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21 & 38 WELCOME  General secretary Mark Dickinson considers the importance of proper pension provision

NAUTILUS AT WORK

 Union meets minister over Brexit worries  New homes for veterans at Mariners’ Park  Union sets the stage for October General Meeting  Shipowners call for radical overhaul of STCW Convention  Scottish minister welcomes apprentice training  Nautilus award for considerate superyacht cadet  ILO agrees action to boost recruitment and retention 23 28  Nautilus survey uncovers the big issues a€ ecting cadets  Union backs initiatives to increase numbers of female seafarers

CAREERS

 High-„ ying shipmasters given chartered status  Bright prospects for young o cers, expert says

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HEALTH & SAFETY 42  Insurers warn over the rate of seafarer burn cases  ‘Innovative’ new life-saving system launched  MAIB report highlights concerns over fuel switch  Shipmaster challenges Costa Concordia  ndings WHERE'S MY INDUSTRY TELEGRAPH? If you have moved recently, your home  Red Funnel takes delivery of its  rst copy may still be trying to catch up freight ferry with you.  Research reveals how ship noise 44 a ects marine life To let us know your new address, go to www. nautilusint.org and log in as a  Wind power gathers force in the member, or contact our membership shipping industry department on +44 (0)151 639 8454 or membership@ nautilusint.org

HISTORY The membership team can also cancel your print copy if you prefer to read the  A look back at some pioneering paper on the Telegraph app. women o cers  Glasgow college celebrates its half centenary

COMPETITION GENERAL SECRETARY Mark Dickinson MSc (Econ)  How to win in our Life at Sea photo contest 48 DEPARTMENT EMAILS general: [email protected] membership: [email protected] REGULARS legal: [email protected] telegraph: [email protected]  Maritime book reviews industrial: [email protected] young members: [email protected]  Ship of the past welfare: [email protected] professional and technical:  Crossword and quiz [email protected]  The face of Nautilus Nautilus International also administers the Nautilus Welfare Fund and the J W Slater Fund, which are registered charities.

• Fascinating symposium about the maritime sector • Nautilus school visits in Rotterdam in 2050 • Dutch unions, including Nautilus, campaign for • Nautilus International General Meeting on better pensions 8-10 October 2019 in Rotterdam IN THIS • Nautilus organises mental health workshop • Court rules against owners of Greenfl eet Crew MONTH’S • Vroon Off shore back to CBA negotiating table after • Nautilus NL annual meeting and symposium on DUTCH members off er petition PAGES 25 June 2019 • Introducing the new Amsterdam Maritime Student • Nautilus advice on special leave p54 Union board • New dredging CBA • New anti-piracy law passed after 10 years of campaigning • How members’ interests are represented at the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine • CBA negotiations with Svitzer Euromed are ended

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3-4_contents_Apr19_SR checked.indd 4 21/03/2019 09:24 FOREWORD Welcome Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson considers the importance of saving for retirement – and explains how the Union is working to ensure members have the best possible pension… ith the fi nancial year drawing to born more recently. The amount received from the an end at work, my thoughts often state is not enough for most people to survive on, W turn in pril to personal fi nancial and pension poverty has been rising as a result. t planning and pensions. aving for is crucial, therefore, to save for retirement and do it retirement is too often our lowest priority, but for as soon as you can. most of us unless we are banking on winning the This is not a new problem, and it is why my lottery it should be one of our greatest concerns. forefathers in the nion campaigned tirelessly s we are all living longer, we need to think more for an industry-wide pension scheme in the . carefully about retirement planning, and it’s never n 18, they succeeded and the defi ned too early to start. esearch suggests that 12 to benefi t scheme was born. t served seafarers well 20 of our earnings need to be saved each year to for many years but eventually had to be closed achieve a decent income in retirement. due to the escalating costs of past and ongoing t autilus we work in many ways to ensure that In the liabilities. ur priority had to be to secure the all our members have access to a decent pension. Netherlands, benefi ts of those in the scheme for their past e participate in industry pension schemes and service and to ensure that existing members’ continuously press employers to provide good we joined the benefi ts were not undermined. quality pensions for members. ut that ob isn’t FNV Pension To replace the , we sought to ensure a helped by employers who have no interest in cost-effective and viable way forward to protect securing a decent retirement for their seafarers, or Action Day retirement saving for maritime professionals. by governments who seem intent on undermining in March to new industry scheme, the nsign etirement lan, the pension rights of their citiens. campaign for was thus created. t remains the only not-for-profi t n the etherlands, we oined the country-wide maritime pension scheme run in partnership by ension ction ay on 18 arch, calling for a fair deal in the nion and the industry. a fair pension for everyone at a time when the the face of survey conducted by nsign last year found a utch government is seeking to cut pension costs. ‘signifi cant disconnect’ between the importance e believe that in a country like the etherlands, government attached to retirement saving by maritime everyone should be able to stop work at a cuts employers and by their staff. hile more than half reasonable time of life and be able to count on a of employers surveyed said pensions ‘were not a decent income. very or only moderately important’ part of their ne of the key issues in is the rapidly overall employee benefi t package, a similar survey increasing state pension age and the fi nancial of maritime professionals found that more than penalty for ‘early’ retirement a particularly four in fi ve regarded pensions as ‘very important’. relevant issue for seafarers and those working in t is vital that the maritime industry supports inland waterways, as these are tough obs where retirement saving for its employees. e can you can’t continue into old age. e are now oining see that governments are constantly seeking to the call for a freee on the state pension age. erode state pensions, and it becomes ever more n the , the age at which we receive our state important to ensure that our members can secure pension has also risen. or those born in the 10s a decent income in retirement. t will be a stain on like me, it is now , and will rise further for those all of us if we fail.

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What’s on your mind? Tell your colleagues in Nautilus International – and the wider world of shipping. Keep your letter to a maximum 300 words if you can – though longer contributions will be considered. Use a pen name or just your membership number if you don’t want to be identifi ed – say so in an accompanying note – but you must let INBOX the Telegraph have your name, address and membership number. Your space to join the debate on the issues Send your letter to the Editor, Telegraph, Nautilus International, 1&2 The Shrubberies, George Lane, that matter to maritime professionals South Woodford, London E18 1BD, email telegraph@ nautilusint.org or fax to +44 (0)20 8530 1015. We need laws now to save UK seafaring

