Seafarers

USCG sets minimum random drug testing rate at 50% for 2020

The US Coast Guard has set the calendar year 2020 minimum random drug testing rate at 50% of covered crew members. The minimum random drug testing rate is effective from 1st January 2020 through 31st December 2020.

The Coast Guard requires marine employers to establish random drug testing programs for covered crewmembers in accordance with 46 CFR 16.230.

Marine employers are required by 46 CFR 16.500 to collect and maintain a record of drug testing data for each calendar year, and submit this...

https://safety4sea.com/uscg-sets-minimum-random-drug-testing-rate-at-50-for-2020/

Philippines seems confident for EMSA audit

The Philippine’s Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) expressed confidence it will address all deficiencies surrounding seafarers‘ training and certification in light of the next EMSA audit in February 2020.

The Philippines has already submitted documents to show proof of compliance to EMSA on the country’s maritime schools and training facilities standards and for implementing reforms under Executive Order 63, Vice Admiral Narciso Vingzon Jr., officer in charge of Marina, was quoted as saying...

https://safety4sea.com/philippines-seems-confident-for-emsa-audit/

Nine seafarers stranded in UK to be repatriated for Christmas

Nine Russian seafarers stranded in Portland after their ship was detained by UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in November will all be repatriated by Christmas, according to international maritime charity Sailors’ Society.

The men have now all been paid and have received their plane tickets home. Four have already left and the final five are due to fly on 24 December.

The Nigerian-flagged ship, MV Jireh, was towed into the port after it suffered power failure on 23 November.

The ship, en...

https://safety4sea.com/nine-seafarers-stranded-in-uk-to-be-repatriated-for-christmas/

Families of Sanchi tanker victims sue NITC, claim crew survived and have been locked up

With the second anniversary of the disaster three weeks away, the family members of the victims of one of the worst tanker accidents of the decade have headed to America and filed a lawsuit against the ship’s owner, National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) and two Iranian government officials in a...

https://splash247.com/families-of-sanchi-tanker-victims-sue-nitc-claim-crew-survived-and-have-been-locked-up/

Is it time for the maritime industry to seriously reconsider onboard representation?

Fellow maritime scholars Carolyn Graham and Ralph Buiser got together to contemplate how to address the day-to-day work concerns of seafarers. Their thoughts are carried below. It is widely accepted among industry experts and maritime scholars that working conditions for seafarers around the world...

https://splash247.com/is-it-time-for-the-maritime-industry-to-seriously-reconsider-onboard-representation/

Human Rights At Sea Receives Video Message Of Solidarity From 11 Seafarers In 8 Languages

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On World Human Rights Day 2019, from within the shipping industry, a merchant crew of eleven seafarers in eight languages show their solidarity and support in a video message to Human Rights at Sea and its work developing the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, the online platform which is formally launched.

Image Credits: humanrightsatsea.org

“I am a sailor and I stand up for human rights at sea” was the message.

CEO, David Hammond, said: “As the clock passed midnight in the UK, a video...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/human-rights-at-sea-receives-video-message-of-solidarity-from-11-seafarers-in-8-languages/

IOSH Research Eases Out Seafarers’ Life Onboard

In the context of growing concerns about mental health and well-being at work, IOSH research sets out to explore mental health and well-being among seafarers working in the international cargo shipping industry, reports Gard.

Issues addressed in the research

The study, conducted by Cardiff University and funded by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), combined the use of questionnaires, interviews, literature and claims data from P&I clubs to clarify:

  • whether key stakeholders...

http://mfame.guru/iosh-research-eases-out-seafarers-life-onboard/

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