbany
Port Lincoln Portland
Melbourne Hobart
Esperance
Devonport
GeelongBurnie
Townsville
Port Pirie
Sydney and Port Botany
Pt. Kembla
Honiara
Lagos Mombasa
Busan
Singapore
Manila
Tuticorin
NewMangalore Colombo
Bangkok
Suva
Marsden Point
Nelson
Hamilton
Montreal
Charleston
Halifax
Seattle
Vancouver and Roberts Bank
Port Everglades
Newcastle
Bell Bay
Gibraltar
Port Louis
Stanley
Kiribati
Kwai Chung
Belem
Suape
Saldhana Bay
Sarnia
Fujairah
Port Vila
Lautoka, Fiji
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Mumbai
Lyttelton
Scottish Ports,Grangemouth
Cayman Islands
Santos
Tenerife
Maputo
Portbury
Seaham
Milford Haven Felixstowe Harwich
Great Yarmouth
Goole
Immingham
Ipswich
South Tees
Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Fowey
SouthamptonTilbury
South Shields
North Tees
Port Talbot
Falmouth
SwanseaCardiff
Newport
PortsMedway
Hull
Port of Spain
Tomakomai
Yokohama
Kobe
Lae
Hong Kong
Fos/Marseilles
Baltimore
Rouen
New YorkNewark
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Diego
San Francisco
Toronto
Thunder Bay
Philadelphia
Norfolk
DunkerqueGhent
Antwerp
Dar-es-Salaam
Port Hedland
Fremantle
Gladstone
Brisbane (2)
Auckland
Napier
Wellington
Hastings
Richards Bay
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Limassol
Bahrain
Dubai
Aqaba
Rotterdam
OdessaVlissingen
Saint John
Walvis Bay
Cape Town
Dampier
Geraldton
BunburyTaurangaAlbany
Port Lincoln Portland
Melbourne Hobart
Esperance
Devonport
GeelongBurnie
Townsville
Port Pirie
Sydney and Port Botany
Pt. Kembla
Honiara
Lagos Mombasa
Busan
Singapore
Manila
Tuticorin
NewMangalore Colombo
Bangkok
Suva
Marsden Point
Nelson
Hamilton
Montreal
Charleston
Halifax
Seattle
Vancouver and Roberts Bank
Port Everglades
Newcastle
Bell Bay
Gibraltar
Port Louis
Stanley
Kiribati
Kwai Chung
Belem
Suape
Saldhana Bay
Sarnia
Fujairah
Port Vila
Lautoka, Fiji
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Mumbai
Lyttelton
Scottish Ports,Grangemouth
Cayman Islands
Santos
Tenerife
Maputo
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Centre, MtS ‘Flying Angel Club’
Centre, MtS with partners
MtS Ship visiting and counselling
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The Mission to Seafarers is committed to helping crews at the greatest point of need. In 2010, we continued a programme of reviewing our UK-based services to ensure that they met the needs of visiting crews.
Across the country, our chaplains and ship visitors have met a range of requests for assistance. In Falmouth, our emergency team swung into action to provide care and practical help to the crew of the Chinese fishing vessel Athena which caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. As the 98 men were brought ashore, our team was waiting on the dockside to take them to a nearby hotel where food, clothes and a medical team were standing by.
In Scotland, our chaplain to the Scottish ports completed his first full year of work. Throughout the year, the Revd Tim Tunley has been able to concentrate almost entirely on visiting seafarers, whilst increasing the number of ports he is able to visit, enabling more crews to connect with our services. Tim is supported by the newly-appointed director of development for Scotland, Commander Jim McRae who has been developing training programmes to help supporters play a more active part in ship visiting and supporting us.
Last year, the UN designated 2010 as the Year of the Seafarer and MtS took an active role in campaigning at the highest levels to ensure that seafarers’ welfare remained on the agenda. Through our seats on the International Maritime Organisation and the International Labour
Organisation we contributed to discussions relating to seafarers’ working hours, human rights and safety issues, as well as monitoring debates on piracy and abandonment. We also launched a photo competition for seafarers called Life@Sea. Over 100 entries were submitted displaying a range of activities and the winners were displayed at a reception in the House of Lords hosted by celebrated photographer Lord Greenway.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW:
AT HOME
“I am very proud of the way our volunteers stepped up today. They have been the face of Falmouth and the Flying Angel for those plucked from the trauma and shock of Atlantic shipwreck.” Penny Phillips, Chairman, MtS Falmouth
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Our two-pronged strategy for providing maritime services Beyond the Next Horizon is driven by changing shipping patterns and the need to deliver services at some of the world’s busiest ports. It has seen us sharpening our international operations in existing areas while planning to open facilities for the seafarers now crowding into the new hubs.
In 2010 we carried out exploratory visits to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. We also began looking into two ports in India – Haldea and the JNPT Terminal in Mumbai – with a view to opening facilities or supporting existing operations in 2011.