early every month working worldwide, I have seen all worked well together, each when the year 2050 comes we read in the countries’ local labour laws person knew where everything around. N Telegraph of protecting their workforces. was, and we had a good team I have personally tried on how every single Take India, where we are spirit. From having that four separate occasions to ‘research group’, ‘think tank’, currently, we had to employ team around me one day to a raise a government petition, Parliamentary group and their a certain amount of Indian complete new team the next to try and make it law that dogs are coming up with new nationals while the vessel is wasn’t exactly inspiring me any oil and gas sector vessel ideas to save British seafaring. working within their waters. with confi dence however, will working within the UK EEZ And what’s actually being We have 14 cadets, a second say the ustralian offi cers and must employ, at a minimum, done? Nothing! mate and third engineer who crew learned quickly and are 60% British seafarers. Every The industry can make up are onboard because their professional. time I have it comes back as as many think tanks and hire government says so, and we After completing the last being ‘Rejected – not clear what some PhD professor, but at the follow the rules and take them job in Australia, we proceeded you’re asking the government end of the day still no one is without batting an eyelid. round the cape (stopping in or parliament to do’. Really? actually doing anything. All the I have completed three Cape Town to crew change the The only way to start above seem to talk a good job, offshore gas projects while Australian crew, as by their protecting our seafarers is but don’t roll their sleeves up serving in Australia, where laws the offi cers and crew must to make it law that we are and follow through. every rank had to be either crew change at the fi rst foreign employed when operating in I am currently serving as an Australian national or a port) and up to Trinidad. En British waters, and make sure chief mate in the oil and gas foreign national with a ‘shadow route we were informed that there is no loophole in it, make sector, and hold my masters ustralian offi cer’. was quite a certain percentage of crew a British seafarers’ CBA stating unlimited cert issued by the angry about losing our bridge again had to be hired to keep in wage scales for different vessel MCA. Over the past few years, team, due to the fact that we with Trinidad & Tobago’s local types, and that’s it. At least labour laws. Once again we were then you don’t get the two presented with new ABs upon bob manning agencies saying arrival in Trinidad luckily we ‘we did advertise the job but The View From Muirhead were able to keep our usual couldn’t fi nd a ritish or www.thefreakywave.com bosun and ABs and get the offi cer that would take it’. o Trinidadians as extra hands. s*** Sherlock, as what’s the o here’s the question, why point getting out your bed for is it in the UK we don’t have $5/day, when your expenses are anything that even resembles $10/day? this? Why don’t your ‘think A Phimister tanks’ and professors put two Membership number 188738 and two together and come up with four for a change? If there CORRECTION: In the obituary of Nautilus is no law protecting the rights member Bob Jackman last month, we of British seafarers in British wrongly gave the name of the friend who waters then there will be no had conducted Mr Jackman’s funeral as British seafarers left, especially Ian Blair. The correct name is Ian Baird.

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6-8_lets_SR checked.indd 6 21/03/2019 09:27 Follow us on Twitter @nautilusint leaving the ship were going to sit exams Fleetwood survey and the replacement engineers coming in as Tweets juniors (or the odd steam engineer doing his for female seafarers motor time) having served as coastal engineers of the month For many years now Fleetwood Nautical until a berth was vacant. Nautilus International @ Campus has facilitated, and strongly So the turnover was slow and that gave nautilusint 16 March 2019 supported, an initiative known as the everybody time to settle in and get used to In our global industry it is essential that everyone is welcome. Today Fleetwood Female Forum. These are regular the ship’s routine. Each senior engineer had we celebrate the diversity of our sessions held within the campus for our female an area of responsibility, as did each junior industry and #StandUpToRacism community, to promote information about engineer. This applied to watchkeeping and to on International Day for the life at sea. This initiative has been hugely daywork when looking after the ship’s engines Elimination of Racial Discrimination #FightRascism successful in its aim, with many anecdotal and systems. The longer you stayed on the ship examples of its benefits. the better your promotion prospects. ISWAN Inspired by the UN Sustainable Development When Ben Line gave up its fleet I did get @iswan_org 15 March 2019 Goals and IMO World Maritime Day 2019 work on oil rigs, offshore supply boats, coastal It is so easy to nominate for the #ISWANAwards19! theme ‘Empowering Women in the Maritime shipping and tugs. But none of those jobs gave Make your nomination now: Industry’, as well as the success of the me any stability and you never knew who you seafarerswelfareawards.org Fleetwood Female Forum, the Campus is would be working for or beside. undertaking a review of the support provided I ended up working for the Maritime & Nautilus International @nautilusint 15 March 2019 to women within our industry. In order to Coastguard Agency in Aberdeen, surveying A #FeelGoodFriday congratulations best achieve this, we would like help to review fishing vessels, which I thoroughly enjoyed. shout out to Jean Paul Baudains, the format of the Forum and perhaps even to Jim Hutton professional #Yacht cadet amend its mission to reflect changing needs. Membership number 101251 @uksasailing ‒ praised for the way he supports his fellow students The start of this process will be the and winner of Nautilus Award collection of feedback from women in the After a three-year Effective Crew study, Solent for his ‘socially-minded’ actions. maritime industry through a short survey. University have concluded that ‘stable’ teams #MaritimeProfessionals The survey will aim to identify any specific are a good idea (March 2019 Telegraph). This challenges faced and then explore what confirms the conclusions of Jebsens (UK) in the assistance or guidance can be provided. We early 1980s. would encourage all your female readers As part of a team on bulk carriers, we to complete the survey this short survey, took a slight drop in salary to achieve this which will help us to identify how we can and saw the benefits until the shrinkage better support women in maritime industry of British shipping in the mid-80s caused throughout their career, and beyond. It can redundancy. The only conflicts were when be accessed through: www.surveymonkey. the junior captain and chief engineer had a co.uk/r/WIMF slight variation in priorities to the budget Alina Prylipko Lizzie Dykes ideas from the seniors who were the budget’s Nautilus International Curriculum Manager Senior Tutor authors. @nautilusint 13 March 2019 This scheme, with an approximate 12-week Calling all #Seafarers who’ve moved ashore! rotation, was extended to cook/chief steward, Tell about your experiences. There’s nothing new bosun and motorman if they were interested. What do you think is the demand With staggered relief changes, the problems of for skilled seafarers to work about a stable crew over familiarity were usually overcome, and ashore? What advice would you give to others considering I would like to point out that some 52 years back, with the continuity came a sense of ownership swallowing the anchor? Take our serving with the Ben Line ofEdinburgh, the which was the main driver behind the other survey surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ company operated a system as described in benefits. NI_Spinnaker your article ‘ship stabilisers’ (Telegraph, March). My son is an engineer on a 100m yacht and Katherine Willis I had to serve two years on the home coast they believe in ‘longevity’, with commercial @HappyGeologist March 8 to get familiar with the different ships (diesel) certificates as opposed to itinerants, and with Happy #InternationalWomensDay and settle in with the different crews. I then an enviable seven-week rotation. With MSC Some fantastic stories being shared on twitter. Here’s Victoria served some six years on the Ben Armin. Cruises describing how they ‘stumbled across Drummond en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ CORRECTION: In the obituary of Nautilus During that time, with a three-month voyage, stable crewing’ you get the feeling of the wheel Victoria_Drummond to whom member Bob Jackman last month, we and sometimes three weeks leave, we fitted being re-invented. If I add a few thousand @nautilusint name an award in her honour. Denied from wrongly gave the name of the friend who into a regular routine. words to this, can I have a PhD please? passing her Chief Engineers exam, had conducted Mr Jackman’s funeral as We knew most of the ‘coast’ engineers as Ken Atkinson she still managed to achieve a Ian Blair. The correct name is Ian Baird. ‘we’ had served as such. The engineers Membership no 101208 career at sea.

