21 Filipino Seafarers Aboard FOC Bulk
Carrier Deprived Of Food And Salary
January 29,
2015 by MI News Network Leave a Comment
There are concerns about the welfare of
21 Filipino seafarers aboard a flag-of-convenience bulk carrier berthed at Port
Kembla after it was found the stores aboard the ship were severely lacking and
none of the crew had been paid in four months.
The Australian
Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has detained the ship, the Bulk Brasil, for
serious breaches of the Maritime Labor Convention.
The Bulk Brasil
is an 82,000 dead weight ton, Panamanian-registered vessel, managed and
operated by Japanese-based multinational Keymax.
It is a repeat
offender and has been found to have deficiencies in 12 ports worldwide. An AMSA
inspection in Hay Point, Queensland last year found that the vessel had deficiencies
in pollution prevention, working and living conditions, safety of navigation
and fire safety.
The International Transport Workers’
Federation (ITF) National Co-ordinator Dean Summers is concerned there is a
spike in substandard ships visiting Australian ports after another vessel was
detained in Newcastle just yesterday.
“Ironically, the Keymax website claims that
the company ‘promises to deliver the finest in crewing services’; am I wrong in
thinking that the ‘finest in crewing services’ to mean that the crew will be
fed and paid,” Summers asked.
“There are four
maritime conventions determining conduct of the international shipping fleet
and this ship has managed to have breached on a number of occasions three of
these conventions: Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the Maritime Labor Convention
(MLC) and the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (MARPOL).
“Australian exporters have to be held
responsible for the ships they charter, they must not be permitted to
vicariously exploit and abuse seafarers.”
Reference:
mua.org.au
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