ITF News Update
Tulfo to DMW: Equal salaries for seafarers
Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Rep. Erwin Tulfo wants the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to make sure that Filipino seafarers and other professionals sign contracts wherein their salaries would be similar to what is being received by other nationalities.
Tulfo to DMW: Equal salaries for seafarers – Manila Standard
Captain Luc Grandcourt: Meeting one of Seychelles’ bravest seafarers
(Seychelles News Agency) – Luc Grandcourt, a recipient of the Seychelles’ Medal of Honour in June 2023, is a retired seafarer, who at a very young age, decided to follow in his father’s footsteps as a sailor.
Grandcourt received the award for his bravery and quick thinking, which helped to save the lives of 22 passengers on board the schooner ‘Ero’ from Praslin to Mahe, when it capsized and sank on August 12, 1975. He was 27 years old at the time.
Captain Luc Grandcourt: Meeting one of Seychelles’ bravest seafarers – Seychelles News Agency
Delivering on the Promises of Maritime Software
As the maritime world embraces everything from the cloud to AI, the promised benefits of maritime software are becoming reality. Maritime software solutions in recent years have shown results in fundamental applications such as navigation, weather predictions, and route and maintenance planning.
Delivering on the Promises of Maritime Software
MLC amendments to be incorporated into UK law
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued a document explaining how the UK proposes to implement amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) which were agreed in June 2022. The MLC, sometimes referred to as the ‘Seafarers Bill of Rights’, lays out the basic entitlements for seafarers internationally. The MLC is a living document that is regularly amended with the participation of labour, government and industry representatives.
https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/news/mlc-amendments-to-be-incorporated-into-uk-law/
Lone container line undeterred by Red Sea attacks
CMA CGM has continued to operate Red Sea vessel rotations despite rebel attacks on Mideast trade route. At least one major container carrier has continued to operate in the Red Sea despite a monthslong campaign of violent attacks on the key global shipping route that has forced other lines to divert around Africa.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lone-container-line-undeterred-by-red-sea-attacks
Ukrainian Court Orders Sale of Russian Tanker Involved in 2018 Incident
Ukraine’s Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) responsible for seized assets during the war reports it has received court authority to proceed with the sale of a Russian tanker Ukraine has detained since 2019. The product tanker, which was involved in an incident pre-dating the February 2022 invasion, will be sold to provide funds for the Ukrainian defense efforts.
ETF update: unions unite over subcontracted workers’ rights
Workers across Europe are taking a stand against exploitation by subcontractors – and Nautilus is part of the movement. Nikolaos Koletsis explains what’s been happening in the campaign and what needs to change in the maritime sector. On 17 September 2024, more than 700 workers joined a rally outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg to demand urgent action to stop exploitation in subcontracting chains and labour intermediation.
Transport Malta Investigation: Crew member injured during maintenance
Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into an incident where a third engineer on a container vessel was seriously injured in the engine room. On 21 October 2023, whilst the container vessel CMA CGM San Antonio was alongside a layby berth at Jebel Ali, one of the two third engineers was seriously injured in the engine-room during the untightening process of main engine cylinder head no. 5.
https://safety4sea.com/transport-malta-investigation-crew-member-injured-during-maintenance/
Four Seafarers from Dutch Dredging Vessels Charged over Singapore Bunker Spill
Four seafarers of a Dutch dredging vessel have been charged over a collision that caused a large bunker spill in Singapore earlier this year. The dredger Vox Maxima ran into the stationary bunker vessel Marine Honour at the Pasir Panjang Terminal on June 14, resulting in a spill of about 400 mt of VLSFO.
Magna Carta’s third doctor parameters
THE parameters for the third doctor consultation under the newly signed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers will lessen the chance of claimants to receive favorable decisions in compensation cases. The provision on Determination of Disability Grading or Fitness to Work (Section 57) indicated that “the third doctor’s assessment shall strictly adhere to the Schedule of Disabilities as provided in the Standard Employment Contract (SEC) or the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), as warranted.”
https://www.panaynews.net/magna-cartas-third-doctor-parameters/
Trump, COP and what to expect next inside the IMO
The immediate threat of shipping-specific climate regulation being derailed is limited. Confirmation of Trump’s victory will cast a long shadow over the UN COP29 summit scheduled to start on Monday in Azerbaijan as the US moves away from climate commitments.
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151271/Trump-COP-and-what-to-expect-next-inside-the-IMO
Search underway for crew member missing from bulk carrier ship Double Delight off Newcastle
A search is underway for a crew member missing from bulk carrier Double Delight, south of Newcastle in New South Wales. Two Marine Rescue NSW vessels were tasked by Police Marine Area Command at 12pm today to search for the person.
The region’s rescue helicopter has joined the search from the air with assistance from a chopper specialising in defence force rescues.
The Maritime Just Transition: Leaving no seafarer behind
Shipping has ambitious targets to decarbonise but it will only be able to reach those goals with the help of those who operate the vessels – seafarers. Shipping has ambitious targets to decarbonise but it will only be able to reach those goals with the help of those who operate the vessels – seafarers.
https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/crewing/the-maritime-just-transition-leaving-no-seafarer-behind
Are Fresh Vegetables a Key to Seafarer Happiness?
ClassNK awards the first-ever notation for installing a Hydroponic Vegetable Grower for Ship to improve seafarers’ living conditions to Tokei Kaiun’s bulk carrier Royal Laurel. ClassNK granted its ‘ELW (HP)’ (Excellent Living and Working Environment (Hydroponics)) notation to the ship, and the system is expected to help improve working conditions that exceed the regulations set by the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC, 2006).
https://www.marinelink.com/news/fresh-vegetables-a-key-seafarer-happiness-518951
Raising seafarers’ salaries to offend foreign shipowners—stakeholder
A consultant of a Greek manning agency operating in the country has criticized lawmakers for a proposal to increase the salaries of Filipino seamen to be on par with their foreign counterparts—a move that he said could offend foreign shipowners, making them choose other races instead of the Filipino workforce.
https://tribune.net.ph/2024/11/08/raising-seafarers-salaries-to-offend-foreign-shipownersstakeholder
Fake AIS trails and forged Iraqi documents underpin Iranian gas exports to Bangladesh
Small gas carriers are manipulating their AIS to ostensibly look as if loading in Khor al Zubair or Basrah anchorage. Iranian LPG is being mislabelled as Iraqi ahead of delivery to Bangladesh, while ships involved in the trade routinely fake their AIS signal to appear as if they’ve loaded in Khor al Zubair.