Shipping has long been the life blood of the world economy.

但最近，唯一对致力于海上生命的人员所需的福利和支持，就会更加了解 - 海员。通过全球的牧师，职员和志愿者网络为150万男性和妇女提供帮助和支持。他们通过船舶访问，进入海员中心和一系列福利和紧急支持服务提供对海员提供的实用，情感和精神支持。

Earlier this month, we caught up with Ben Bailey, Director of Advocacy for the Mission to Seafarers, at CMA Shipping in Stamford, Connecticut. He explained the importance of the Mission's Seafarers Happiness Index, the value of the Index to the maritime industry, and briefly touched upon the sacrifices seafarers make on the job.

“海员幸福指数旨在成为海洋变革的晴雨表。”

Read the interview below.

Roxy Kashfi.：前往海员的使命最近推出了海员幸福指数。你能告诉我们一些关于索引如何工作的信息吗？

Ben Bailey:海员幸福指数旨在成为海洋变革的晴雨表。

We poll seafarers throughout their time at sea on a range of topics with 10 anonymous questions. We ask them about their living conditions on board, about their wages, and ask them about their access to shore leave.

它旨在为行业提供一个Seafarers在海上时间感觉到的海员感觉的快照。

“这是一个非常漫长的，孤独和孤立的职业。我们知道海员造成许多巨大的牺牲。”

rk：这对我们有什么教导我们关于海员的幸福，为什么这很重要？

BB.:在许多方面，该指数强化了我们中许多人始终如一地知道海关。

这是一个非常长，孤独和孤立的职业。我们知道海员造成许多巨大的牺牲。这些牺牲中的许多牺牲都是个人的，并为他们的家人提供了个人，并保持世界燃烧和美联储。

索引真正确实的是挑战这些关键点的挑战。例如，给出了文书工作的水平，许多人认为他们没有足够的时间去上岸。

这自然对他们的心理健康及其福祉产生了影响。

"We have to take these factors into account so that we're supporting them in the most appropriate way."

If the industry is to ensure that it retains and recruits good, professional seafarers, then we have to consider them in the whole. It is not just about the qualifications that they have, but also about their soft skills and the kind of people they are. We have to take these factors into account so that we're supporting them in the most appropriate way.

kr.:你能告诉我们一些关于Seafarers的使命工作吗？

BB.:海员的使命是国际福利提供者。我们经营200个港口，跨越50个国家，去年，我们访问了超过60,000艘船，超过35万个海员。我们为海员提供一系列社会服务。

We have internet access in many ports around the world, but we also provide post-trauma counselling and support to seafarer’s families. Whatever issues crews might face working abroad, they know that they have a trusted, independent, and charitable provider, who can support them in their time of need.