
Julian Clark Global Senior Partner
Ince launches ‘Sailing: Sing for Seafarers’ campaign to raise awareness of seafarers’ crucial role as key workers in the global economy
With the support of major global music corporation Universal, multi-platinum record producer George Shilling, and award-winning film director Athena Xenidu, the choir is recording a single to be released on 25 June 2021, the International Maritime Organisation’s Day of the Seafarer. All proceeds raised from the sale of the single - which will be available to buy through the major audio platforms - as well as contributions to the project’s donation page, will be donated and split equally amongst the four charities involved in the project.
The initiative aims to ignite important discussions – both within the global maritime community and beyond - on the critical contribution that seafarers make to the global economy and our everyday life, and the exceptional and unprecedented challenges that they have faced, and continue to face, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project also aims to gain more support for the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change of which Ince is a signatory, and which calls on government bodies to take urgent action to recognise seafarers as key workers and give them priority access to Covid-19 vaccines.
Seafarers are the heartbeat of the maritime industry and key workers who operate on the frontline for delivering 90% of the global trade, including the critical medical supplies and equipment that the international community currently relies so heavily on. It is the dedication of seafarers who operate fleets 365 days a year ensuring the safety and efficiency of voyages, moving goods to where they need to be. With a heritage that spans over 150 years of working in the maritime industry and with a number of former mariners on its team, Ince has a deep understanding and connection with the seafarer welfare cause.
The initiative is quickly gaining support from across the maritime industry, including maritime companies, crews and the UK and International Chambers of Shipping. Previews of the single will be available in June, and in the meantime, further information about the campaign and ways to get involved can be found on our dedicated page here.
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