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Mental health crisis of cargo ship workers stuck at sea.
Seafarer welfare groups warn of a growing mental health crisis on cargo ships where crews have gone months without setting foot ashore.
A distressed crewman who had not been home for nine months last week made a radio call on the emergency channel from a vessel anchored off Port Chalmers, and arrangements were made to repatriate him to Europe.
Mission to Seafarers chaplains claim tough Covid-19 restrictions denying crews shore leave are inhumane and violate the Maritime Labour Convention which New Zealand is a signatory to.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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Australian maritime regulator silent on crew change crisis.
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says the Australian federal government has been asleep at the wheel of the crew change crisis - risking trade, Australia s economy and seafarers lives.
"On Thursday, when the UK was hosting a virtual international summit on the crew change crisis, Australia didn t even dial in. It s just the latest sign that there is no leadership from the federal government or its regulator to deal with the deepest maritime crisis in living memory," ITF President and MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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UAE : Oil tanker with Indian crew missing .
An oil tanker with an Indian captain and a 21-member Indian crew has been missing from the UAE for the past one week, said an NGO named Human Rights at sea. The vessel, MV Gulf Sky, is allegedly owned by a person facing US action for aiding Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the US government.
In an email to TOI, CEO of Human Rights at Sea David Hammond said the location of the vessel is unknown for the past eight days and that his organization is concerned about the health, safety, and well-being of the crew and its captain Joginder Singh.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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Indian seafarers faced with double-edged sword, NRI status in jeopardy.
An estimated 240,000 Indian seafarers employed on ships worldwide face a bleak future on several counts, not least amongst which is the prospect of making a huge payout by way of income tax
Some 40,000 of them are stuck in ports overseas, and have no way of making their way back home, due to the closing of international borders for most modes of travel. Others joining vessels at Indian ports are being hit indirectly by the high costs of crew changes charged by unscrupulous agents.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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More States need to act on crew changes, says IMO Secretary-General.
He invited Member States wishing to sign the statement to contact the Government of the United Kingdom
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged further Member States to sign up to pledges to ensure more than 200,000 seafarers can be repatriated after months on board ship beyond their original contracts. A similar number of seafarers are waiting to join ships. Mr. Lim made the call in a circular letter issued to disseminate the pledges made by Governments in a joint statement issued following a United Kingdom convened summit on crew changes.
Pledges in the joint statement include: designating seafarers as key workers; accepting seafarers ID documents as evidence of their key worker status; implementing the industry approved protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changeover; reviewing national quarantine restrictions; and increasing access, as soon as possible, to commercial flights to and from the principal countries of origin of seafarers.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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Tug and barge accident in Duluth Canal, Lake Superior.
Pusher tug and barge PRESQUE ISLE, loaded with iron ore, in the morning Jul 13 left Duluth Port, Minnesota, Lake Superior, bound for Conneaut, Ohio, Lake Erie. Barge contacted, visibly, embankment while passing Duluth Canal, PRESQUE ISLE passed the Canal, but was anchored, off Canal in Lake, and later returned to Duluth Harbor. As of morning Jul 14, PRESQUE ISLE remained berthed at Duluth. Canal embankment didn t suffer any damages, because PRESQUE ISLE didn t contact structure, but did contact underwater basement of the embankment.Posted On:15-Jul-2020
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