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6-8_lets_SR checked.indd 7 21/03/2019 09:27 LETTERS Hull remembrance A service was held at the Hull Minster on 17 February for the crews and tugs that served in the First and Second World War as rescue tugs to the Merchant Navy convoys, and the three tugs that served in the Falklands Task Force in 1982. The service was conducted by Rev Canon Dr Neal Barnes and supported by the standards and our wonderful TS Iron Duke Sea Cadets (pictured right). Falklands veteran Danny Fleming, a Scots Guards Pipe Major, played the laments (pictured far right). The Falklands service is at 14.00 on We would like to invite Nautilus members nine erchant avy ships from ull Sunday 28 April 2019, and can be to another service and parade at the Hull including the Norland ferry, which became found on the Hull Minster website at Minster, this time on 28 April, where we will a troopship three salvage tugs and five www.hullminster.org/calendar. be commemorating all the civilian vessels trawlers converted into Royal Navy mine Keith Thompson MNM and crews in the Falklands Task Force: sweepers. Membership no 166898 Jan van Baarle 1962-2018 Health and safety After 40 years at sea, our beloved family member For the fantastic way gone mad? More Jan van Baarle passed away on 18 April 2018. the company enabled our He had told his colleagues at P&O that if Jan’s wish to come true, we, like gone away! anything should happen to him, he would the family van Baarle, friends and So much for health and safety in your like his ashes to be scattered in the North Sea. acquaintances, thank the management, picture on page 13 of the March issue of His company got to hear about this, and in all other staff and especially the captain The Telegraph. Look as to where the September 2018 they invited us (the whole and crew of the Pride of Bruges. three people are standing. Where is family) to go onboard for three days on the way It’s good to know that there are still the safety officer? ‘Never stand in the to Hull to honour his wish. The captain and many companies that look after their people. bight of a rope or wire.’ of the crew were with us. Marcel Stephens Ken Evans Membership number 163730 Give rescued yachtie a break HAVE YOUR SAY Last month we asked: With reference to Peter Bennison’s letter in As a keen sailor also, I have assisted many Do you prefer to work with a February’s Telegraph about the rescue of the times afloat be it kayakers, commercial ‘stable’ crew? Golden Globe yacht race challenger Lucy fishermen or other pleasure vessels without Poll results are pictured below. Goodhall, as a seafarer for over 35 years I hesitation, because as we all know there is the Yes 9 certainly don’t share his contempt for her unwritten code that if you are in trouble on 6% demeanour, but I do have complete contempt the sea, fellow seafarers will do all they can to for his views. help. It’s a good job our wonderful institution Firstly, the comment about ‘creating so the RNLI doesn’t have the same bigoted and much work’ was an apology to the Captain of discriminatory views that Mr Bennison has. the Chilean Navy for everybody involved in I can’t help but feel after reading his letter the rescue; this was the context she was using that he is not a true seafarer but a bean it in. counter working in the marine industry, and N Secondly, and more worryingly, is the term I’m sure if it was his daughter in trouble on o 4% he used to describe people who decide to the sea then he would appreciate fellow pursue their interests/challenges or whatever seafarers ‘inconveniencing’ themselves to This month we ask: you might want to call it, on the sea. He says assist in her rescue. Do you think ship exhaust scrubbers will create more problems than they the ‘sheer ignorant selfishness that is within Paul Mayne will solve? these people’. Membership number 205726 Vote now at: www.nautilusint.org

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NAUTILUS ELECTIONS Have your say! Elections for Nautilus International’s governing body, the Council, are presently underway. Have you voted yet? Make sure you don’t miss the 17 April deadline for returning your ballot papers. Find out more on page 12 or at NEWS www.nautilusint.org Minister urged to give Brexit assurances for UK seafarers Nautilus has urged the UK government to audit of its certification processes and also provide practical support and reassurances asked how the UK will assess the training for British seafarers whose ability to work in and certification of other countries a Europe could be affected by Brexit. role that EMSA presently undertakes for General secretary Mark Dickinson and member states. ‘The response was that UK Chamber of Shipping chief executive the UK already approves 50 countries and Bob Sanguinetti are pictured right has the experience to continue that after meeting shipping minister Nusrat Ghani rexit. They don’t see this as a problem,’ r for ‘constructive’ discussions about the Dickinson commented. maritime impact of the UK’s withdrawal Mr Dickinson described the meeting from the European Union. as productive. ‘As social partners, it was High on the agenda was the future reassuring to hear of the minister’s recognition of certificates of competency determination to ensure that UK CoC by other EU member states. ‘We discussed this during a meeting with the Maritime & holders could continue to work in the EU the issue of mutual recognition and the Coastguard Agency. fleet,’ he added. ‘e pledged to do what measures being taken to mitigate the Mr Dickinson said he had suggested a we can to ensure that officers are aware of consequences of a no-deal Brexit, including hotline/dedicated email address to handle what measures have been taken and the the government having written to the queries about certification and a ‘fast-track’ availability of support from the MCA to Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and priority system for any officers needing anyone seeking to renew CoCs now.’ Denmark, urging them to continue to to urgently renew their certificates. ‘The Mr Sanguinetti added: ‘Bilateral recognise certificates after we leave the government will look into that, but feel that discussions between the UK and other EU,’ Mr Dickinson said. there are the necessary measures in place maritime nations are clearly progressing in Nautilus asked the minister to write to all already,’ he added. a constructive way, but it is vital that the EU officers whose certificates are due to expire Nautilus also urged the minister to provides an overarching framework to give in next 12 months – estimated to be around ensure that the UK is ready to undergo a long-term assurances to British seafarers 500. Ms Ghani said she would follow up on European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and UK shipping lines.’ NEW NAMES FOR REVER DSVs

The 8,234gt dive support vessel Rever members’ employment from V.Ships Polaris is pictured left undergoing to Rever OŒshore Guernsey. Strategic upgrade works at the A&P Tyne organiser Lee Moon said it had been shipyard. Formerly Bibby Polaris, the agreed that monthly meetings would UK-ƒagged ship has – together with be held to discuss developments. the 6,064gt Rever Sapphire – had a The Union has asked members for name change and work on the dive evidence to support the claim that the systems and steel repairs. employer is responsible for paying Nautilus has met with management training costs, including STCW following the associated transfer of courses.

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NEW HOME AT MARINERS’ PARK In brief Risk reduction: shipping Nautilus assistant general secretary industry organisations have Ronnie Cunningham is pictured right announced a reduction in the size receiving the keys to a new building that of the Indian Ocean piracy high- marks yet another milestone in the risk area, eective from 1 May. Nautilus Welfare Fund’s plans to expand However, operators have warned and modernise its residential and care that a serious threat remains in facilities for former seafarers. the region and ships should To be named John Fay House, in continue to apply the reporting, tribute to a former chair of the vigilance and other precautions International Transport Workers’ recommended in the fth edition Federation seafarers’ section, the of the Best Management Practice building comprises 12 new apartments (BMP5) guide. that were built with the support of a £600,000 donation from the ITF Fleet fall: the UK-registered Seafarers’ Trust. merchant ‚eet declined by 1% in Two of the apartments in the gross tonnage terms during 2018, development were funded by the Aged ending three consecutive years of Veterans Fund, and they will be available for Howarth said John Fay House will be o¤cially growth, according to the latest merchant mariners who served in support of opened on 30 May and will bring the total Department for Transport gures. the Armed Forces in times of con‚ict. number of homes at the Mariners’ Park The number of vessels on the UK- Nautilus welfare services manager Mick retirement estate to 125. ‚ag totalled 1,306 at the end of 2018, compared with 1,327 at the end of 2014.

