EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO SINGAPOREAN SEAFARERS UNDER THE SEAFARERS RELIEF PACKAGE

Source: MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

Original Date Posted: 10/9/2020

The Seafarers Relief Package (SRP) is part of the MaritimeSG Together Package to provide further financial support to the maritime industry in the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak. Our seafarers are frontline workers who keep essential goods flowing, and they make invaluable contributions to Singapore’s maritime sector. Since 1 May 2020, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), together with Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union (SMOU) and Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS), have provided up to $800 per month in financial assistance to each Singaporean seafarer who was unable to secure shipboard employment between 1 May 2020 to 31 July 2020, due to border control measures and crew change restrictions.

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