When Reverend Canon Andrew Wright was appointed secretary general of the Mission to Seafarers, he remarked: “I believe in Christianity with its sleeves rolled up and an action-based approach.”
Now, more than six years later, he acknowledges that plenty of action is needed if the Mission is to keep pace with the changing face of shipping.
Some of the charity's centres are being used less due to seafarers spending shorter periods in port as technology reduces vessels' turnaround times.
