Splash Maritime Group launches Splash Crew, a platform dedicated to seafarers' welfare, safety, and career development.
The international maritime publishing group Splash Maritime Group has launched a new news platform called Splash Crew, focusing on the working conditions, safety, training, and career development of seafarers.
Based in Singapore, the international maritime publishing organization Splash Maritime Group has introduced a new digital news platform, Splash Crew, aimed at professionals working in the maritime sector.
According to the announcement made on November 10, 2026, the new publication will provide international news, interviews, and analyses for seafarers, crew management companies, ship operators, maritime authorities, and organizations developing maritime technology.
The issues faced by seafarers will be brought to the forefront.
Splash Crew aims to comprehensively address the issues related to the human resources of the maritime sector.
The platform will focus on topics such as the working and living conditions of seafarers, crew recruitment, vocational training, occupational safety, career development, and international regulations.
Additionally, issues increasingly discussed in the maritime sector, such as personnel shortages, fatigue, mental health, internet access, abandonment of seafarers, and legal problems will also be included in the publication's scope.
The growing automation of ships and the effects of energy transition on the crew will also be among the platform's priority topics.
Sam Chambers: Seafarers deserve more attention.
Sam Chambers, co-founder and publishing director of Splash Maritime Group, highlighted during the introduction of the new platform that seafarers are not adequately represented in international maritime media.
Chambers noted that despite shipping companies defining their employees as their most valuable assets, the actual working conditions on ships do not always align with this narrative.
He expressed that with the new publication, they aim to examine these discrepancies, highlight the achievements of seafarers, and bring to light practices that need to be changed.
Chambers also emphasized that Splash Crew would not only be a publication focused on crew welfare but would cover all aspects of working life on board, from new technologies used in the bridge and engine room to the changing professional responsibilities of officers and crew.
Communication between ship and shore management will be strengthened.
One of the key objectives of the new platform is to reduce the information and communication gap between seafarers working on ships and company managers operating on land.
In this context, the views of ship captains, officers, crew members, fleet managers, crew recruitment agencies, educational institutions, and technology companies will be featured.
Splash Crew aims to contribute to the development of human-centered policies in the maritime sector by addressing the impacts of operational decisions made on ships on the crew.
Digital transformation in maritime will also be monitored.
The platform will investigate how new technologies used on ships are changing the working lives of seafarers.
Particularly, the effects of artificial intelligence, automation, digital certification, remote operation systems, and alternative fuel technologies on the training and competency needs of seafarers will be examined.
Splash Maritime Group had previously emphasized in its first Seafarers Report published in 2025 that the views of seafarers should be more reflected in the decision-making processes of companies.
The aim is for Splash Crew to transform this approach into a continuously operating international news platform.
The new platform has joined the publications of Splash Maritime Group that focus on different areas of maritime.
Among the group's existing publications are SplashTech, Splash Ports, and Splash Cruise. With Splash Crew, a new publication area specifically dedicated to the human resources of the maritime sector has been created.
The platform can be accessed through the official website of Splash Crew. Additionally, the weekly email newsletter called Splash Crew Log is planned to be published starting in 2027.
Source: SeaNews Türkiye