Union warns over Welfare awards: Nautilus members are invited to submit nominations for this year’s UK visa loopholes International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards, to recognise the best Nautilus has urged the UK government to act the government to reect the ‘morally and seafarers’ centres, shipping on the findings of a nited ations report legally dubious’ ishermen’s elfare lliance companies, ports and individuals which concluded that loopholes in the rish submission, arguing that it was at variance providing support to crews. More government’s visa scheme for foreign crews with the principles of decent work, enforceable at: www.seafarerswelfareawards. on fishing vessels have resulted in minimum employment rights and fair treatment. org/nominate wage, maximum hours and safety laws being Mr Dickinson has now asked the Home widely flouted. ffice to assess the findings of the report Drone delivery: Wilhelmsen The rapporteurs study of the rish and their relevance to the regimes that are and Airbus have conducted the work permit scheme for migrant workers in applied to non- crews on fishing vessels, rst shore-to-ship drone delivery the fishing industry warned that the system windfarm vessels, and merchant ships service to a ship in Singapore’s breaches the human rights of migrants and operating in waters. eastern working anchorage. An may be failing to prevent modern slavery, with He told Ms Nokes that the Union remains Airbus Skyways drone delivered evidence of verbal and physical abuse, and concerned by the repeated decisions to provide ‘small, time-critical items’ to the significant levels of discrimination. windfarm companies with time-limited AHTS vessel Pacic Centurion to n a letter to immigration minister waivers from work permit requirements for launch the pilot project. aroline okes, autilus general secretary the crews of vessels operating around the ark ickinson pointed out that the coast. ‘ur opposition to these exemptions not Regal rescue: the crew of the government had been presented with only arises from the lack of credible evidence cruiseship Regal Princess have proposals last year to grant an exemption from to show that there is any shortage of been praised for rescuing two the requirements governing the employment maritime professionals to take these obs, but survivors from an aircraft which of non- crews of fishing vessels in also because of evidence that the waivers have crashed some 23 miles SE of waters. resulted in the use of foreign labour paid well Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean Both Nautilus and the RMT had urged below rates,’ he stressed. last month.

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Nautilus GM: formal notice Have you voted yet? Members are reminded that elections are members are normally elected to serve a four- By decision of the Council of closing soon for Nautilus International’s year term. Nautilus International, notice is governing body, the Council. The deadline for A total of 20 seats are up for election in 2019, hereby given that the 2019 the return of the ballot papers is 1700hrs on although a ballot is only necessary in the UK Nautilus International General Wednesday 17 April. section for navigators and other particular Meeting will be held at the Hilton ‘We have an encouraging number of categories. All members (from all countries) may Hotel, Rotterdam, from Tuesday candidates standing for some of the seats this vote in these categories and are urged to do so. 8 October until Thursday 10 year, and it’s important that members use Ballot papers for relevant categories and October 2019. The meeting is due their rights to vote in these elections,’ said information on all candidates (irrespective of to commence at 0930hrs on Nautilus assistant general secretary Ronnie whether or not a ballot is required) have been Tuesday and €nish with a gala Cunningham. ‘Please don’t get caught out by sent to all full members in benefit. nformation dinner on Thursday 10 October. the deadline, and make sure you return your on the candidates and the election process is Members wishing to move voting papers as soon as possible. also available on the Nautilus website. motions at the meeting must There are 32 seats on the Nautilus Council: The results of the elections will be announced submit them in writing, signed by 23 for members of the UK branch, eight for to members as soon as possible after the results at least four full members whose members of the Netherlands branch and are declared by the official scrutineer lectoral contributions have been paid up, one from the Switzerland branch. The seats eform allot ervices td on Thursday 18 to reach head oƒce by no later reflect various categories of membership, and April. than 1700hrs on Friday 5 July. Financial assistance for travel and hotel costs may be available NEW MEMORIAL IN GLASGOW on application to the Union. For further information, Nautilus national ferry organiser Micky Smyth took email Adele McDonald: part in an event in Glasgow last month to unveil a new [email protected] memorial to British seafarers who died on ships More information about the running the fascist blockades of ports during the conference will be available Spanish Civil War. on the Union’s website: The monument – which is on the banks of the river www.nautilusint.org Clyde – has been erected following a 15-year campaign to commemorate the 35 merchant Nautilus RGM: seafarers and eight Royal Navy crew members who were killed during attacks on ships during the con˜ict, formal notice which ran between 1936 and 1938. Designed by sculptor Frank Casey, the memorial Notice is hereby given under Rule features a plaque with the Merchant Navy badge 28 that Council has determined superimposed over a map of Spain, and includes a list that the 2019 Nautilus Rules of the ships lost as a result of being bombed, mined or General Meeting will be held at attacked by submarines during the humanitarian the Hilton Hotel, Weena 10, mission. Rotterdam 3012 CM, on Wednesday 9 October 2019, commencing at 1700hrs (or to NOMINATE AN AWARD WINNER follow the day’s General Meeting Nautilus is seeking nominations for the following The Victoria Drummond Award is presented to business). four special awards to recognise achievements and members whose achievements boost the pro€le of Under Regulation 10.3 full exceptional work by members. women at sea. members may submit proposals The Nevins & Griƒths Award recognises such The General Secretary’s Award recognises the for changes. Such proposals from things as acts of bravery, community work, achievement of an activist who has shown full members must be submitted Nautilus activity, involvement in the wider union exemplary determination and commitment to the in writing, signed by at least four movement, and academic achievements. Union’s goals and in support of fellow members. full members in bene€t and reach The Nautilus Award is given by the Council for The awards will be presented at the 2019 the general secretary at Head exceptional professional work by members, and General Meeting. All nominations and supporting Oƒce by no later than 1700hrs can honour individuals, groups or organisations materials should be emailed to dcavaldoro@ on Friday 5 July 2019. considered appropriate. nautilusint.org by Friday 31 May 2019.

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Fines paid: the Russian- agged tanker Tecoil Polaris narrowly avoided seizure by the UK authorities last month after
nes totalling more than £25,761 imposed on the master by Hull magistrates were settled shortly before a follow-up hearing about non-payment. The Russian master of the 2,821dwt vessel had been PRAISE FOR CARING RFA CADETS found guilty of breaching the Five Royal Fleet Auxiliary cadets have been praised for was such a
tting tribute. It is wonderful to see young International Safety Management volunteering to help commemorate the life of a RFA people who are prepared to give of their time and Code in June last year. veteran at his funeral last month. think of those who were at sea before them.’ Jason Kerr, Harry Tanser, Maja Čizmić, Christopher Cadet Maja Čizmić said: ‘Although we didn’t know Scrubbers ‘safe’: the Clean Berg and Sam Marsh, pictured above, acted as John personally, we’d gathered through contacts and Shipping Alliance has defended pallbearers and contributed to the service for former social media that there might not be anyone at his the safety of scrubber systems, seafarer John Rooney, who had served onboard RFA funeral and decided at once unanimously to go. We highlighting the results of a three- Regent during the Falklands conict. felt it the least we could do to give the contributions year study of washwater samples They had responded to an appeal from the Scottish of a man who served in the Falkland War the proper from Carnival cruiseships which Nautical Welfare Society. ‘As he lived alone and had mark of respect.’ showed discharges complied with no family, we knew that, other than ourselves, there She said the funeral was particularly poignant various national and international would be very few to mark his passing,’ said because the cadets had attended a ‘celebration of water quality standards. administrator Gail Haldene. ‘Our home visitors, new beginnings’ on the previous day, at the Margaret and Yvonne, who were there said that it dedication ceremony for RFA Tidespring. Online onboard: Inmarsat is launching a new service to provide high-speed at-sea Owners seek radical internet access for seafarers. Crew Xpress, available as part of the Fleet Xpress package, includes a revision of STCW managed onboard wi-
solution called Fleet Hotspot. Shipowners are calling for the International in ‘inconsistencies, the need for interpretations Maritime Organisation (IMO) to carry out and posed difficulties for harmonised Bulker auctioned: the UK ‘the most critical revision in the history of implementation’. The owners argued that a Admiralty court is auctioning the the tandards of Training, ertification and radical review of the convention is required to Russian bulk carrier Kuzma Minin, Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention. ensure that it is able to respond and adapt to which was detained after running In a paper submitted to the IMO’s human the increasingly rapid pace of technological, aground oŽ the coast of Cornwall element, training and watchkeeping sub- regulatory and operational developments. in December. committee, the International Chamber of And they warn that action needs to be taken Shipping (ICS) calls for ‘appropriate and timely as soon as possible, pointing out that it is likely New centre: The Mission to action’ to address concerns over shortcomings to take about 10 years for the review to be Seafarers has opened a new in the current STCW Convention. carried out and a new convention prepared, centre for crews of ships visiting The ICS says there is evidence that some adopted and put into force. Port Talbot, supported by a seafarers lack the competence to serve in the autilus professional and technical officer £35,000 grant from the Merchant capacities or perform the functions specified in David Appleton commented: ‘We agree there Navy Welfare Board. their certificates. wners complain that some is a need for a comprehensive review of the seafarers are having to be given additional convention to reflect the reality of the modern Wind boost: UK government training to cover gaps in their competence shipping industry. However, we would point plans to generate 30% of the before being assigned to ships. out that the convention is the internationally- country’s electricity from oŽshore The paper warns that the current convention agreed minimum and it is perfectly reasonable wind by 2030 are set to increase is ‘an amalgam of disparate requirements to expect companies to provide training above jobs in the sector, the British Ports developed over time’ and that this has resulted and beyond this level.’ Association has forecasted. nautilusint.org 12 April 2019 April 2019 13 nautilusint.org

