Seafarers

APP for Sailors

Technology continues to dominate everyday life at work and homes. Institutions that seek to remain efficient are also embracing technological tools that enhances performance, connectivity and seamless operations.

For seafarers, life at sea is often a long, lonely, hazardous journey that could be very demanding. The health status and wellbeing of sailors remains very important if accidents are to be avoided.

Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating internationally, has launched Wellness at Sea Application, a free App intended to combat issues such as fatigue, poor mental health and stress which affect seafarers on a daily basis and can be the difference between safe transit and  incidents.

With interactive challenges on each of the five elements of Wellness at Sea – Social, Emotional, Physical, Intellectual and Spiritual – users receive daily feedback enabling them to monitor their progress.

The app has in built directories and contact details for services offered by maritime welfare organizations including Apostleship of the Sea, Mission to Seafarers, NAMMA and Sailors’ Society. It enables users to track their journey and know their ETA using Marine Traffic AIS data.

According to Sailors’ Society’s deputy chief executive, Sandra Welch, said: “Sailors’ Society’s Wellness at Sea coaching program has been well received by the industry and we were keen to take it to the next level by putting the tools to enhance and monitor well-being in the hands of seafarers themselves. The Wellness at Sea app is a fun and interactive way for seafarers to improve wellness whilst providing practical information including local maritime welfare services and ship tracking data.”