How online psychological support works for seafarers — formats, availability at sea, and the critical first weeks after a voyage.
What financial literacy really means for a seafarer — practical skills for managing irregular income, budgeting, and building savings.
How to allocate a seafarer’s salary between voyages: income distribution formula, typical post-voyage expenses, and first steps toward financial order.
Which accounts to open before a voyage, how to receive salary without losses, and a pre-voyage banking checklist.
Specific signals — physical, behavioural and family — that it’s time to seek professional support.
This year, Stella Maris Ukraine was proud to be shortlisted for the Industry Partner Award at the Seatrade Maritime CrewConnect Global Awards in Manila.We
🎥 Watch the video: Crisis decisions, ship defects, hours-long repairs, and bureaucracy that can stretch even the simplest tasks into weeks — these are part
🎥 Watch the video: In this episode of his maritime vlog, cargo ship captain Vitaliy Tyshchenko presents the true life of seafarers — unfiltered and
🎥 Watch the video: Why does the seafaring profession attract young people in 2025? The sea always fascinates with its power, freedom, and unique lifestyle.
🎥 Watch the video: In his latest video, ship captain Vitaliy Tyshchenko shares real-life maritime stories. This time, he takes us back to 2008, when
How online psychological support works for seafarers — formats, availability at sea, and the critical first weeks after a voyage.
What financial literacy really means for a seafarer — practical skills for managing irregular income, budgeting, and building savings.
How to allocate a seafarer’s salary between voyages: income distribution formula, typical post-voyage expenses, and first steps toward financial order.
Which accounts to open before a voyage, how to receive salary without losses, and a pre-voyage banking checklist.
Specific signals — physical, behavioural and family — that it’s time to seek professional support.
This year, Stella Maris Ukraine was proud to be shortlisted for the Industry Partner Award at the Seatrade Maritime CrewConnect Global Awards in Manila.We did not take home the award — but being recognised alongside some of the world’s
🎥 Watch the video: Crisis decisions, ship defects, hours-long repairs, and bureaucracy that can stretch even the simplest tasks into weeks — these are part of the daily challenges Ukrainian seafarers face abroad. The story of our friend, Ukrainian cargo
🎥 Watch the video: In this episode of his maritime vlog, cargo ship captain Vitaliy Tyshchenko presents the true life of seafarers — unfiltered and without romantic myths. This is a story of daily work where every day is a
🎥 Watch the video: Why does the seafaring profession attract young people in 2025? The sea always fascinates with its power, freedom, and unique lifestyle. But is a career at sea really as profitable and romantic as it seems? In
🎥 Watch the video: In his latest video, ship captain Vitaliy Tyshchenko shares real-life maritime stories. This time, he takes us back to 2008, when he worked as an ordinary seaman on a small 88-meter bulk carrier. The crew was
The first weeks at home after a voyage feel like a holiday. Rest, family, friends, jobs that have waited for months. Then the holiday ends, and there’s still no new contract. A week, a month, two. Phone in hand, email...
You’ve studied for years, passed exams, gone through medicals, sorted out your documents. And now — your assignment to a ship. Joy and pride mix with anxiety: what if I can’t cope? What if I don’t get on with the...
A watch, fatigue, the fourth month of a contract — and suddenly you’re shouting at the junior engineer over a trifle. Or you’ve come home after months of waiting, and within a week you’re slamming doors over toys left on...
Seafarers are spoken of as strong and resilient people. Those who wait on shore are spoken of less often. Yet a seafarer’s wife lives for two, for months on end: she runs the home, raises the children, makes decisions, keeps...
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