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Nautilus head of organising Garry Elliott In brief and Royal Fleet Auxiliary liaison ocer Russell Downs are pictured at the Deeside oer: members dedication service for the new serving with Deeside Crewing replenishment tanker RFA Tidesurge, at (Guernsey) on Vroon Oshore Greenock Ocean Terminal. Commodore Services vessels have been Duncan Lamb said he was privileged to consulted on a 1.5% pay oer, see another addition to the ­eet and he together with an increase in paid tribute to the hard work to bring pension contributions. Strategic Tidesurge into service. It is the third of organiser Lee Moon said the the four Tide-class ships and will be Union could not recommend followed by Tideforce, which is due to acceptance, as the oer was well become operational later this year. short of members’ aspirations, and it also proposed changing the review date from 1 January More talks on RFA pay to 1 April. Nautilus has had more discussions with Royal year’s negotiations. Strategic organiser Lee Solstad talks: Nautilus has Fleet Auxiliary management after members Moon commented: ‘We believe that a better written to Solstad management voted by a big majority to reject a revised 1.5% settlement may be achieved in the next round to seek clarication over pay offer. of negotiations following the positive response potentially signicant changes to In talks with the Commodore, it was agreed of the defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, to the members’ terms and conditions of that the Union would suspend the disputes concerns that we have raised about the impact employment as a result of the re- procedure in respect of the 2018 review in the of the pay squeeze on recruitment, retention and ‚agging of Solstad-owned vessels hope that progress will be made during this morale.’ to the NIS register. ‘We cannot and will not stand by and allow SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT FERRY MEETING these changes to happen to our members without a challenge,’ Nautilus national ferry organiser Micky said Nautilus strategic organiser Smyth is pictured with Caledonian Lee Moon. MacBrayne liaison o¤cer Gavin Jakeman arriving at the Scottish Parliament for Red Funnel: Nautilus has met talks with islands minister Paul Red Funnel management to Wheelhouse last month. discuss concerns which were Nautilus was part of a Scottish TUC raised by members when they delegation which met the minister to rejected the company’s 3.2% pay discuss issues including funding for ferry oer. National ferry organiser services and the CalMac pension decit. Micky Smyth said the company ‘We made it clear that the decit is still had responded positively to the very much on the agenda and that further issues highlighted by the Union talks will be needed following the next and he hopes the impasse on the valuation report,’ Mr Smyth said. pay and conditions review may now be resolved. NAUTILUS SUBMITS INTRADA PAY CLAIM Western oer: members Nautilus industrial organiser Lisa Carr is serving with Western Ferries are pictured right, centre, with Roy Brooks being consulted on a ‘full and and Ian Clark at the start of this year’s pay nal’ pay oer, worth 3% with talks with Intrada Ships Management. eect from 1 April. Voting results The Union has presented the company will be known early in April. with a claim for an above-RPI in‚ation increase to recognise members’ loyalty Trinity rise: members and hard work in delivering a rst-class employed by Trinity House have service, and a formal oer from voted to accept a 1.5% pay oer, management was awaited as the backdated to 1 August 2018. Telegraph went to press.

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P&O pensions: Nautilus has held ‘frank and constructive’ talks with P&O Crewing Services (Jersey) and P&O Irish Sea (Jersey) on proposals for the company to participate in the Ensign Retirement Plan. ‘Both parties accept that there are many obstacles to overcome to MINISTER MEETS CALMAC APPRENTICE enable the company to participate Scottish islands minister Paul Wheelhouse above right with recently-quali­ed Seaman 1B in the Ensign scheme, but all visited the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Loch Anna Johnstone who is one of Scotland’s ­rst agreed that we would endeavour Seaforth at Stornoway Ferry Terminal to mark female deck modern apprentices, Captain John to explore all avenues going National Apprenticeship Week. He is pictured Gillies, and head of ops Robert Morrison. forward,’ said national ferry organiser Micky Smyth. Talks have also opened on the company’s manning review, looking at Union seeks talks on responsibilities and ‘applicable’ and comparitive rates for NorthLink tenders members in the UK market. UKRI deal: members Nautilus is pressing for talks with the three employed by UK Research & companies tendering for the £370m contract to Innovation on ships operated by operate the Northern Isles ferry service. British Antarctic Survey and The Scottish government has announced NOCS-NMFSS have agreed to that current operators Serco NorthLink will accept an oŠer giving a basic be competing against CalMac Ferries and a salary increase of 1.4% and German company, Förde Reederei Seetouristik revised pay ranges, eŠective from (FRS), for the eight-year contract. 1 July 2018. Islands minister Paul Wheelhouse said the procurement process will continue despite Technip call: Nautilus is seeking further talks with Technip a legal challenge from the Orkney-based Captain Ivor MacKay welcomes islands minister Paul operator Pentland Ferries, which is disputing Wheelhouse onboard the NorthLink ferry Hamnavoe management after members during a visit to mark National Apprenticeship Week the government’s decision to subsidise the voted to reject a 1.5% pay oŠer Northern Isles services. awarded in August and to start in October. and a proposal for leave accrual ‘We will robustly defend our position in Nautilus national ferry organiser Micky on a 1:1 basis for each day spent relation to the continued provision of subsidy Smyth said the Union has a good working travelling to and from a work in support of these lifeline ferry services,’ Mr relationship with Serco NorthLink and CalMac, location. Wheelhouse added. ‘The procurement process and is keen to meet FRS to discuss its bid. will continue as planned, pending the outcome The German company operates a wide range Global increase: a 2.4% pay of the judicial review and complaint to the of ferry services in the Baltic, the Straits of oŠer, together with an additional European Commission.’ Gibraltar, the US and Canadian west coast, the 5% salary increase for all cable Final tenders are to be submitted by the end ulf of man and has a fleet of vessels and engineer ranks, has been of April, and the contract is expected to be more than 1,500 employees. accepted following consultations with members serving with Global WARNING ON FUNDING FOR ISLAND FERRIES Marine. Nautilus has submitted a claim for an above-RPI National ferry organiser Micky Smyth said Nautilus LCT views: members in™ation pay increase for members serving with is also calling for an increase of a further seven employed by LCT Support Services Orkney Ferries. The Union says the award should days to the current annual leave entitlement, and it have been asked for their views re™ect the contribution of ‘loyal, hardworking is pressing the Scottish government to honour its on the contents of this year’s pay employees delivering an excellent lifeline service’. commitment to ‘fair ferry funding’. and conditions claim. nautilusint.org 14 April 2019 April 2019 15 nautilusint.org

