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Here are the findings of a special survey into port facilities commissioned by the ITF Seafarers' Trust. The survey, conducted over the period of 19 months from February 2001 to August 2002, looked at ports suspected of providing inadequate welfare services for seafarers. In total 136 suspect ports around the world were identified and visits made to 23 of these plus five others. The survey found that most of the ports visited had no welfare services at all, although several had listed such facilities in port directories.
The main criteria used by the ITF Trust in selecting the ports to be visited in this phase of the survey were that the ports were located in different regions of the world and offered the social and cultural conditions for the possible development of welfare work with seafarers. In all countries visited the conditions were quite distinct and in some cases conditions between ports even within the same country varied considerably.
The preparations for the survey were conducted in consultation with major welfare organisations such as the International Committee on Seafarers' Welfare, the International Christian Maritime Association, the Mission to Seafarers, Apostleship of the Sea, British and International Sailors' Society and the German Seamen's Mission. We hope that information in the survey reports will be beneficial for any seafarers' welfare organisations wishing to establish their presence in these ports.
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