Valuing the sacrifices of a modern-day seafarer

Seafarers wrestle over a wide array of stress-inducing pressures at sea, things that include but are not limited, to the lack of shore leave, increased paperwork, working with fewer people, isolation and homesickness.

While all these shipboard pressures take a terrible toll on the mental wellbeing of a sailor, another strain weighs heavy on the mind of seafarers, Filipinos on shore leave in particular — information overload.