OSM has launched a campaign to improve the mental health of its 11,000 crew members.
Launched on the Day of the Seafarer the scheme will run across the more than 500 ships under the company’s management.
Geir Sekkesaeter, chief executive of OSM, said: “This is a global issue and should be a matter of utmost concern for our industry.
“Being on-board vessels for long periods of time, separated from family and friends, is difficult enough, and if conditions aren’t optimal then seafarers can be acutely vulnerable to mental health challenges.
“That’s easy to understand, but can be difficult for the individuals concerned to talk about. As such there’s a tendency to ‘sweep these things under the carpet’ and that only exacerbates the problem.”
