The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has actually outlawed the Liberian- flagged mass provider Agia Sofia from Australian ports for 6 months.
AMSA examined the ship at Hay Point in Mackay on Saturday 25 July 2020 after getting a problem through the International Transport Workers’ Federation.
During the evaluation AMSA discovered proof that some seafarers aboard the ship had actually not been paid their earnings completely given that August 2019.
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The impressive earnings amount to regarding AUD $45,000 as well as make up a violation of the legal rights of seafarers based on their employment contract under the Maritime Labour Convention.
AMSA has actually taken actions to guarantee that the seafarers onboard have actually been paid completely prior to the ship leavesAustralia AMSA has actually verified with the ship that this has actually taken place.
AMSA Acting General Manager Operations Michael Drake noted it had not been the very first time this firm, Marmaras Navigation Ltd, had actually been captured underpaying staff in Australian waters.
“In January 2018 AMSA detained another company ship, Koundouros, at Port Walcott for owing its seafarers more than AUD $7500,” Mr Drake claimed.
“The driver was privileged that AMSA did not restriction Koundouros at the time as well as those seafarers were paid their impressive earnings prior to the ship was permitted to leave.
“Bringing a second ship, Agia Sofia, to Australia with the same breach is inexcusable and has left us with little choice but to ban this ship from Australian ports.”
Mr Drake claimed seafarers were making huge sacrifices now by being away for prolonged amount of times from their liked ones, simply to maintain vital international profession relocating.
“Abusing their most basic rights to be paid for the work they are doing is shameful behaviour on the part of this shipping company,” Mr Drake claimed.
“We do not endure that in Australian waters as well as Agia Sofia is currently the 3rd ship in the last one year to be outlawed by AMSA for stopping working to pay seafarers their earnings completely as well as promptly.
Reference: amsa.gov.au
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