Seafarer welfare in Ukraine

In-country helplines

• Maritime Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine
  Europe · Office hours
  📞 +380 48 728 2929
• MTWTU (Maritime Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine)
  Europe · Mon-Fri 9-17 EET
  📞 +380 48 728 65 92
• Maradmin (State Service of Maritime and Inland Water Transport, Ukraine)
  Europe · Mon-Fri 9-18 EET
  📞 +380 44 351 7351
• ISWAN SeafarerHelp
  Global · 24/7
  📞 +44 800 012 1004
  💬 WhatsApp +44 7909 470732
• ITF Seafarers
  Global · 24/7 for emergencies
  📞 +44 20 7403 2733
• IMO/ILO Database of Abandonment of Seafarers
  Global · Online

Global helplines (24/7)

Full directory at /help/helplines (123+ organisations).

Welfare centres (2)

• Mission to Seafarers Odessa
  The Mission to Seafarers
  wifitransportchapelcounselling
• Mission to Seafarers Yuzhny / Pivdennyi
  The Mission to Seafarers
  wifitransportchapelcounselling

Top ports in Ukraine

• Berdiansk (UAERD)
• Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (UABGD)
• Chornomorsk (UAILK)
• Izmail (UAIZM)
• Kherson (UAKHE)
• Kiliia (UAKIA)
• Mariupol (UAMPW)
• Mykolaiv (UANLV)
• Ochakiv (UAOCH)
• Odesa (UAODS)
• Olviia (UAOCT)
• Pivdennyi (UAYUZ)

And 6 more — see all Ukraine ports.

Your rights in port

• Shore leave — FAL Convention Std 3.44 + ILO C185.
• Medical care — TMAS, P&I cover, MLC Reg 4.1.
• Abandonment — MLC A2.5.2 financial security.
• Unpaid wages — evidence + ITF inspector + Notice of Intent to Arrest.
• PSC complaint — route via the local administration.