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Port Of Ipswich Free WiFi Project

18th November

MNWB’s CEO Peter Tomlin attended the Haven Port Welfare Committee (PWC) meeting and was delighted to learn that the free WiFi project at the Port of Ipswich would be continuing with ABP. The project’s future funding was announc ...

Seafarer Support Attend COMPASS Jobs Fair

12th November

Our Seafarer Support team took part in the COMPASS Jobs Fair on Monday 11th November. Training and Welfare Manager Helen van Gass and Communications Administrator Roxanne Le Voguer represented the Seafarer Support service at th ...

Remembrance Day Service

11th November

On Sunday 10th November our CEO Peter Tomlin (pictured left) attended the Remembrance Day Service at Tower Hill Memorial. The Ceremony was organised by the Honourable Company of Master Mariners (HCMM) who work closely with Trini ...

2019 Recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service

8th November

Our CEO Peter Tomlin attended the ceremony held at Trinity House on Wednesday 6th November 2019 for the recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service The Merchant Navy Medal recognises seafarers who have made a ...

Liverpool Seafarers Centre Wins ISWAN Award

13th September

The Liverpool Seafarers Centre was awarded as the 'Seafarers' Centre of the Year' by the International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) Awards on Wednesday 11th September 2019. The centre has been described as a ' ...

Safety at Sea Awards

13th September

We were delighted to learn that the Apostleship of the Sea/Stella Maris team for Tees and Hartlepool has won the ‘Shoreside Ship Visiting Team of the Year Award’ at the Safety at Sea Awards organised by IHS Market. The Shoresid ...

Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service and Reunion 2019

9th September

MNWB CEO Peter Tomlin and MNWB Chairman, Captain Andrew Cassels were honoured to attend the Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service and Reunion 2019 held on Sunday 8th September at The Merchant Navy Memorial at Trinity Square Ga ...

MNWB UK Port Welfare Conference and Annual Award for Services to Seafarers

6th September

We held our inaugural MNWB UK Port Welfare Conference on the 4 th , 5 th and 6 th September at the Chilworth Manor Hotel in Southampton. This was the first conference of its kind entirely dedicated to the provision of front-line ...

2019 Recipients of the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service

3rd September

Congratulations from the MNWB to all the 2019 Recipients of the Merchant Medal for Meritorious Service who were announced today on Merchant Navy Day. The medals will be awarded by Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal at a cerem ...

Press Release - INTERNATIONAL PORT WELFARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (IPWP)

29th August

Inauguration of Port Welfare CommitteePort of Richards Bay: 29 August 2019 Left to Right: Revd Loffie Schoeman (Christian Seamans’s Organisation), Mr Peter Cottrell (representing IPWP), Mr Thami Sithole (TNPA Port Manager Richard ...