Mission to Seafarers Newcastle in Newcastle, New South Wales | Charitable organisation

Mission to Seafarers Newcastle

Locality: Newcastle, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4961 5007

Address: 96 Hannell Street 2293 Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.mtsnewcastle.org.au

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25.01.2022 Those cables don't grease themselves! The Kokopo Chief is a regular in Newcastle. These guys usually walk into the Mission from Carrington. It'll be great to see them again soon. #seafarersarekeyworkers #crewchangecrisis #safety #teamwork #lifeatsea

25.01.2022 Christmas is 2 months away! Over the next 6 weeks, we'll be asking for donations of specific items to include in Christmas packs for seafarers. To start with, we're collecting - 1,000 packs of razors, - 1,000 bottles of shampoo, and... - 1,000 bottles of conditioner. Christmas is usually a difficult time for seafarers and this year seafarers are going to feel the separation from their families even more acutely. Last year, with your help, we managed to supply 850 packs to seafarers far from home. However, this year, we hope to reach 1,000 seafarers! Please share this post, and encourage your friends and family to listen to the ABC radio story from last year, linked below. https://www.abc.net.au//break/seafarers-christmas/11832248 #SeafarersAreKeyWorkers #CrewChangeCrisis #australialovesseafarers #COVID19 #christmasiscoming #christmasgifts #christmas2020 #christmaspacks

24.01.2022 The MTS Newcastle team have been in touch with local port authorities, NSW Health and Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA and are currently standing by to provide practical and pastoral support to the captain and crew of the #AncapaLight An officer who returned a positive COVID-19 test result is currently being treated in isolation at John Hunter Hospital. We ask that you offer your thoughts, prayers, and intentions for the officer, who undoubtedly is feeling quite al...one in a foreign hospital; for the crew who have been working to keep Australia running during the pandemic and are now facing uncertainty; and for the local men and women of the port who are working to assess the situation and make important decisions at this time. Thank you to thousands of you in the community who have continued to support seafarers throughout everything this year.

18.01.2022 It was a welcome change to be able to offer hospitality and a place of rest to a visitor at the Mission to Seafarers Newcastle this evening! It's encounters like this that are good for your mental health. #WorldMentalHealthDay

16.01.2022 Thank you Sharon Claydon MP for speaking strongly on behalf of seafarers. FEDERAL TASKFORCE NEEDED TO ADDRESS SEAFARER CRISIS The federal member for Newcastle is calling for a national taskforce to be set up to investigate the crisis affecting seafarers, stuck on ships due to coronavirus.... Sharon Claydon wants the government to investigate allowing some crew exchange. We know there are 300,000 to 400,000 seafarers who are imprisoned on these vessels, they can not leave. I mean this is a humanitarian crisis. Crews off Newcastle can’t set foot on dry land, with dire consequences on mental health and safety. You can support seafarers by participating in Port to Port, the virtual mission from Newcastle to Newcastle. Register your support at https://mtsnewcastle.org.au #porttoport #NewcastleLovesSeafarers #SeafarersAreKeyWorkers #CrewChangeCrisis https://www.nbnnews.com.au//federal-taskforce-needed-to-a/

15.01.2022 Seafarers you are in our thoughts and prayers everyday. Volunteers and staff are sharing pictures of our lives. We hope you enjoy them. We stand with you, and this is the view from where we stand.

13.01.2022 Seafarers can often experience mental health-related challenges while they are at sea. WeCare 'On Board Mental Health Champions' is a resource designed by The M...ission to Seafarers to promote positive mental health among seafarers to help them feel in control. Find out more via the link below. #WorldMentalHealthDay https://www.missiontoseafarers.org//WeCare-On-Board-Mental

13.01.2022 UPDATE on #AnacapaLight We are very pleased to be able to share the good news that upon further investigative testing the seafarer who was taken to the John Hunter Hospital neither is nor has been infectious at any point since arriving in Australia. The positive COVID-19 result returned yesterday was caused by the seafarer having previously had COVID-19.... He has been reunited with his captain and crew who will continue their operations while in port. Thank you for your support of the officer who tested positive, the crew who can now focus on the task at hand, and for all those involved in this case. We thank everyone in the port community for their professionalism and open communication with us throughout this episode.

12.01.2022 This is Nicholas. He was born during Covid restrictions and lives at the Mission to Seafarers Newcastle. No seafarers have been able to visit the Mission since ...before he was born. How many seafarers are desperate to go home to children they've never met? #seafarersarekeyworkers #crewchangecrisis

10.01.2022 Sharing our lives with Seafarers. Pictures from MTS Newcastle volunteers and staff. We stand with you, and this is the view from where we stand.

