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Seafarer Happiness Index shows modest recovery at end of volatile year, but warning signs remain
28 Jan 2026 https://www.shipmanagementinternational.com/news/2yn9a5zyyy2atab-x3zcb-2...

MHSS: Seafarers face mental health challenges due to piracy incidents
The Editorial Team January 27, 2026 https://safety4sea.com/mhss-seafarers-face-mental-health-challenges-due-...

Seafarers continue to experience significant mental health challenges after incidents of maritime piracy, Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS) has highlighted.

Seafarer falls overboard from tanker in Elbe estuary
The Editorial Team January 27, 2026 https://safety4sea.com/seafarer-falls-overboard-from-tanker-in-elbe-estu...

Sea rescue services have suspended a large-scale search launched on January 25, 2026, for a missing crew member from the tanker Songa Pearl on the Elbe estuary.

8 dead as RoRo vessel bound for Jolo sinks off Basilan
Leah Agonoy -January 26, 2026 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2173118/8-dead-as-roro-vessel-bound-for-jo...(direct)&utm_medium=gallery

Boost in seafarer education funding urged
Jonas Reyes 26 Jan 2026 https://tribune.net.ph/2026/01/25/boost-in-seafarer-education-funding-urged

PCG receives 15 survivors of capsized ship near Scarborough
Jodesz Gavilan Jan 25, 2026 https://www.rappler.com/philippines/coast-guard-receives-survivors-capsi...

The Chinese Coast Guard also turns over the bodies of the two deceased crew members of MV Devon Bay, while search and rescue operations continue for the missing four

CAPSIZED PH VESSEL’S CREW MEMBERS: China Coast Guard turns over 2 dead crew, 15 survivors to PH Coast Guard
Philippine News Agency January 26,2026 https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/691423/china-coast-guard-turns-over-2...

‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Seafarer abandonments hit new record
Paul Peachey 23 January 2026
More than 6,000 seafarers were left stranded in 2025 without pay or the prospect of returning home

Two dead, four missing after bulker sinks in South China Sea
Adis Ajdin January 23, 2026 https://splash247.com/two-dead-four-missing-after-bulker-sinks-in-south-...

The seafarer demographic delusion
January 23, 2026 https://splash247.com/the-seafarer-demographic-delusion/

Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on shipping’s failure to nurture a new generation of crews.