Research project investigates seafarers’ welfare in Chinese ports
Interviewing seafarer aboard of Chinese ship in Southampton 20170927
How are welfare services in Chinese ports, offered to seafarers from countries around the world (including those from China), organised and operated? What are the most valued services that seafarer organisations and other players can provide in these ports?
Professor Minghua Zhao, Maritime sociologist from Southampton Solent University
To answer these and others questions, on the basis of a detailed survey and analysis, a research project ‘Seafarers Shore-based Welfare in Chinese Ports’ (SWiC) has begun at the China Centre Maritime (CCM) at Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering (WSMSE), Southampton Solent University. Funding is being provided by the ITF Seafarers Trust, and the project is endorsed by Nautilus International, the UK Merchant Navy Welfare Board and the International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network.
Dr Gaochao He, the professor from Zhongshan University specialised in the study of Chinese workers
The project is intended to go well beyond assessing what welfare services are currently provided for seafarers employed on ships calling at Chinese sea ports. Another aim is to help develop best practice in port-based welfare provision, informed by ideas derived from the research on seafarers’ needs.
Dr/Captain Pengfei Zhang, a senior lecturer at WSMSE and specialist on seafarers’ rights
One key research element is to look closely at various stakeholders current policies. The policies of the Chinese Government, trades unions, shipping and ship management companies, crewing agencies and other key stakeholders relating to seafarers’ port-based welfare facilities and services and how they are provided will be analysed.
China Ports map with blue dots
At the China Centre Maritime, the project is being led by maritime sociologist Professor Minghua Zhao with Dr Gaochao He, a professor from Zhongshan University specialised in the study of Chinese workers and Dr/Captain Pengfei Zhang, a senior lecturer at WSMSE and specialist on seafarers’ rights and MLC2006. The research, which has already begun, is expected to produce important findings to inform maritime policy makers and practitioners and to benefit the 1.3 million seafarers who carry the huge amounts of international trade across the globe to all parts of the world.
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