Why
Background
Seafarers’ working on-board ships is one of the hardest, most demanding professions. Seafarers often work for very long hours, far from their relatives, isolated in a multicultural, highly hierarchised micro-society. Studies have shown that bullying is an often phenomenon on-board ships. This situation often generates mental health problems, which put at risks lives, ships, passengers, cargo, the environment from pollution and local coastal economies.