SCI’s President & Executive Director, the Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, is in Sweden this week teaching on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) at the International Christian Maritime Association’s annual Introduction to Seafarers’ Welfare and Maritime Ministry training hosted this year by the Malmö Seafarers’ Center.

This course serves as training for maritime chaplains, ship visitors, and others who work with seafarers. This year’s ICMA class brings together 18 students from New Zealand, South Africa, Belgium, Germany, the Georgian Republic, Sweden, Canada, the U.S., England, and Northern Ireland.

The five-day training covers the mission and practices of maritime ministry, the history and models of maritime ministry, and mariner advocacy and MLC, 2006, as well as presentations by the ITF, Sailors’ Society, German Seamen’s Mission, and various faculty from the World Maritime University in Malmö.

The Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, with colleague Sara Baade, CEO of Sailors’ Society. Mark currently serves as Chair of ICMA’s Board of Trustees, and Sara is the immediate past Chair.