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Black Sea Campaign Week26 – 30 May 2014A summary of activities by Black Sea unions, inspectors, activists and volunteers
Inspections Summary
Union Inspections Comments Outcomes Media
STU Varna West: 4 Varna East: 1 CMV‐Varna: 1 Balchik: 1 Total: 7
Notices of warning sent Liaison with PSC
Cook Islands flagged vessel Borislav owned by the Volgo Don Shipping agency detained by PSC due to unpaid wages.
SSB Bourgas: 4 Varna West: 2 Total: 6
Low wages Notices of warning
GSU Poti: 3 Batumi: 2 Total: 5
Materials distributed Provided food & water to crew of abandoned vessel (Roksolana 1) under arrest in Poti
SLN Midia: 8 Constanta: 18 Agigea: 10 Total: 36
Notices of warning sent Low wages
Press conference held the Friday before and Friday 30 May. http://www.cugetliber.ro/stiri-economie-grave-abateri-de-la-legislatia-internationala-pe-navele-care-intra-in-porturile-romanesti-219337 http://www.digi24.ro/Stiri/Regional/Digi24+Constanta/Stiri/Controale+in+forta+in+porturi+Autoritatile+verifica+salariile+co http://www.telegrafonline.ro/1401138000/articol/search/268985/primele_nereguli_la_navele_comerciale_din_port.html http://www.cugetliber.ro/stiri-economie-cargoul-al-mortada-prins-in-ofsaid-de-itf-romania-219040?utm_source=cugetliber&utm_medium=site&utm_content=slider-item&utm_campaign=Slider%20-%20poza%20mica http://lideruldeopinie.ro/133359/navigatorii-isi-reclama-armatorii-la-itf http://www.romania-actualitati.ro/zeci-de-nave-din-portul-constanta-avertizate-62426 http://www.curierulnational.ro
/Actualitate/2014-05-30/Zeci+de+nave+cu+probleme,+in+urma+unor+controale+in+porturile+romanesti http://www.telegrafonline.ro/1401483600/articol/269334/50_dintre_navele_din_porturile_romanesti_incalca_standardele.html http://observatordeconstanta.ro/255168/galerie-foto-jale-pe-mare-doua-treimi-dintre-navele-verificate-in-cadrul-campaniei-dedicate-marii-negre-sunt-sub-standarde-255168.html http://www.gazetadenavodari.ro/nave-vizate-de-autoritati/ http://www.curierulnational.ro/Actualitate/2014-05-30/Zeci+de+nave+cu+probleme,+in+urma+unor+controale+in+porturile+romanesti http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/proiecte-locale/controale-in-porturile-romanesti-de-la-marea-neagra-337287
SUR Kavkaz: 1 Novorossiysk: 24 Yeysk: 11 Taman: 1 Taganrog: 3 Total: 40
Notices of warning sent
Unpaid wages for 6 months for 5 crewmembers, $69,546 recovered on the Panama flagged Lion A. Letter of Guarantee for the amount of $4,860 secured from new owner of Kiribati flagged Angelina for 2 off‐signers.
DAD‐DER Istanbul: 17 Total: 17
Information distributed Notices of warning sent
MTWTU Odessa: 12 Theodosia: 6 Kherson: 2 Belgorod‐Dnestrovskiy: 4 Nikolayev: 2 Nikolayev River
Information distributed Companies contacted
Media reports Successful backpay claim of US$68,085 paid to crew of m/v Kadmiy
http://www.seafarersjournal.com/news/view/v‐ukraine‐uspeshno‐prohodit‐nedelya‐borby‐s‐substandartnym‐sudohodstvom‐ http://www.maritimebusinessnews.com.ua/news/news/20
Port: 1 Mariupol: 8 Berdyansk: 2 Yuzhny: 5 Dneprobugskiy: 1 Kerch: 1 Total: 44
14/05/29/25874.html http://glasweb.com/nedelya‐deystviy‐protiv‐substandartnogo‐sudohodstva‐na‐chernom‐more/ http://mortrans.info/morskoj‐byulleten/itf‐nachinaet‐masshtabnuyu‐proverku‐sudov‐stoyawih‐v‐ukrainskih‐portah/
Total number of inspections: 155 Total amount of backpay recovered: US$142,491
General comments
Of the 155 vessels inspected the top 10 flags were as follows:
Followed by:
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5
10
15
20
25
PAN TUR MLT BLZ RUS MHL TGO KHM MLD UKR
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1
2
3
4
5
6
SLE
LBR
COK
HKG
COM
VCT
TAN
ATG
KNA
GRC
ITA
BEL
BHS
PAL
CYP
LBN
IOM KIR
GBR
SKN
NLD
Not surprisingly after Panama, flags from the region predominate – Turkey, Russia, Moldova and Ukraine.
