Temporary Advices
This FAQs answer sheet includes a number of questions from seafarers who have contacted the SeafarerHelp team.
New guidelines to avoid or manage an outbreak of coronavirus on board ships are now available.
We can pick up the Covid-19 by touching surfaces contaminated with the new coronavirus.
Psychotherapists are ready to put their knowledge into practice to help you manage what may be left now, so you can be #goodagain.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, several protection rules were imposed during Seamen's Club activities:
• Free carriage of the seamen from ship to club back and port.
• Frequent desinfection of the vehicles (handles, steering wheel, dashboard).
• Hydroalcoholic gel and masks available in the vehicles.
• Hand disinfection.
• Mask is mandatory.
• 4 seamen per vehicle.
• No seamen on the front seat (besides the driver).
• Carriage of seamen of a single ship (no mixing with the crew of another ship).
If you have arrived in Constanța and, together with your colleagues, would like to go out to the city, call us at +40 723 000-555. We are waiting for you!
Do not exchange money except at authorized exchange centers!
If you use individual transport, look for authorized taxi cars only and pay attention to the fare.
If you are out in town, it is preferable not to be alone.
Do not buy alcoholic beverages to bring them into the harbor.
Pay attention! There are some crooks who pretend to be from Seamen's Club. They will ask you for money in various forms and then disappear. Ignore them or call the police. Seamen's Club representatives will never ask you for money.
If you are not European, you can use ONLY GATE 1 to exit and enter in the port.
2014-05-24 | Oana Ungureanu, Blogger
Le Havre’s Seamen’s Club operates on the ground floor of the Gens de Mer Hotel, which is probably also part of Mission to Seafarers.
Le Havre’s Seamen’s Club operates on the ground floor of the Gens de Mer Hotel, which is probably also part of Mission to Seafarers. The hotel is open to the general public, but sailors receive discounts of 20% here.
The building is very close to the city center and is very well organized, maintained and equipped. The part that is dedicated exclusively to sailors is divided into several rooms and has a capacity of 50 people.
The club has a conference room - which can also be used as a chapel - and two other rooms, each intended for certain types of activities. In the large hall there are two ping pong tables and several computers that can be used for a fee of 1 euro per hour. Also, here are several armchairs and sofas where sailors can gather for a drink.
The smaller hall is, at the same time, the most popular. It has a family look and makes you feel welcome, but also proud that you belong to this beautiful community. The walls are full of souvenirs left by sailors over time and, unwittingly, you get carried away by the waves of the sea - with people you don't know and you'll never know - admiring photos and portraits drawn, badges, caps, banknotes from countries you have not yet stepped into. Sailors of different races and nationalities, gathered together on a concrete wall.
In the same room there are several tables, sofas and armchairs available for those who want wireless internet, a shelf with loan books, a TV and some musical instruments that are sometimes successfully tested by more skilled seafarers.
Volunteers also transport seafarers from the ship to the club and back, subject to availability and according to a well-established schedule.
No fee is charged for this service, but any donation is welcome.
Oana Ungureanu, Blogger
