The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) today outlawed the Liberian- flagged mass service provider Agia Sofia from Australian ports for 6 months.
AMSA checked the ship at Hay Point in Mackay on Saturday July 25, after getting a grievance using the International Transport Workers’Federation During the evaluation AMSA discovered proof that some seafarers aboard the ship had actually not been paid their incomes completely considering that August 2019.
The exceptional incomes complete regarding AUD $45,000 (regarding US$ 32,000) as well as comprise a violation of the legal rights of seafarers according to their employment contract under the Maritime Labor 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 validated with the ship that this has actually taken place.
AMSA Acting General Manager Operations Michael Drake noted this was not the very first time that ship driver Marmaras Navigation Ltd had actually been captured underpaying team 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 Koundouro s at the time as well as those seafarers were paid their exceptional incomes prior to the ship was enabled 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.”
Drake claimed seafarers were making substantial sacrifices today by being away for extensive time periods from their enjoyed ones, simply to maintain essential international profession relocating.
“Abusing their most basic rights to be paid for the work they are doing is shameful behavior on the part of this shipping company,” Drake claimed. “We do not tolerate that in Australian waters and Agia Sofia is now the third ship in the last 12 months to be banned by AMSA for failing to pay seafarers their wages in full and on time.”
