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The Seaman's Church Institute

The Seamen’s Church Institute was founded in the 1800s. 

Today, the Seamen’s Church Institute’s Center for Seafarers’ Rights is a world leader in advocacy for merchant mariners, providing professional legal services, training, and advocacy for seafarers and those who serve them around the globe.

When it was established in 1982, Center for Seafarers’ Rights mission was primarily to uphold the rights of seafarers who at that time often suffered unfair treatment at the hands of shipowners, and could be subject to poor conditions aboard ship.

Thankfully, such problems have diminished over the years, although Center for Seafarers’ Rights still sees its fair share of cases involving pay disputes, denial of medical care, shore leave restrictions and other work-related disputes.

Over the years, however, the Center’s focus has expanded to include broader seafarer well-being issues such as maritime security, physical and mental health, and the effects of potentially traumatic events such as piracy attacks on crews. 

The Seaman's Church can be reached on social media via:
Facebook | Twitter | Vimeo | Flickr

The church also has facilities at the Port of Newark, New Jersey
SCI–PORT NEWARK
(Christmas at Sea & Center for Seafarers' Rights)
118 Export St
Port Newark, NJ 07114
T +1 973-589-5828

SCI–PADUCAH 
129 S Water St
Paducah, KY 42001 
T +1 270-575-1005 
F +1 270-575-9152 

SCI–HOUSTON 
9650 High Level Rd 
Houston, TX 77029 
T +1 713-674-1236 
F +1 713-674-1239 



The Seafarer's Friend

The Seafarer's Friend meets the unmet spiritual, social and practical needs of seafarers in the New England Maritime Community. Founded and incorporated in 1827 in Boston as The Boston Seaman’s Friend Society. 

Their services include:
 

Hospitality
We engage seafarers, their families and community by visiting aboard ships, welcoming and hosting seafarers ashore and being attentive to their needs, including ways to contact home, a clean and safe place to relax offshore, transportation to shopping centers, as well as social, educational and recreational activities.
Advocacy
We empower seafarers, their families and community to address concerns of health, safety and working/living conditions aboard ship through mediation and through an international network whose only concern is the well being of seafarers.
Pastoral Care
We encourage seafarers, their families and community in the nurture of faith by making available bibles and support literature, chaplaincy services and connections to local communities of faith and by providing counseling for seafarers.
Referral/ Information
We equip seafarers, their families and community to make informed decisions about their lives and work, by connecting seafarers with a supporting network of human services; including retirement, financial, job training, translators and medical services.

They have facilities in: 
Boston, Massachusetts
77 Broadway Street
Chelsea, MA 02150 
Tel: 617-889-3222 
Fax: 617-889-6315


Portland, Maine 
Marine Trade Center
2 Portland Fish Pier #103
Portland, ME 04101 
Tel: 207-956-7677


Portsmouth, New Hampshire
213 Gosling Road
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Toll Free: 1 855-661-0330

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    • Tools for Educators
  • Whistleblower Files
    • Whistleblower Notes
    • A Whistleblower Perspective
    • List of Whistleblower Awards
  • Oil Pollution Facts
    • A Toxicologist's Perspective
    • Oil in A Nesting Ground
    • Impact on Mammals, Birds and Fish
  • Coastal Impacts
    • Mass Coastal Environment
    • Buzzards Bay
    • New Bedford Mystery Solved
    • Hidden Costs of Spills
    • Lesson from An Old Spill
    • Chris Reddy: Marine Defender
    • Mass Resources for Mariners
    • NJ Coastal Environment
    • Delaware Bay and Oil
    • Recreational Boaters
    • Marine Debris Facts
  • Report Spills
  • News
  • Watch