Vladivostok Seafarers' Centre
Russian Seafarers' Union · at Vladivostok
- Address
- Korabelnaya Naberezhnaya, Vladivostok
- Phone
- +7 423 222 7700
- Hours
- Mon–Fri
Services available
- General welfare
- Catch-all category for the broader social, practical, and pastoral support a centre offers — recreation, sports, internet, advocacy, hospital visits, family-liaison, transport, and simply a quiet place to relax during a port call. If you're not sure what you need, walk in and ask.
- Chapel / quiet room
- Most centres maintain a quiet chapel or prayer room, open to seafarers of every faith for private prayer or reflection. Some centres run regular Christian services; the chapel is also available for private use at other times. Welfare centres affiliated with the Mission to Seafarers, Stella Maris, NAMMA, Sjømannskirken, and similar are explicitly inclusive.
About Russian Seafarers' Union
The Russian Seafarers' Union (Российский профсоюз моряков) is an ITF-affiliated trade union that supports Russian and CIS seafarers worldwide. While not a chaplaincy in the religious sense, RPSM operates welfare and advocacy offices in major Russian ports (St Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok, Murmansk) and provides legal aid, contract advice, and wage-recovery support to seafarers facing disputes.
Trade-union representation and welfare support for Russian and CIS-flag seafarers — wage recovery, contract advice, abandonment response.
An RPSM office is more advocacy-focused than a chaplaincy: legal advice, wage-recovery casework, complaints against operators, and family-liaison support. Some offices also offer wifi and casual visiting space.
Bring your contract of employment, wage account statements, seaman's book, and any correspondence with the operator. RPSM works through ITF channels for non-Russian-flag wage cases.
At this port
This centre serves Vladivostok in Russia. Check the port page for shore-leave, visa, helpline, and PSC context that affects your call here.
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