UK charity thinks outside the box to bring seafarers home

The expertise of volunteers at a UK charity is helping to solve shipping’s crew changeover crisis.

Philip Eastell, co-founder of ­Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers (CSSS), told TradeWinds that the principles of box logistics are being adapted to transport ­seafarers to where they need to go.

The veteran container industry executive, whose day job is deputy head of global marketing for containers at Japan’s Chugoku Marine Paints, said the project arose after he talked to people in the industry about, appropriately enough, “thinking outside the box”.