Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime sector, celebrates the Tees and Hartlepool Port Users’ Association (THPUA) and leading North-East maritime businesses committing to shifting the dial on mental health provisions and gender equality across their organisations. The THPUA, an independent body representing Teesside’s shipping industry, along with members Able UK, AV Dawson, Casper ...
Photo: Unsplash Dozens of companies, agencies and associations from across the UK shipping industry have signed Maritime UK’s Mental Health in Maritime pledge, an initiative launched on March 2 to promote employee mental health and wellbeing to executives in the sector.
The pledge, a public commitment to improve the quality of mental health and wellbeing provision both within the signatories’ companies and across the industry, forms part of Maritime UK’s Diversity in Maritime Programme along with the Gender Pledge.
Companies will be asked to report against the pledge
The first signatories to the pledge include the UK Chamber of Shipping, ABP, The Royal Navy, Nautilus International, Bibby Marine Management and the British Ports Association.