The International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA), established in 1969, is a voluntary association of Christian maritime missions. ICMA promotes and encourages cooperation and mutual assistance between its members. ICMA affiliates have established presence in more than 500 ports throughout the world.

The International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare (ICSW) is a voluntary organisation to make recommendations on welfare needs worldwide, to provide advice and assistance on the practical implementation of the ILO instruments on seafarers’ welfare, and to encourage and promote the welfare needs of seafarers.

The Seafarers’ International Research Centre (SIRC), an independent research institution within Cardiff University, was established with Trust funding in 1995. The SIRC aims to produce soundly based scientific knowledge of potential benefit to seafarers of all ranks and nationalities.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) The ILO five-year International Programme for the Promotion of Decent Work in the Maritime Industry (DWMI), which was launched with the help of Trust grant, has been running for eighteen months now. A priority activity for the programme on Decent Work in the Maritime Industry is the promotion, ratification and effective implementation of key maritime standards through an update and/or revision, as appropriate, of national laws and
regulations.

The World Maritime University (WMU) was established in 1983 by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to increase the number of trained specialist maritime personnel in countries across the world. Within the past 19 years, approximately 1,700 students from 140 countries have graduated.

International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) In March 1999 the International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) established a permanent secretariat in Antwerp with the help from the Trust. The Trust support has helped the IMHA to keep its operations up and running for the first three years until the end of 2001 and to establish its presence within the maritime community and consolidate its structure for more effective promotion for seafarers’ health.