The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is calling on the Australian Government to improve labour regulations after the Federal Court found two Fijian workers had been exploited.
And, in a first in the region, the German union ver.di signed a collective agreement with the German shipowner.
The first edition of Best Management Practices to deter piracy and enhance maritime security off the coast of West Africa including the Gulf of Guinea (BMP WA), developed by industry partners and supported by governments and military organisations, is available. This publication provides information on specific threats in the regions and ship protection measures for maritime professionals to detect, deter and prevail external threats to their safety and security.
Rights to information and consultation, works councils and rights involved in cases of employer insolvency, collective redundancies and transfer of undertakings will now be extended to seafarers, who had previously been excluded from these EU Directives.
Although Somaliland is not recognised as a state by the United Nations, the action, taken by coast guards trained by Western states, is significant in addressing one of the factors believed to have been behind the emergence of Somali piracy – the depletion of offshore fish stocks due to illegal f
The New Orleans court has convicted a Greek chief engineer from the Trident Navigator for knowingly falsifying the vessel’s oil record book, obstruction of justice and witness tampering after he ordered his engineering crew to construct such a pipe to discharge oily waste.
ITF general secretary Steve Cotton said: “This is great news, not just for the university but also for shipping and seafarers.
On Sunday the vessel Alsvin loaded containers at RWG, in what was believed to be a test operation. It then moved to the ECT terminal in Rotterdam to discharge them. Dockers refused to unload them.
The teams will check and enforce decent pay and working conditions onboard vessels.
In Japan a rally will also be held at the Kotoku Kaiun company, over its refusal to engage in dialogue with union representatives.
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The survey has been devised by the ITF, Seamen's Hospital Society, International Maritime Health Association and International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), and is available through the ISWAN website.