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The Royal Navy Fatigue may frigate HMS Argyll rescued crew from the Italian-flagged Grande America, have led ablaze in the background Image: Royal Navy to fatal fall

Fatigue, stress and a high workload could have contributed to the death of an o cer onboard a tanker in the UK port of Hull, an investigation has ruled. The chief o cer of the 6,597dwt Luxembourg- agged Nabucco drowned when he fell from an accommodation ladder into the water at the ABP Terminal 1 jetty in Saltend in June 2017. A ag state investigation found that the o cer had been trying to stow an accommodation ladder as the tide was ebbing. However, he was not wearing a safety harness or a lifejacket, and no working aloft permit had been issued. SHIP SINKS AFTER FIRE OFF FRANCE Investigators said the o cer decided An Italian-flagged con-ro cargoship sank off the some 140nm SW off the French port of Brest to stow the ladder after noticing that an coast of France last month after a fire broke out because of the severity of the fire. The Royal AB assigned to the task had failed to start in a container on the cargo deck and quickly Navy went to the crew’s aid after their float-free the job. It was noted that on the day of spread through other containers and vehicles lifeboat was damaged in 5m to 6m seas and was the accident, the o cer had worked for onboard. unable to make headway. about 14 hours, and time pressures, In an eight-hour mission, the British Royal Initial reports suggested the ship sank as a tiredness and an increased workload may Navy frigate HMS Argyll rescued all 26 crew and result of a list caused by the free surface effect have contributed to the accident. one passenger from the 56,662gt Grande of water used in attempts to extinguish the The investigation also found that key America, which was sailing from Hamburg to blaze. French authorities had to mount a major procedures set out in the ship’s safety Casablanca at the time of the incident. counter-pollution exercise to deal with a management system were not being The crew were forced to evacuate the ship 10km-long oil slick from the wreck. followed by crew, and it recommended that the German owner, GEFO, should review the e”ectiveness of its SMS. P&I club bids to cut Corroded pipe seafarer burn cases caused crash An Estonian- agged ro-ro freight ferry Marine insurers have expressed concern over to crew onboard ships are contact with heated wrecked a navigational aid o” the coast the high rate of burn injuries being suffered by surfaces, steam or hot fluid burns, exposure to of Sweden after su”ering a blackout seafarers. hot or burning solids, liquids or gases, chemical, when seawater entered its fuel pipes. In a bid to reduce what it describes as a electrical and cold burns, the club points out. The 15,412gt Regal Star broke down ‘worrying’ number of burn injuries, the UK P&I ts guide stresses the need for ship-specific and drifted in heavy weather while on a Club has published a new ‘best practice’ guide training and familiarisation on burn hazard voyage between Sweden and Estonia in which aims to raise awareness of the risks. recognition and safe working practices and October last year. Senior loss prevention executive Captain meaningful risk assessments and permits The Estonian Safety Investigation David Nichol said the dangers needed to be to work to operations which may expose Bureau found that the main engines had taken extremely seriously – especially because crew to burns. Seafarers should always wear failed because seawater had entered the the consequences of burn injuries at sea may proper work clothes and personal protective fuel system as a result of corrosion in a become dangerously aggravated in the absence equipment, be aware of correct first aid actions fuel tank vent pipe. Investigators said the of prompt medical advice and treatment. and always seek prompt professional medical pipe ›ttings were of poor quality and of The most common causes of burn injuries advice, it adds. an ‘inappropriate’ design.

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The Viking during cargo LifeCraft system has been officially approved by hold work the Danish Maritime Accident investigators have warned Authority after heavy seafarers and shipowners of the need to weather trials Viking wins o cial approval for follow safety procedures following an in the North Sea, where it incident in which two crew members encountered ‘revolutionary’ survival craft suered serious injuries in a fall from a waves of up The Danish company Viking has secured Capable of carrying up to 203 people, to 10m high mobile scaold tower. o„cial approval for a revolutionary new the LifeCraft is an inŒatable survival craft The two seafarers were carrying out liferaft system which, it claims, could that is carried in a self-contained stowage painting and maintenance work in the radically improve the safety of large-scale and launching appliance either placed on cargo holds of the 18,828dwt bulk carrier ship evacuations. deck or built into the ship’s side. Shanghai Spirit when the tower toppled Following successful heavy weather The 16m craft has four independent over as it was moved to enable them to trials, Viking’s LifeCraft has been approved electric engines at each corner, enabling it paint the hopper tank edge. by the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) to turn 360 degrees on the spot, and An Australian Transport Safety Bureau as meeting the requirements for replacing Viking is now awaiting approval for the (ATSB) report notes that the tower was conventional lifeboats on passengerships. escape chute element of the system. top-heavy because the seafarers had Viking describes the LifeCraft as ‘an The company says LifeCraft is aimed at remained on it as it was repositioned. entirely novel and innovative concept’ that cruiseships and passenger ferries, which Both crewmen had failed to use the will ‘take the system far beyond the would be equipped with four of the required safety harness and associated capabilities of existing lifeboats, marine systems, and it can be ‘tted to newbuilds safety lines, investigators added. evacuation systems or liferafts’. or existing tonnage. The ATSB said it had investigated similar accidents in the past, and it stressed the need for eective Concerns raised at supervision and good safety management. ‘Ship owners, operators and crew members are reminded to plan spate of stabbings and undertake risk assessments for assigned tasks in order to identify any Nautilus is backing calls for overboard to escape the attacker, shortcomings in procedures and required shipowners to urgently implement highlighted the need for action. risk-mitigation measures,’ it added. conflict resolution and anti-bullying ‘e are urging shipowners to guidelines, following three knife embrace conflict resolution training to Maersk to trial attacks at sea in almost as many weeks. make sure needless tragedies like this The incidents were highlighted by don’t happen again,’ he added. remote pilot the international maritime charity autilus professional and technical ailors’ ociety, which runs a ellness officer avid ppleton said he was Maersk is preparing for one of its vessels at ea programme that includes concerned about the attacks and that to be piloted remotely through the busy training on crisis resolution. they raised questions about seafarer Great Belt waterway o Denmark as part n one case, the master of the tanker welfare and crewing policies. ‘hile of a test project. T uard had to be airlifted ashore for the circumstances of some of these The 3,600TEU feeder containership hospital treatment after being stabbed deaths are unclear, we hope shipping Vistula Maersk will reportedly sail from by another crew member. In another companies are paying attention to Skagen in northern Denmark to Gedser incident, a erbian crew member guidelines which we helped draw up in the south, with a pilot advising and onboard the containership arta to combat bullying and harassment of monitoring the vessel from a shore- inured three of his crewmates in a crew,’ he said. based control centre. knifing incident off uyana. ‘perators also need to take careful The Danish Maritime Authority has ailors’ ociety tuart ivers note of the amended guidelines been working with Maersk, the DanPilot said that a further case, in which two on crew safety and welfare, which set state pilotage service and the US ‘rm crewmen were killed onboard a vessel out what the companies’ policies and Sea Machines Robotics to test the in the ndian cean and six others reporting procedures should be,’ he technology that will be used. were reported missing after umping added. nautilusint.org 16 April 2019 April 2019 17 nautilusint.org

