Day of the Seafarer 2024

This year, once again, the annual Day of the Seafarer (DotS) will be celebrated on 25 June.

2024 Your top tips for safety at sea 

For 2024, the campaign looked at seafarers' contribution to making the maritime sector a safer workplace. To engage seafarers, we wanted them to share their best safety tips at sea, whether it’s the gear they wear or the training they received.  

As part of the campaign, we asked seafarers to share a picture of them in their working environment, highlighting how they keep their workplace safe.  

See a photo album with contributions from around the world here.

IMO Secretary-General video message

Watch IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez' video message on the Day of the Seafarer 2024:

Social Media for Seafarers

Seafarers spend a great deal of their time on board ships, and this provides many opportunities for them to take pictures of their working environment

#SafetyTipsAtSea was new hashtag for the 2024 campaign.  

We asked seafarers to share a picture in their working environment with their top tip for safety at sea with the hashtag #SafetyTipsAtSea

Seafarers shared the equipment they use to keep the workplace safe and the special training they received, and told us how they work to enhance maritime safety and security, in tandem with the protection of the marine environment. They also told us how they keep up with the pace of technological change and innovation to stay safe onboard. 

Seafarer organizations also shared pictures of how they help seafarers stay safe; and the wider public participated and showed their appreciation for the work of seafarers and how their safety at sea is in the interest of all us.

Background

The Day of the Seafarer (25 June) was established in a resolution adopted by the 2010 Diplomatic Conference in Manila to adopt the revised STCW Convention. Its stated purpose is to recognize the unique contribution made by seafarers from all over the world to international seaborne trade, the world economy and civil society as a whole.

The resolution "encourages Governments, shipping organizations, companies, shipowners and all other parties concerned to duly and appropriately promote the Day of the Seafarer and take action to celebrate it meaningfully".

Day of the Seafarer is recognized by the United Nations as an observance day.

Please see more information about the previous Day of the Seafarers here.