Though only in its fourth year, the annual U.S. Maritime Industry Congressional Sail-In has become a signature event in the nation’s capital. Earlier this month, the Seafarers International Union (SIU) officials helped make the 2013 gathering another success, as 135 participants from all segments of the industry were involved in 157 meetings with members of [...]
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The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), the Philippines is confident that the 80,000 Filipino seafarers on board European Union flagged vessels will retain their jobs as they are already making necessary changes to pass the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) audit. “We expect that EMSA will find the quality standard system that we adopted, hewing to [...]
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The Australian Maritime College and the University of Tasmania today welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement of almost $12 million in additional funding for specialised maritime training. This significant funding boost will allow AMC to train more seafarers than ever before, for careers aboard Australian and internationally flagged ships. It will be delivered across a [...]
The Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union (SMOU) has helped 20 seafarers onboard an arrested tanker called “C Whale” claim their unpaid wages of US$300,000 (S$375,000). The seafarers were denied their wages for three months until they asked for the Union’s assistance in March. Negotiations went on for almost a month until the Union finally secured the [...]
Seafarers’ suggestions on how to improve their situation when facing criminal charges were presented at the landmark 100th session of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which met in London on 15 – 19 April, 2013. The suggestions, which emanated from a comprehensive eight language survey conducted by Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) [...]
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Last year, Siport21′s Real-Time Ship Manoeuvring Simulation Center has received 72 seafarers (Captains, Pilots and Tug Masters), who have developed Training Programs or participated in specific projects. In some cases, they have taken part in order to obtain their perception and contribution regarding new maritime operations. During 2012 the company carried out 19 Training Programs [...]
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Nautilus, an international trades union and professional association representing seafarers and allied workers in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland, has voiced concern over new government statistics showing a fresh slump in the number of UK seafarers. The Department for Transport report reveals that the total number of UK officers and ratings dropped by 10% [...]
All business visitors and seafarers, plus an enlarged group of general and family visitors are now eligible to use the priority visa service in the Philippines with an estimated turnaround time 3 working days or less for applicants applying at UK Visa Application Centres in Manila and Cebu. These premium services are part of a [...]
Captain Mark Taylor, President of the Sabine Pilots Association, presented a $10,000 check from the Sabine Pilots to Rev. Sinclair Oubre, Executive Director of The Port Arthur International Seafarers’ Center, at the second annual International Seafarers’ Center Cocktail Party on January 17, 2013 at the Seafarer’s Center. “We had twice as many people attend as [...]
Mohamed Chamchati, the unjustly detained general secretary of the Moroccan merchant seafarers’ union, has been released. Like his colleague Said Elhairech, who was freed in October, Chamchati had been arrested in June on clearly mistaken charges linked to the cessation of operations of the Comarit-Comanav company. On December 30th he and others were released without [...]
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