Venice double port

•cargo

•passenger ships

•balancing different seafarer needs

Seafarers’ needs

CommunicationCity accessSociality (recreation)CounsellingPastoral Care

CommunicationFood

Money remittanceCounselling

AcknowledgementSociality (?)

2.000 passenger ship seafarers in the Club per week

Phone cards, Internet, Italian sim cardMoney remittanceMinimarketCounselling

No recreation

Friendly and dedicated

2009 Cargo port topics

• Around 2.000 cargo visited

• 3.262 cargo seafarers transported per year (Venice downtown and shopping mall)

• 1.182 News delivered on board

• Shippink visitors

Key facts

FastFair

FlexibleMulticultural

Full time staff + volunteers

We are a Passenger ship port “Service”

To improve

• Seamen’s Club opening hours• Recreation• Port Authority acknowledgement• Training and volunteers

Beyond Venice

Filipino BalitaWeekly Free Friendly Balita Magazine1.000 ships / 200 seafarers’ agencies

35.000 readers worldwidePhotography Exhibition

Financial sustainibility

• Premises from Port Authority and Municipality

• Seafarer’s tools from ITF Seafarer’s Trust

• Full or part time staff from Seamen’s Club incoming (85%) and donations (15%)

Basic Relationships

• Colleagues worldwide (ICSW meetings, workshop, brainstorming)

• Venice Port Authorities and stakeholders

• Local Church, University, Municipality

Our strength