Update: Australia’s network of Port Welfare Committees gains momentum with new establishment in Port of Albany

Update: Australia’s network of Port Welfare Committees gains momentum with new establishment in Port of Albany

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Australia’s network of Port Welfare Committees gains momentum with new establishment in Port of Albany

18 November 2021 London. UK. / Port of Albany, Western Australia. A growing network of Port Welfare Committees around the Australian coastline has been strengthened by the recent establishment of a new committee in the Port of Albany, Western Australia....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/21/update-australias-network-of-port-welfare-committees-gains-momentum-with-new-establishment-in-port-of-albany/

Young Seafarer Takes His Own Life Onboard An Asphalt Tanker

With express permission, it is with great sadness that Tanker Operator reports the tragic and premature death of a young seafarer onboard the MT SEA PRINCESS (IMO 8607634), an asphalt bitumen tanker owned by Global tanker Pvt Ltd India and operated by Prime Tankers (UAE), which occurred on the afternoon of 28 January 2021 off the UAE coast.

The vessel’s destination

The vessel was en-route with 13 Indian crew from Sharjah to Alang, India, where it is due to be scrapped. The dependents have been...

https://mfame.guru/young-seafarer-takes-his-own-life-onboard-an-asphalt-tanker/

Human Rights at Sea: 2020 Flag States and Human Rights Report Published

Human Rights at Sea: 2020 Flag States and Human Rights Report Published

2020 Flag States and Human Rights Report Published

5 October 2020 “…the monitoring and protection of human rights should become a priority and part of flag State day-to-day business.” London, UK. Human Rights at Sea has today published the 2020 Flag States and Human Rights Report: An evaluation of Flag State Practice in Monitoring, Reporting and Enforcing Human Rights Obligations on board…

The post 2020 Flag States and Human...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/10/06/human-rights-at-sea-2020-flag-states-and-human-rights-report-published/

Seafarers Putting Health and Safety First Demand Access to PPE

  • Seafarers ask for the access to PPE. 
  • HRAS says that at present, high quality PPE may not be widely available. 
  • The Master of ship refuses off-loading alongside the port of Chittagong, Bangladesh. 
  • The UK law states that shipowners must provide the requisite PPE. 

Safety4Sea in a recently published article  discusses the safety of seafarers, their demand for PPE and the existing reality.  There has been an increased global response following the declaration of an outbreak of coronavirus by...

http://mfame.guru/seafarers-putting-health-and-safety-first-demand-access-to-ppe/

Bulker crew raises concerns about COVID-19 exposure

Human Rights at Sea has been given a formal letter dated 31 March 2020 from the Master of the Marshall Islands flagged vessel, the MV Tomini Destiny, signed by all crew members, raising serious concerns regarding their asserted hazardous offloading operations at Chittagong, Bangladesh, and a lack of COVID-19 screening of stevedores, and adequate protection for the crew.

The concerns first raised internally to the Owners and Charterers focused on the continuation of vessel offload operations...

https://safety4sea.com/bulker-crew-raises-concerns-about-covid-19-exposure/

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