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In brief UNITED STATES

Wages won: seafarers serving ‘Military to mariner’ plan on the Russian-agged cargoship Modulus 2 have been given to increase US seafarers €40,000 owed wages thanks to the help of Finnish, Russian and US president Donald Trump has issued an ‘receive appropriate credit for their military French unions. French CGT/ITF executive order intended to make it easier for training and experience’. inspector Laure Tallonneau US Navy seafarers to transfer into the country’s The government says it will remove barriers managed to secure the payment merchant fleet. to employment by identifying military courses when the Turkish-owned vessel The White House said the ‘bold step’ was and qualifications that could count towards was detained in the port of Brest. being taken in a bid to address the serious merchant mariner training, so that certain shortfall in the number of qualified, licensed veterans will no longer have to enrol in basic Venezuela alarm: the professional mariners available to support the maritime classes. Venezuelan oil company PDVSA country’s sealift and defence needs in the event The number of US merchant seafarers is has declared a ‘maritime of war or other national emergency. reported to have dropped below 12,000. The emergency’ after Bernhard The executive order will help veterans in Maritime Administration estimates that the Schulte Shipmanagement services ranging from the Coast Guard and country is currently some 1,800 seafarers short announced that it would be Marines to the Army and Navy with the costs of being able to support a prolonged, full-scale removing crew from the tankers it of obtaining commercial qualifications and conflict, with officials warning that this poses manages for the state-run ‹rm certificates, and makes it easier for them to ‘serious national security implications’. because of unpaid fees.

DENMARK Italy increase: employment under the Italian ag has risen by DIS extension 140% since 1998, according to a new report from the country’s is approved shipowners’ association. Unions have welcomed the growth, but Danish maritime unions have have criticised the owners for not welcomed a European Commission training su”cient ratings or decision to approve the extension of recruiting in southern Italy. the country’s DIS international ship The 1973-built Matsonia was found to have a cracked hull register to offshore support vessels. Hapag hold-up: Hapag-Lloyd Image: US Coast Guard The Commission has given a long- Cruises has cancelled the planned UNITED STATES awaited green light for proposals to April launching ceremony for enable companies using the DIS flag Hanseatic Nature, the ‹rst of its HULL CRACK FOUND and operating specialist offshore three new 16,000gt expedition vessels such as guard ships, ships. The company has blamed platform support vessels and construction delays at the Vard- ON EL FARO SISTER windfarm service vessels to take Fincantieri shipyard in Romania. Concerns have been raised after a 46-year-old sistership of the advantage of the income tax US-agged containership El Faro, which sank in 2015 with the exemptions for their seafarers. Master charged: a Russian loss of all 33 crew onboard, was found with a cracked hull in The Commission concluded that master has been charged with the port of Oakland. the scheme, which will run for 10 o™ences including operating a The crack in the 33,095gt Matsonia – which operates on the years, was in line with its state aid vessel under the inuence of California-Hawaii service – was found during a dive inspection guidelines and would contribute to alcohol after the 1,546gt general which was carried out when crew members noticed an oily the competitiveness of the EU cargoship Eems Carrier ran sheen surrounding the ship soon after it arrived in the port. maritime sector and boost seafarer aground o™ the coast of Denmark. Divers discovered a fracture in the ship’s hull 15ft feet below employment. the waterline adjacent to the starboard fuel tank. Sune Blinkenberg, general Record earnings: Filipino The US Coast Guard said its inspectors were on the scene secretary of the SL officers’ union, seafarers serving on foreign- within an hour to conduct an assessment, and heavy fuel oil said he hoped the extension would going ships sent home a record from the damaged tank had been transferred to other fuel enable Danish unions to negotiate US$6.14bn last year – up by 4.6% tanks to reduce the ow of leaking oil before a full inspection on behalf of all seafarers working on from 2017. and repairs were carried out. such specialist vessels.

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Kidnap concerns: the Romanian maritime union SLN has expressed concern after three Romanian seafarers were kidnapped from the product tanker Histria Ivory o” the port of Oil leaks from the Hong Kong-Žagged bulker Solomon Trader following its grounding Image: AMSA Lome, Togo, last month. The International Maritime Bureau SOLOMON ISLANDS reported a separate event, in which ve crew were kidnapped SHIP SPILLS OIL IN HERITAGE SITE from an o”shore support vessel The owners of a ship which ran aground and had been damaged and the ship was declared a some 32nm SE of Brass. spilled oil in a UNESCO World Heritage site in the constructive total loss. South Pacic have denied that the crew were Australia’s Department of Foreign A”airs and Greek fall: the size of the drunk or absent from the bridge at the time of Trade said it was ‘profoundly disappointed’ by Greek-controlled merchant Žeet the accident. the slow response of the ship’s owners and has declined for the rst time in a A major salvage and clean-up operation was insurers. And the Solomon Islands Maritime decade. Figures released by the launched when the 73,592dwt bulk carrier Safety Administration said it was investigating London-based Greek Shipping Solomon Trader grounded on a reef near Rennell whether the grounding was linked to a ‘lack of a Cooperation Committee show Island in the Solomon Islands. Around 100 crew posted on lookout/watch during that that Greek interests now control tonnes of bunker fuel and some of the bauxite night’. 4,017 ships totalling 339m dwt – cargo was reported to have been spilt. However, the owners, King Trader, and the down by 131 vessels and 2.376m The Australian Maritime Safety and salvage Korean P&I Club said it was not true that the dwt since this time in 2018. teams had managed to stop the fuel leaking crew were intoxicated or absent from the ship at from the Hong Kong-Žagged vessel, but the reef the time of the accident. CMA CGM cuts: the French container shipping rm CMA CGM AUSTRALIA has announced a US$1.2bn cost- saving scheme, despite announcing revenues of $23.5bn Union calls for action to for last year. The company increased its capacity by 9.3% end national eet crisis during 2018, to a total of 20.7m TEU, and now operates 509 ships, The Maritime Union of Australia has warned movements could sustain a fleet of up to 44 of which are registered under an inquiry that the country’s shipping 60 additional Australian ships and the the red ensign. industry is in crisis – putting the nation’s government should reform cabotage laws and economic, environmental, and national establish a new national strategic fleet. NIS grows: the number of security at risk. The union’s call came as a new report ships in Norway’s International Giving evidence to the Senate committee revealed the alarming scale of Australia’s Ship Register (NIS) has risen to inquiry, the union called for urgent seafaring crisis – with more than half the the highest total in more than a government action to support investment country’s maritime labour force now being decade. More than 50 ships have in new tonnage and boost the training and older than 46 and only 8% under 30. switched to the Žag over the past employment of Australian seafarers. Research by Maritime Industry Australia two years, and NIS-registered National secretary Paddy Crumlin said Ltd (MIAL) warns that the national maritime gross tonnage has increased by the ustralian coastal fleet has halved since skills gap will grow over the next four years, 14.3% since 2014. 2013, leaving just 12 vessels to operate in the as shore-based demand for seafarers is set to expanding domestic trades. ‘The result is a rise by up to 18% at a time when increasing Adnoc expands: the Abu major drain on the economy, with the use numbers are due to retire. Dhabi National Oil Company has of foreign vessels to transport Australian MIAL CEO Teresa Lloyd commented: ‘The announced plans to add more resource and agricultural exports, along with workforce is ageing, the opportunities to train than 25 ships to its current Žeet of coastal cargoes, estimated to be costing the and work in the industry are reducing, yet the 123 ships over the next ve years, nation more than $8 billion a year,’ he added. need for qualified and experienced officers is including oil tankers, gas carriers Mr Crumlin said current coastal freight as great as ever.’ and bulkers. nautilusint.org 18 April 2019 April 2019 19 nautilusint.org