08.01.2022 A well-written opinion piece in yesterday's Newcastle Herald. --- The strict protocols that swung into place when the bulk carrier #AnacapaLight arrived in Newcastle on Thursday carrying a crew member with a suspected case of coronavirus can be viewed as the sort of vigilance demanded by the circumstances. After all, many of the crew had recently boarded in India, which with 6.8 million known COVID cases is rapidly closing in on the United States, which tops the global tally ...with 7.6 million infections. Even so, the Anacapa Light should be seen as a rare exception. One of the main weapons against the spread of coronavirus - shutting borders and minimising travel of any sort where necessary - has put most seafarers well away from the virus, while leaving them literally "all at sea". In this era of globalised trade, most ships' crews come from poorer nations. By themselves, they have little political clout, but the inhumanity of their isolation has become so obvious that even business lobby groups have joined with the International Labour Organization, the International Transport Workers' Federation and other union-aligned bodies in calling for immediate action. Unfortunately, however, these groups say the calls are falling on deaf ears. Even before coronavirus, an estimated 90 per cent of the world's international trade was done by sea. With air travel severely limited, more and more cargo is being pushed onto ships. In pursuit of profit, freight rates by sea and air are rising, in some cases dramatically. By international convention, the maximum time that any seafarer should remain on board is 11 months. Instead, there are an estimated 400,000 seafarers who have been on their ships for as long as 17 months, with another 400,000 waiting to replace them, and mostly going without pay as they do. Perhaps surprisingly, there is little sign so far of price rises for our imported goods, despite a situation that the International Chamber of Shipping is describing as an impending "logjam". While no country can say it has not been warned, it may well take a tragedy - a shipping collision or a reef grounding with a major oil spill, for example - before anything happens. As a region that gains much of its wealth from coal exports, it is in our interest to see those seafarers who want to leave their waterborne prisons safely repatriated. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au//the-plight-of-covid-t/

08.01.2022 PORT TO PORT - Now Entering the Suez Canal! We've just entered the Suez Canal! If it's your first time passing through this man-made wonder, checkout the video from fellow seafarer JeffHK below! Haven't signed up for Port to Port? Join us on our virtual voyage from Newcastle, Australia to Newcastle, UK.... Sign up now at http://mtsnewcastle.org.au/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3hLZJZmlI

07.01.2022 We will be bowing our heads at 11.00am to remember those who fought so bravely for us both on land and at sea. The Merchant Mariners are dear to our hearts. They need no dirge, for time and tide fills all things, with tribute unto them. The warmth of a summer sun, the calm of a quiet sea, the comforting arm of night, the generous soul of nature and the power of a seabird’s flight.... Blow golden trumpets blow, mournfully for all the golden youth and shattered dreams that lie where God has lain his quiet dead for all the world to see, upon an alien ocean bed. (Epitaph for a merchant seaman, written by one of their own).

06.01.2022 May God bless you and your family this week! Our reflections are also available to download from SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mtsnewcastle Please consider donating: https://donorbox.org/mtsnewcastle Mission to Seafarers - Caring for seafarers around the world https://www.mtsnewcastle.org.au... To speak privately with one of our chaplains now or confidentially alert us about an issue onboard, please contact us: CHAT WITH A CHAPLAIN (24/7 online service): https://bit.ly/2wUd70j EMAIL: https://mtsnewcastle.org.au/contact/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MTSNewcastle TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/MTSNewcastle INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mtsnewcastle LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mtsnewcastle For assistance in your language, contact SeafarerHelp WEB: https://www.seafarerhelp.org/en/ DIRECT DIAL: +44 20 7323 2737 EMAIL: [email protected] End screen icons by https://icons8.com #seafarer #reflection #prayer #psalm #MissiontoSeafarers #MTSNewcastle #StellaMaris #COVID19 #seamansclub #HumansatSea #lifeonboard See more

06.01.2022 Continuing our Friday series, our MTS Newcastle Family sharing photos of their lives. Seafarers - "We stand with you, and this is the view from where we stand".

05.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who continues to support our work! #newcastlelovesseafarers

05.01.2022 Maris CentenaryMay God bless you and your family this week! Our reflections are also available to download from SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mtsnewcastle Please consider donating: https://donorbox.org/mtsnewcastle Mission to Seafarers - Caring for seafarers around the world https://www.mtsnewcastle.org.au... To speak privately with one of our chaplains now or confidentially alert us about an issue onboard, please contact us: CHAT WITH A CHAPLAIN (24/7 online service): https://bit.ly/2wUd70j EMAIL: https://mtsnewcastle.org.au/contact/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MTSNewcastle TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/MTSNewcastle INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mtsnewcastle LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mtsnewcastle For assistance in your language, contact SeafarerHelp WEB: https://www.seafarerhelp.org/en/ DIRECT DIAL: +44 20 7323 2737 EMAIL: [email protected] End screen icons by https://icons8.com #seafarer #reflection #prayer #psalm #MissiontoSeafarers #MTSNewcastle #StellaMaris #COVID19 #seamansclub #HumansatSea #lifeonboard See more

03.01.2022 THE SEAFARER CHRISTMAS DRIVE IS ON! We're currently taking donations towards Christmas packs for seafarers. Christmas is usually a difficult time for seafarers and this year seafarers are going to feel the separation from their families even more acutely.... Last year, with your help, we managed to supply 850 packs to seafarers far from home. However, this year, we hope to reach 1,000 seafarers! Please share this post, and encourage your friends and family to listen to the ABC radio story from last year, linked below. https://www.abc.net.au//break/seafarers-christmas/11832248 #SeafarersAreKeyWorkers #CrewChangeCrisis #australialovesseafarers #COVID19 #christmasiscoming #christmasgifts #christmas2020