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Shipowners Disapprove A Standard Pay Uplift, Seafarers Helpless

  • Nautilus International has condemned the refusal of shipowners to approve a standard pay uplift for seafarers as ‘disgraceful’.
  • The ILO Minimum Wage for Seafarers is a long-established mechanism to prevent seafarers worldwide from being exploited.
  • It ensures that their wages are tied to inflation, so that their purchasing power is not diluted over time.
  • This year, the proposed US$1.40 per day pay rise from the rate agreed in 2018 represents less than the price of a cup of coffee.

A Nautilus...

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Nautilus International: Build Back Better- what does it mean for maritime?

Nautilus International: Build Back Better- what does it mean for maritime?

Mark Dickinson

Event date: Tuesday 11 May 2021

Time: 15:30-17:00 GMT

Registration: Click here

Leading industry experts will debate how the maritime sector will ‘build back better’ after Covid-19 at a webinar hosted by Maritime UK and sponsored by Nautilus International.

Following an address by Maritime Minister Robert Courts MP, the panel will set out their priorities for the future, and what is required from the sector to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/21/nautilus-international-build-back-better-what-does-it-mean-for-maritime/

Government must rethink quarantine hotel measures for seafarers

Government must rethink quarantine hotel measures for seafarers

Mark Dickinson

Nautilus International, the trade union for maritime professionals, has urged the government to rethink its policy to refuse key worker seafarers from hotel quarantine.  

‘I am dismayed that the government has not followed its own policy of recognising the essential role that seafarers play in keeping supply chains open,’ Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson said.

‘If the principle that seafarers are exempt from...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/10/government-must-rethink-quarantine-hotel-measures-for-seafarers/

24 Seafarers Face Job Cuts,Appeal To Save Their Jobs

  • Dutch seafarers face job cuts after Maersk Line announced the sale of its Dutch ships.
  • The seafarers appeal to the shareholders of A.P. Moeller – Maersk to intervene to help save their jobs.
  • In an open letter to the Maersk shareholders, they appealed for intervention with management.
  • The campaign is launched in December 2020 and supported by Nautilus International, the international trade union for seafarers.

A recent Fresh Plaza news reveals that Dutch Seafarers appeal to the Shipping Company...

https://mfame.guru/24-seafarers-face-job-cutsappeal-to-save-their-jobs/

UK Urged To Exempt Seafarers From ‘Red List’ Travel Restrictions

Nautilus International and the International Chamber of Shipping urged UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to exempt seafarers from UK ‘red list’ travel restrictions, says an article published in Safety4Sea.

Exempt seafarers from quarantine 

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has imposed travel bans following the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak. 

Nautilus International and the International Chamber of Shipping jointly urged the UK Transport Secretary to exempt seafarers from quarantine when...

https://mfame.guru/uk-urged-to-exempt-seafarers-from-red-list-travel-restrictions/

Nautilus welcomes approval of Brexit deal, but presses for certification confirmation

Nautilus welcomes approval of Brexit deal, but presses for certification confirmation

Mark Dickinson

30 December 2020

Nautilus International has cautiously welcomed approval of the future trade agreement with the European Union (EU) by the House of Commons. Whilst the deal does not include many of the assurances that the Union has been seeking during the last four years, it does mean that a no-deal Brexit has been avoided.

The continuation of tariff-free trade with the European Union will come as a...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/12/30/nautilus-welcomes-approval-of-brexit-deal-but-presses-for-certification-confirmation/

Union demands Maersk stop forced redundancies

Union demands Maersk stop forced redundancies

Nautilus International deputy general secretary Marcel van den Broek

23 December 2020

Nautilus International, the union for maritime professionals, has demanded that AP Moller Maersk, end forced redundancies on its Dutch flagged vessels.

The union presented a petition to Maersk management urging that 24 Dutch seafarers at risk of being dismissed be offered alternative employment across the company.

The world’s largest containership owner recently sold...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/12/22/union-demands-maersk-stop-forced-redundancies/

Nautilus International Pushes For Crew To Be Classified As Key Workers

  • It is estimated that 400,000 seafarers, up to 2,000 of them from the UK, are currently stuck on vessels.
  • Many of the world’s 1.6 million seafarers are working past the end of their contracts, unable to be relieved because of quarantine and travel rules, and a lack of flights.
  • UK hosted the International Maritime Summit on Crew Changes, after which it and 12 other countries called for seafarers of all nationalities to be classed as key workers.

The UK must push other countries to ensure that...

https://mfame.guru/nautilus-international-pushes-for-crew-to-be-classified-as-key-workers/

1 in 2 Seafarers Quitting Shipping Jobs Over the COVID Crew Change Crisis

Nautilus International has stepped up efforts to end the Covid-19 crew change crisis as research shows nearly 90% of British seafarers have been affected by the pandemic and one in two is now considering their future in the industry, says a press release published on their website. 

Deliver Seafarers Home for Christmas

Nautilus is calling for governments and industry to work together to facilitate as many crew changes as possible throughout December to ‘deliver seafarers home for Christmas’, as...

https://mfame.guru/1-in-2-seafarers-quitting-shipping-jobs-over-the-covid-crew-change-crisis/

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