The company plans to cut 650 jobs worldwide, including 150 in the Netherlands, and scrap 24 ships despite making EUR440 million profit in 2015 and EUR148 million in the first half of 2016.
The exemption, granted by the Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, in December 2015 was overturned by the High Court today following a case lodged by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU).
The crews of the two Indian-owned and -flagged vessels have been effectively abandoned by their owners after they were held in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Great Yarmouth, England.
ITF ILO Minimum Wage Scale using Joint ITF/ISF Interpretation of the ILO Recommended Minimum Wage for an AB - extrapolated on basis of ITF Standard Agreement Differentials Rates applicable from 1 July 2022
A routine ITF inspection of the Indian-owned and -flagged Malaviya Seven in Aberdeen, Scotland in June revealed that 15 crew members had not been paid for at least four months. A follow-up inspection of sister ship, the Malaviya Twenty, in Great Yarmouth, England found the same.
The event is one of the initiatives put together off the back of the ITF youth mission to Palestine back in May.
The demonstration in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, was part of the fight by Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw to stop Boskalis cutting and downgrading seafarers’ jobs. The protestors received many messages of support from the crews of Boskalis ships around the world.
ITF maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith stated: “In May the government said it was abolishing the register entirely.
It’s the second ever ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Maritime Roundtable (MRT), bringing together activists from affiliated unions in all continents.
TiSA could open the transport of what has been classed as national cargo by all parties – potentially including ships owned by parties flying the flag of a third country – a flag of convenience, or FOC.
