This month we're donating to the Fiore Di Loto India Foundation.

It’s time for another workrest community gives back donation and this month Bonnie Mitchell has chosen The National Children’s Cancer Society. 

Over 7,000 crew across the maritime industry use workrest every day to tackle some of their most important tasks. The update to the workrest app brings new capabilities, providing you with more benefits all the while maintaining the best-in-class usuality that’s made it the most beloved app in the industry.

It’s that time again, we’re giving back to another charity chosen by a member of the workrest community. This month, our champion Adam Crompton has chosen Cancer Research UK.

workrest launches the free Visa Calculator in the workrest app. The calculator has been added to help you calculate your legal short-stay days in the EU.

For our second charity donation of 2024, our monthly champion Anli Jooste has chosen Four Paws.

A salary survey conducted in the yachting industry shows that an entry-level steward/ess (stews) earns over 6% more each month than an entry-level deckhand. Using the data of over 87k logged days for stews and deckhands, we wanted to see whether the higher salary equated to longer working hours onboard and whether the size of the vessel impacted this.

Hours of Rest has long been one of the most contentious topics among seafarers across all sectors of the maritime industry. In this article, we’re going to look at what makes up the hours of rest regulations, when exceptions to them may be granted and who they apply to.