The annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) will be celebrated on 25 June when the theme will be: Your voyage – then and now, share your journey.
Every seafarer’s journey is different, but they all face similar challenges. For 2022 the campaign of the Day of the Seafarers, with the theme Your voyage – then and now, share your journey, looks at seafarers’ voyages, what they include and how they have evolved over time and what remains at the heart of seafarers’ reality.
This campaign gives seafarers a chance to share what resonates with them currently, whether it is the crew change crisis being unresolved or the future of technology.
For this year’s Day of the Seafarer IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has made a four minute video message AVAILABLE HERE
The Day of the Seafarer campaign is centred on social media.
This year IMO is asking seafarers to post two photos, one of their first voyage and another one of the latest or most recent voyage, and to tell what has changed. Is shipping greener? Is the technology better? Are seafarers more skilled? What have they learnt?
On Twitter #SeafarerJourney will be the new hashtag for the 2022 campaign. This hashtag can be used by anyone engaging in the campaign to pay tribute to seafarers.
Seafarers themselves can use it to showcase their voyages.