WE BELIEVE WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY SUPPORTING NOT-FOR-PROFIT MARITIME ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WORK TOWARDS SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY & IMPROVING SEAFARER WELLBEING.

At RightShip, we know our industry can’t run seamlessly without the many people who contribute at all levels of the supply chain. We have always worked with charity partners in order to advocate for seafarer safety and wellbeing.  

In 2020, we took our commitment further and partnered with independent civil society charity Human Rights at Sea, in order to proactively drive significant change from the top down.

Our primary partnership: Human Rights at Sea  

RightShip has strategically partnered with Human Rights at Sea because we have a shared mission to improve safety outcomes for all seafarers. We have chosen to align with this organisation, which was founded by UK-based barrister (non-practicing) David Hammond in 2014, because we believe we can support a shared goal to engage stakeholders, improve human rights policies and stop the abuses that occur at sea.  

Human Rights at Sea has released the Geneva Declaration of Human Rights at Sea. It is currently focused on state-level change and the aim is to achieve ratification within the United Nations systems. RightShip will work with Human Rights at Sea to reach this ambitious goal, with the aim of establishing a treaty that falls in line with the international laws that apply on land. 

Partnership with Mission to Seafarers

In June 2020 we were pleased to announce a new partnership with the Mission to Seafarers, supporting their work to protect the lives of seafarers around the world, with an unrestricted donation of $25,000 USD.

Day and night, the Mission to Seafarers is on call for seafarers in over 200 ports around the world. With over 90% of world trade carried by sea, providing work to 1.5 million seafarers, they offer much-needed practical, emotional and spiritual support through ship visits, their seafarers’ centres and a range of welfare and emergency support services. All of which is made possible through their global network of chaplains, staff and volunteers. The charity is able to carry out its vital work through generous donations from its friends, supporters and the wider maritime industry.

Our additional commitments to giving back  

In recent years we have supported a range of organisations and provided the following outcomes: 

• The Sailors’ Society: provided support for welfare coaching in maritime technical colleges in China  
• Mission to Seafarers Melbourne: funding to support local seafarer travel  
• Yale University: supporting research funding for seafarer health, wellness and injury reduction  
• Alma Doepel restoration fund: financial support to purchase 2000 forged, galvanised bolts to fasted new hull framing and planking on Alma Doepel  
• Seafarers’ House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: funds provided to purchase new computer equipment

RightShip also supports staff fundraising efforts by matching their total raised dollar-for-dollar (up to $200) per event or cause

RightShip has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to better address and understand the industry’s human element, and is a signatory to the Poseidon Challenge working towards zero fatalities, zero pollution and zero detentions.

Encouraging industry-best safety standards, members of leading industry associations are recognised on the Qi platform.

RightShip is a founding member the World Ocean Council, a not-for-profit organisation which seeks to catalyse collaboration in ocean sustainability and stewardship, tackling global marine environmental issues and advancing “Corporate Ocean Responsibility”.

RightShip also recognise the important role that the group of Marine Environment Protection Associations (HELMEPA, AUSMEPA, CYMEPA and NAMEPA) undertake to promote sound environmental practice. RightShip is currently working with AUSMEPA to build the Maritime Emissions Portal, which will provide transparency surrounding air emissions in a port area, allowing for emissions reduction schemes and port benchmarking.