A decade of measuring seafarer happiness

How 10 questions to seafarers on SurveyMonkey turned into a bellwether on the state of crew welfare.

In this latest episode of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast we focus on the Seafarers Happiness Index and how it has grown into a key measure for the state of crew welfare in the industry.

Seatrade Maritime News Editor Marcus Hand talks to index founder Steven Jones, as well as Ben Bailey, Director of Programme at the Mission to Seafarers about their involvement.

The discussion covers:

• What is the Seafarers Happiness Index?
• The genesis of the index
• How the Mission to Seafarers became involved in the index
• How do you measure happiness at sea?
• The importance of giving seafarers a voice
• Corporate partnerships and their impact
• The future of the Seafarers Happiness Index

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