Canadian dockers honour lost second officer of Maersk Patras

Capt. John

This week marks a year since Ravindu Telge, 2nd  Officer of the Maersk Patras, fell overboard while lashing underway along the Saint Lawrence Seaway, in Quebec, Canada.

Securing and unsecuring containers onboard moving ships is highly dangerous work that the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the ITF have condemned — and have repeatedly warned the Port of Montreal and Transport Canada against allowing.

The day he was killed, Brother Telge had worked his usual midnight-to-04:00 watch. Later...

https://itfseafarers.org/en/news/canadian-dockers-honour-lost-second-officer-maersk-patras

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