But our work around the world is not confined to opening new services. We’ve also been looking at the way we serve seafarers in the Far East and remodelling our work in Yokohama, by closing our old centre and providing an extensive ship-visiting and transportation facility in partnership with other seafarers’ centres.
In Korea, we relocated our centre to the inside of the Korea Express Busan Terminal, providing a facility which is better suited to seafarers’ needs. The bright, modern centre is in the perfect location for seafarers who have short turnaround times at what is the fifth busiest port in the world.
Last year we also invested in the training of our chaplains and ship visitors so that they are better equipped to deal with the ever-evolving needs of crews. Staff in Aqaba, Bahrain, Cyprus, Dubai, the Netherlands and France were trained in post-trauma care. The course is tutored by Dr Marion Gibson
and will enable our chaplains to recognise the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The start of 2012 will see the Maritime Labour Convention come into force across the world. This important piece of legislation brings together a ‘bill of rights’ for seafarers and covers a range of issues which many people who work on land take for granted, such as hours of rest and employment rights. In preparation, many governments and institutions have turned to us for assistance in ensuring that they are putting seafarers first. In 2010 we conducted training with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Fremantle Nautical College and the Liberian Flag State Inspectors.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW:
AROUND THE WORLD
“Ensuring our frontliners are highly trained means that we can tailor our response to the needs of individual seafarers.” The Revd Ken Peters, Director of Justice and Welfare
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These illustrations provide information extracted from our Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2010. They indicate our sources of income and how resources have been expended.
The full Accounts can be found on our website www.missiontoseafarers.org or by contacting [email protected] or obtained from International Headquarters.
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Summary Financial Information 2010
Incoming Resources 2010£4,290,000
D
C
B
A44%
38%
14%
4%
■ Donations, gifts, charitable activities
■ Investment income
■ Legacies
■ Other
Resources Expended 2010£5,249,000
D
C
B
A
21%
5%
73%
1%
■ Charitable activities
■ Governance
■ Fundraising & trading
■ Investment management
The Mission to Seafarers is grateful to all the parishes, committees and individuals who have supported our work in the past year. In particular, we would like to thank the following trusts and companies for their generous support:
A&P Falmouth Ltd
ABS Europe Ltd
Baltic Exchange
Braemar Shipping Services Plc
Carnival UK
Celebre Art Limited
Chevron Shipping Company LLC
Chirp Charitable Trust
Criffel Charitable Trust
Cunard
David Brooke Charity
Diocese of Oxford
DP World
Edith Lilian Harrison 2000 Foundation
Emilienne Charitable Trust
Foresight Ltd
G M Morrison Charitable Trust
Godfrey Winn Will Trust
Graig Shipping Plc
Holman Fenwick & Willan
Ince & Co
International Marine Transportation Ltd
International Transport Workers’ Federation – Seafarers Trust
Intertanko
iVitta LLP
Joseph Strong Frazer Trust
Langley Shipping Limited
Linden Charitable Trust
Little Britain Charitable Trust
Lloyds Register EMEA
Maritime Charities Funding Group
Medway Missions to Seamen Trust
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Milford Haven Port Authority
Miller Charitable Trust
N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd
Niarchos (London) Ltd
Norman Evershed Trust
P & O Cruises Ltd
Peter Storrs Trust
Poling Charitable Trust
R G Hillls Charitable Trust
Saga Shipping Company Ltd
Salamander Charitable Trust
Seafarers UK
Seamans Institute
Seatrade Communications Ltd
Shipowners Protection Ltd
Sir Edward Lewis Charitable Trust
Society of Maritime Industries
Swire Charitable Trust
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
The Catatania Trust
The Douglas Investment Trust
The EDB Memorial Charitable Trust
The Fulmer Charitable Trust
The G F Eyre Charitable Trust
The Gamma Trust
The Gosling Foundation Limited
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust
The Kay Williams Charitable Foundation
The Lady Hind Trust
The Loseley Christian Trust
The N Smith Charitable Settlement
The Princess Anne’s Charities Trust
The Propeller Club of The United States
The Roger Vere Foundation
The Sunrise (Sidmouth) Trust
The Thornton Foundation
The Worshipful Company of Carmen
The Worshipful Company of Curriers
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
The Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers
Thomas Miller P&I Ltd
Tindall Riley (Britannia) Limited
Trees of the Rose Family Charitable Trust
V Ships UK Ltd
West of England Ship Owners Insurance Services Ltd
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
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In the UK, The Mission to Seafarers is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 6220240; registered charity number 1123613. Registered office: St Michael Paternoster Royal, College Hill, London, EC4R 2RL.The Mission to Seafarers Scotland Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland, number 389483; registered charity in Scotland number SCO41938. Registered office: 109 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7PL.
CONTACT [email protected]
Tel: 0207 248 5202
www.missiontoseafarers.org
International Headquarters: St Michael Paternoster Royal, College Hill, London EC4R 2RL
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