It is also interesting to note relatively high correlation with flags on the Paris MOU black list (Togo, Sierra
Leone, Cambodia, Moldova, Tanzania, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis and Lebanon).
Where information was provided about P&I/insurance cover – a total of 46 inspections out of 155, 12 had
no certification on board.
Crew on board the vessels inspected came from: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, India, Syria,
Romania, Egypt, Lebanon, Philippines, Nigeria, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Madagascar, Indonesia,
Serbia, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Cyprus, Morocco, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Belarus and Myanmar.
The lowest reported wages were US$300 for an A/B on board a Sierra Leonean flagged general cargo ship
built in 1974 with a mixed crew from Turkey, Syria, Georgia and India in Varna. The highest were found in
Midia on an Italian flagged LPG tanker with a national agreement and crew from Italy, Romania and
Croatia, where the wage for an A/B was EU2,835.
On 13 of the vessels inspected, crew were paid USD600 or less. Of which 12 were small general cargo
vessels mostly built in the 1970’s and 1980’s and one was a container ship.
On 12 vessels inspected, crew were paid USD1,000 or more. Of this group there was less consistency of
type with a range of general cargo, research survey, bulk carrier, product tanker, chemical tanker and LPG
tankers all represented.
Eighty four of the 155 vessels inspected were not covered by a union CBA, the rest had a mixture of ITF
approved agreements and national CBAs.
BULGARIA
The STU team inspected vessels in Varna and Balchik. During the inspection of m/t "Borislav" IMO No.8711954, they received a complaint from crew for 2‐3 months’ unpaid salary. PSC were informed and the vessel was detained. There seems to be very positive cooperation over MLC, 2006 implementation between the Bulgarian unions and Port
State Control.
GEORGIA
ITF Inspector Merab Chijavadze, received a warm welcome on the vessels he visited in Batumi where he
distributed information and took the opportunity to take seafarers on a tour of the city. He also visited the
four remaining crew of the vessel Roksolana 1 which is currently under arrest having been abandoned last
November in the port of Poti.
ROMANIA
In Romania, Adrian Mihaciou and his team spent an active week visiting 36 vessels in Constanta, Midia and Agigea
culminating with the case of the Nikolay Meshkov now abandoned in Constanta. The Belize flagged bulk carrier has
14 crew on board who have not been paid for more than 7 months resulting in an outstanding wage claim of
US$145,000. The crew are now on strike and will take action in court.
RUSSIA
Olga Ananina, ITF Inspector, Novorossiysk secured a backpay claim of US$69,546 for five crew members who had
not been paid for 6 months on the Panama flagged Lion A. In addition she obtained a letter of guarantee from the
new owners of the Angelina for two off‐signers – receipt of payment was subsequently confirmed by ITF Inspector,
Merab Chijavadze in Batumi. The The Russian team visited some 40 vessels in the ports of Novorossiysk, Yeysk,
Taman, Kavkaz and Taganrog.
TURKEY
A total of 17 vessels were visited in Istanbul by ITF Inspector, Muzo Civelek and the team from DAD‐DER.
Information was distributed on the campaign to improve standards in the Black Sea area and a number of
notices of warning were issued.
UKRAINE
ITF Inspector, Nataliya Yefrimenko together with MTWTU representatives visited twelve vessels in the port of
Odessa distributing information to seafarers about their rights. Whilst MTWTU activists visited vessels in Berdyansk,
Yuzhny, Kherson, Belgorod –Dniestrovsky, Mariupol, Nikolayev and Dneprobugskiy. The union was very successful in
promoting their activities in online media. MTWTU were also able to report that the Local Trade Union Committee of
Theodosia Marine Trade Port had actively engaged in the campaign week, visiting seafarers calling the port of
Theodosia, showing that unions’ dedication to supporting their members continues in spite of political challenges.