Bulker banned from Australia after failure to pay crew
AUGUST 8, 2017 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Bahamas flagged bulk carrier MV Rena from Australian ports for six months after the ship repeatedly failed to pay
AUGUST 8, 2017 — The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Bahamas flagged bulk carrier MV Rena from Australian ports for six months after the ship repeatedly failed to pay
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The MV Apellis is operated by Piraeus, Greece, headquartered Pyrsos Shipping Co Ltd and chartered by Hudson Shipping Lines.
All Australian registered and foreign flagged vessels within Australian waters must comply with the standards set out in the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) of 2006. Any vessel which is found to be in breach of the MLC or other Australian standards will be detained by AMSA and repeat offenders risk being banned from Australian waters.
AMSA inspected the vessel at Esperance grain jetty after receiving a complaint from the International Transport Workers Federation raising concerns about the welfare of the crew. Once on board, the AMSA surveyor discovered a number of deficiencies including:
The vessel has been detained on the matter of non-payment of wages.
The MV Apellis will remain under detention by AMSA until this deficiency is rectified.
AMSA’s General Manager of Ship Safety, Allan Schwartz, said that the proper treatment of seafarers is just as important as the proper maintenance of ships’ equipment – a failure in either system can lead to serious accidents.
“All ships in Australian waters need to comply with Australian standards,” Mr. Schwartz said. “Seafarers live difficult lives often spending many months at sea away from their families and friends.”
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