InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement sector, is calling on shipping industry colleagues to contribute to a new campaign to highlight the issue of criminalisation of seafarers.

InterManager said in a release it is concerned at the “increasingly harsh” treatment of ships’ crew in some parts of the world and is actively taking part in industry discussions to identify the depth of the problem and to address seafarers’ concerns.

The association now plans to collate statistics on criminalisation incidents which it plans to share with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and other shipping industry stakeholders.

InterManager is asking for other shipping organisations, maritime colleagues, and seafarers to inform it of cases of criminalisation that they are aware of,…