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AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED ? Enough of the fi Ne Words About Wellness, Say Campaigners – Seafarer Wellbeing Should Be Enshrined in Maritime Law NAUTILUS AT WORK SUPERYACHTS NL NEWS WELFARE A first look at the Union’s Learn about the Nautilus Further uncertainty for Mobile wi-fi routers new Council members yacht sector partners – members in long-running warmly welcomed onboard after this year’s elections plus a report from Palma Borr Drilling dispute ships visiting UK ports Volume 52 | Number 6 | June 2019 | £3.50 €3.70 Stress Anxiety Nutrition Sleep Loneliness AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED ? Enough of the fi ne words about wellness, say campaigners – seafarer wellbeing should be enshrined in maritime law 1_cover_final.indd 1 23/05/2019 11:38 TECHNICAL JOBS CRUISE - SEAGOING Technical Superintendent - LNG Chief Engineer Glasgow - £65K Ocean Cruise - £75-80K Technical Superintendent -Tankers Hotel General Manager Glasgow - £60K Ocean Cruise - $110K Vessel Manager - LNG Assistant Chief Housekeeper London - £75K Ocean Cruise - $30K Technical Superintendent - Offshore Vessels Executive Chef Aberdeen - £65K Ocean Cruise - $64K Operations Superintendent - Tug Towage Sous Chef South UK - £50K package Ocean Cruise - $42K Marine Superintendent - Tankers SUPERYACHT North UK - £60K Captain - 80m+ motor yacht On Board Fleet Trainer - Rotation €20K/mth Home-based - £55K Lead Service - 85m+ motor yacht Technical Superintendent - Dredgers €5.5K/mth South UK - £60K 2nd Engineer - 80m+ motor yacht HSEQ Officer - Offshore Vessels €10K/mth Ireland - €60K Housekeeping Stewardess - 70m+ motor yacht Technical Superintendent - Offshore Vessels €3.5K/mth Ireland - €65K 2nd Officer - 60m+ motor yacht Crewing Manager €5K/mth Cyprus - €100K 2nd Stewardess - 50m+ motor yacht Technical Superintendent - Tankers €4,.5K/mth Cyprus - €80K Deckhand - 100m+ motor yacht Voyage Manager - LNG €3K/mth London - £65K TANKER - SEAGOING CRUISE - SHOREBASED Master - LNG Carrier - $16.5K/mth + performance Bunkering and Fuel Consumption Supervisor Chief Engineer - LNG (Motor) - €105K + bens UK - £60-65K Chief Officer - LNG - $13.5K/mth on board + bonus Hotel Engineering Superintendent Chief Engineer - Coast Tanker - £52K UK - £60-70K Technical Superintendent OFFSHORE - SEAGOING EU - €65-85K FPSO - Marine Engineer - £75-80K Marketing Director FPSO - MCRO - Up to £500/day UK - £80-90K Chief Engineer - Tugs (UK) - £45-52K Fleet Public Health Manager USA - $90K Chief Engineer - Dredgers (UK) - £48-60K Shorebased: +44 (0)23 8020 8840 More jobs available online at: Seagoing: +44 (0)23 8020 8820 www.faststream.com CONTENTS | | telegraphVolume 52 Number 6 June 2019 24 WELCOME General secretary Mark Dickinson re ects on how useful tonnage tax has been for British seafaring NAUTILUS AT WORK Minister acknowledges value of seafarers Members’ jobs assured at P&O Union backs calls for job security in long-term UK energy policy Crew abandonment cases rise Nautilus warns regulators over risks of being under-powered 28 30 Deaths in enclosed spaces scandal Collision sparks New Zealand wharf warning Fresh faces on Nautilus Council Nautilus extends expert support to superyacht crew WELFARE COVER STORY: The right to be well Healthy eating onboard UK port welfare charities provide mobile wi- for visiting seafarers STAFF ADVERTISING & PRINT MANAGEMENT Although the Telegraph exercises Incorporating the Merchant Navy editor: Helen Kelly Century One Publishing care and caution before accepting Journal and Ships’ Telegraph advertisements, readers are advised ISSN 0040 2575 chief sub-editor: Sarah Robinson Alban Row, 27-31 Verulam Road to take appropriate professional Dutch correspondent: Hans Walthie St Albans, Herts AL3 4DG, UK advice before entering into any Published by production editor: June Cattini-Walker commitments such as investments Nautilus International Head of sales: (including pension plans). 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June 2019 3 nautilusint.org 3-4_contents_jun19 HK passed#2.indd 3 23/05/2019 15:11 CONTENTS 18 INTERNATIONAL Unions call for safety assurances in Persian Gulf Plea for Mediterranean search and rescue support HEALTH & SAFETY WHERE'S MY Stellar Daisy accident investigation TELEGRAPH? report nds catalogue of errors If you have moved recently, your home Fighting res onboard with C copy may still be trying to catch up with you. SUPERYACHTS 38 To let us know your new address, go to www.nautilusint.org and log in as a Supporting members at the Palma member, or contact our membership Superyacht Show department on +44 (0)151 639 8454 or [email protected]. CAREERS The membership team can also cancel your print copy if you prefer to read Terry Streets kickstarts his career the telegraph online at