UK Shipping Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP met a delegation of port chaplains from as far away s New Zealand, Brazil and Ghana at the Sailors' Society Global Port Chaplains Conference in London last month. He endorsed the work of the Southampton based charity, which aims to reduce the isolation of the world's 1.2m seafarers at a time when crew retention is a major issue for the global shipping industry. Further information at www.sailors-society.org