MtSPortDevelopment

Port Development Manager for the Mission to Seafarers @flyingangelnews - helping to dream & plan for the welfare of those who go up to the sea in ships

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We are expanding our work, caring for seafarers as they visit the Black Sea ports of Poti & Batumi, in Georgia.
Could you be our chaplain there? Or know someone who could?...
Applications welcomed within the next three weeks...

[The Mission to Seafarers @FlyingAngelNews]

We're expanding to Georgia! Seeking a compassionate Chaplain/Chaplaincy Worker for Poti & Batumi ports.

Applicants must be:
🔹 Fluent in Georgian, Russian & English
🔹 Right to live & work in Georgia
📅 Apply by 6th March 2025, noon

Details & apply: https://t.co/xMGzi08nXf

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It is a time of change for our @FlyingAngelNews work in caring for seafarers in the busy & important port of Walvis Bay, Namibia...
https://t.co/0ZfFseSBnH

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https://t.co/cbO7bwICXX
After nearly 12 years at the helm of @FlyingAngelNews , our (soon-to-be) outgoing Secretary General, The Revd Canon Andrew Wright, has been honoured by @safety4sea with their Leadership Award.
A great honour, well deserved.

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Praying today for the safety and wellbeing of the seafarers of the M/V Tutor, as it sinks following Houthi attack in Red Sea (https://t.co/1VJ2e6jQ3B)
@FlyingAngelNews

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Six ships in port, this morning, here in Batumi, Georgia…
@FlyingAngelNews is exploring potential for us to bring a regular chaplain into this busy port - & the even busier port of Poti, up the Black Sea coast…
Caring for seafarers, wherever we can.

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Prayers offered for the crew of the M/S Dali and for all other seafarers now stranded in the port of Baltimore, following this terrible crash.
@FlyingAngelNews will be at work through our Mission https://t.co/aXICr9yEgH to bring assistance and care, where we can...

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...the horror of another ghastly terrorist attack by Houthis on innocent seafarers...
This, the first to bring direct casualties: 3 seafarers out of a crew of 20, with a further 3 critically-injured...and all now abandoned ship...
Of your mervy, pray...

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I was delighted to be visiting @KAP_Saudi yesterday, a fast-growing port on the Red Sea coast.
Together with @FlyingAngelNews, we are thinking about how to care for seafarers calling in there.
Meanwhile, at the exact same time - further down the coast...
https://t.co/JVAjYL1oMw

[The Mission to Seafarers @FlyingAngelNews]

Join our team at The Mission as a Church and Volunteer Engagement Manager! This exciting new role will focus on expanding our UK church relationships and diversifying our dedicated volunteer team.

Closing date: 12 March

Apply here: https://t.co/4YgH6qJPPL

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Happy St Nicholas' Day!

Nicholas of Myra (270 – 6 December 343), was an early bishop of Myra in Asia Minor. He is the patron saint of seafarers & merchants (as well as of archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers and unmarried people!)
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@MtSBenBailey Horrific.
Prayers ascending for seafarers caught up in this hatred & terror, and for the equipping of people of peace.

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In the Calendar of the Church of England, today is a Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church.
I ask of your prayers for The Mission to Seafarers @FlyingAngelNews
and our mission partners, and for those we serve...

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Praying today for the seafarers aboard the #GALAXY_LEADER ship, taken hostage into Yemen

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Dr Jean Ver P. Pia - Maritime Attaché, Embassy of the Philippines - speaks to the proactive, ambitious framework for upskilling seafarers for the future…powerful stuff!
Filipinos make up almost 700K of the 1.9 million seafarers across the world.
@IMOHQ @ilo @FlyingAngelNews

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Jeroen Deelen, Chief Operating Officer of @BSM_shipping speaks about celebrating the ‘digital-nativity’ of many young people, but alongside recognition of the mental health challenges particular to seafarers & their work
@IMOHQ @ilo @FlyingAngelNews

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Captain Rashida Menon speaks (remotely, & from her ship) to ⁦@IMOHQ⁩ ⁦@ilo⁩ conference…
Concerned about the growing ill mental health amongst seafarers as the balance of human & machine shifts…
Seafarers matter.
⁦@FlyingAngelNews⁩

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Natalia Yefrimenko, @ITFglobalunion inspector in Ukraine, speaks abt tough cases of seafarer abuse she has endured encountered, from lack of water, no PPE, substandard accommodation & communications, limited shore leave & leisure… & a rise in suicide
@imo @ilo @FlyingAngelNews

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Benito Nunez Quintanilla, Director General 4 the Merchant Marine, Spain makes case 4 increasing crew numbers above minimum standards, for the sake of good mental health, avoidance of fatigue, and the future attractiveness of seafaring 4 the future…
@IMOHQ @ilo @FlyingAngelNews

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Government officials from Indonesia & Panama speak to provisions to support & protect the rights of seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including establishing that they are ‘key workers’
@IMOHQ @ilo @FlyingAngelNews

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Stephen Cotton of @ITFglobalunion speaks of a “moment of great opportunity”.
Challenges, also.
Upskilling 800,000 seafarers with new technologies & working skills, during transitional years ahead, not least…
@IMOHQ @ilo @FlyingAngelNews