nautilusint.org. with a scholarship from the Nautilus JW Slater Fund COMMUNITY Nautilus / Inmarsat GENERAL SECRETARY photo and video competition Mark Dickinson MSc (Econ) REGULARS DEPARTMENT EMAILS general: [email protected] membership: [email protected] Letters legal: [email protected] Maritime book reviews telegraph: [email protected] Ships of the past industrial: [email protected] Back in time young members: [email protected] welfare: [email protected] The face of Nautilus professional and technical: [email protected] Nautilus International also administers the Nautilus Welfare Fund and the J W Slater 22 Fund, which are registered charities. • Council of State ruling on minimum wage at port • IMO Day of the Seafarer to be marked on social media towage service • Further industrial action in ports of Amsterdam and IN THIS • Future uncertain again for former Paragon employees Rotterdam against Svitzer Euromed MONTH’S at Borr Drilling • Risk inventory and evaluation for sea shipping DUTCH • ‘Equal pay for equal work is a must’: former FNV Chair extended again for three years PAGES and MEP Agnes Jongerius on Fair Transport • International workers’ solidarity on 1 May p46 • Nautilus NL branch meeting and symposium on • Honouring the sacrifi ce of Second World War 25 June seafarers • Nautilus advice on the resumption of work by • Information about the Nautilus Federation ‘partially disabled persons’ • P&O Ferries fl eet visit and new CBA nautilusint.org 4 June 2019 3-4_contents_jun19 HK passed#2.indd 4 23/05/2019 15:12 FOREWORD Welcome With a review of the UK Tonnage Tax on the horizon, Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson refl ects on how valuable seeking our input. We know the shipowners too are the scheme has been to British seafaring eager for a review, and have been actively consulting and lobbying government for change with Brexit he latest fi gures from the UK opportunities in mind. Department for Transport have just been What I want to ensure is that, in return for expanded T released, and they show that, while the fi nancial support from the government, defi ned number of UK seafarers (both offi cers outcomes serve the national interest – a growing and ratings) on Tonnage Tax vessels grew slightly in UK registered fl eet, enhanced employment for the last 12 months, the trend overall has been a steady British seafarers and substantially more training decline since the scheme was launched in 2000. opportunities for UK residents. This will support our In 2003/4, when the fi rst complete fi gures maritime cluster and contribute to our economy, were issued by the DfT, there were 6,091 offi cers security and maritime resilience. Nothing less will do. employed on Tonnage Tax vessels, 48% of whom I know we can deliver more for the investment the were British (2,951 UK offi cers). However, in 2018/19 government makes, because in our cross-border Union a total of 7,836 offi cers were employed on Tonnage we have fi rst-hand knowledge of the Dutch tonnage Tax vessels but only 26% came from the UK (2,066 scheme introduced in 1996. According to government offi cers), with 33% being EEA/EU and 40% coming and shipowners’ fi gures, out of 28,000 maritime from the rest of the world. professionals working in the maritime cluster, around The position for British ratings is worse. Over the 7,200 work directly in shipping – about a third ashore same period the number of UK ratings has fallen from I know the and two thirds at sea, mainly on Dutch-fl agged ships. 28% in ‘03/‘04 to 13% in ‘18/‘19, with three quarters UK Tonnage Cadet numbers have also remained stable in the last being from outside the European Economic Area. The ten years at around 500 per annum. proportion of UK fl agged vessels in the Tonnage Tax Tax can The fl ag has grown signifi cantly since the Tonnage has also fallen. At its peak, around 95 companies had deliver more Tax scheme was introduced and remains resilient joined the Tonnage Tax and the majority of vessels in the face of the lingering economic uncertainties were UK fl agged. Today only 71 company groups because triggered by the 2008/09 banking crisis. The costs remain in the scheme, with a total of 713 vessels and we’ve seen of training is 100% covered by the government, and only 268 (38%) of these UK registered. what has job and training guarantees for Dutch nationals are Nautilus has long held the view that the Tonnage provided in mutual agreement with the shipowners. Tax scheme did much to reverse the sharp decline in been done The working conditions of all seafarers (not only the the size of the UK registered fl eet and the number of with the Dutch) are secured through collective bargaining UK cadets in training. It is easy to forget that in the agreements concluded at national and company level.
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