18-19_int_SR checked.indd 19 21/03/2019 09:37 SUPERYACHTS UKSA to boost OOW funding for cadets The Isle of Wight-based training centre UKSA programme and have either already secured has announced plans to open up funding to work or are actively seeking employment enable even more young people to prepare for in the superyacht industry for their second a career in the superyacht sector. phase. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the The four-year programme is a career path to graduation of 27 students from its Superyacht OOW (Yacht <3,000GT) and onward to Master Cadetship programme, UKSA CEO Ben Willows acht ,000T qualification and combines said funding played a key part in widening academic studies with periods of paid work on UKSA professional yacht cadet Jean access to maritime training. superyachts. Paul Baudains has won the 2019 In 2018, 28% of UKSA’s career students were Cadets can also take a foundation degree Nautilus prize for the ‘most socially- part or fully-funded, and the academy is in Operational Yacht Science with Falmouth minded cadet’, which was presented by actively working to grow this figure to 0 by Marine School. Nautilus international organiser Danny 2020, he added. The following awards were presented to the McGowan during the academy’s awards ‘Our vision is to offer maritime training graduating cadets: ceremony last month. to as wide a range of people as possible and • CrewFo Top Cadet Award for Effort and Mr McGowan said the award was funding from our loyal partners is vital to Attitude – Joe Burnip launched by the Union in 2015 to delivering this vision,’ Mr Willows said. • Falmouth University Award for Top Academic honour the cadet who is deemed to do Funding currently comes from sources Cadet – Richard (Will) Houranhane the most for fellow students. Jean Paul, including Seafarers UK, AMERC, Trinity House, • Nautilus Award for the Most Socially Minded who comes from Guernsey, had been the Royal Yacht Squadron IOW Foundation, the – Jean Paul Baudains chosen because of his ‘knack of making Whirlwind Charitable Trust and Milo Hanlon, • Top Seafarers Cadet – Reece Walton everyone feel good’, he added, and he he noted, and such partnerships make the • Vanessa Hodgson’s Top Crew Award was had stood out for the way in which he professional course a viable option for many presented to Arcadia – Owen Neale, supports others ‘with seemingly young people aged between 18 and 2. Jean Paul Baudains, George Vaughan, and endless positivity’. The UKSA professional cadetship is George Jenks Mr McGowan also praised UKSA’s attracting growing numbers of entrants, and • UKSA Outstanding Achievement Award – pastoral care and support for cadets 0 students are expected to graduate from the Elspeth Muir and other students throughout their first phase of the course in 2020. • Honourable mentions for Outstanding careers. 'It is like nothing we have seen The 27 graduates celebrating last month had Achievement were made to Matt Prescott in all of the other areas in which we completed the first phase of the five-phase and Phil Crozier work,’ he said. SSMS STUDENTS CONSIDER SUPERYACHT CAREERS

Merchant Navy deck and engineering as a cadet and went on to work in both students at South Shields Marine School commercial shipping and yachting have been given some valuable insights before coming ashore – shared insider into working onboard a superyacht knowledge on what the students could from one of Nautilus International’s expect from the industry, and how best strategic yacht partners, West Nautical. to get their CVs noticed when applying West Nautical’s managing director for their “rst jobs at sea. GeoŠ Moore – a former master who He said he had been delighted to once studied at the college – told go give the careers talk. ‘I hope that if oŒcer trainees about the employment any of the attendees do work on yachts options in the superyacht industry and in the future, that they gained some the diŠerences between the sector and information that will enhance their working in commercial shipping. transition into what is a great sector Using anecdotes from his own and where British oŒcers are in high experiences, Mr Moore – who started demand,' he added.

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20_yachts_SR checked.indd 20 21/03/2019 09:39 NAUTILUS AT WORK MAKING SEAFARING MORE APPEALING Nautilus contributed to a top-level meeting last month to develop a ‘roadmap’ for improving seafarer recruitment and retention practices across the global shipping industry... as a disincentive to build ships with additional accommodation. It also called for a ‘human-centred’ approach to automation in shipping, pointing out that ‘reskilling, upskilling and new skills are essential to ensure the sustainability of the sector’. Delegates highlighted the importance of action to reduce loneliness and isolation at sea, and to improve social media and internet connectivity. Seafarers should be given access to independent, con“dential helplines and professional counselling to help with anxiety, stress and depression, and new forms of networking amongst younger seafarers should be encouraged, the delegates agreed. They also stressed the need for n March 2019, delegates report added, with opportunities for governments to meet their The ILO meeting from more than 40 agreed that good pay, travel and long-term careers responsibilities on issues such as I countries took part in a more must be in the wider maritime sector. abandonment, piracy and armed done to improve three-day International diversity among However, it said feedback from robbery, criminalisation and shore leave, Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting in the seafaring cadets had identified negative issues and to support training and retention Geneva, convened to consider ways of workforce such as difficulties with multicultural with programmes such as subsidies or addressing the wide range of challenges interaction, safety, security, tax incentives for training. and issues that may dissuade some new workload/stress, discrimination, Nautilus international oŒcer Danny entrants and cause experienced harassment, and loneliness. McGowan commented: ‘An intense week seafarers to leave the seagoing Delegates agreed that these issues of discussion and debate moved the profession – including shore leave, need to be tackled, and that there whole industry forward in how women training, sea time, criminalisation and should be a ‘creative approach’ to can be attracted to work in the maritime social communications. ‘attract a suŒcient number of quality industry and to maintain excellent The meeting was presented with a new entrants and retain experienced careers at sea and ashore. report which warned of the need for seafarers – including women seafarers ‘It was encouraging to see further action to ensure that the shipping and other under-represented groups’. progressive discussions and agreement industry heads oŠ a potential shortage of Promoting decent work and good on how to recruit and retain people quality seafarers – pointing out that practices, and addressing problem areas vulnerable to discrimination – including ‘recruitment of oŒcers has reduced over will help to ensure that there are LGBT+ seafarers,’ he added. ‘We are recent years, particularly from suŒcient quali“ed and motivated con“dent that together with the “traditional” maritime countries’. seafarers in the future, they noted, and shipowners and the governments, the The report pointed to high drop-out there should be zero-tolerance of Union will be able to continue improving rates amongst cadets during or after harassment and bullying. prospects for all seafarers with a solid training, and noted that oŒcers serve an The meeting stressed the need to set of recommendations behind us.’ average of seven years at sea before provide more training berths, noting switching to shore-based jobs. that the International Convention on ILO agrees action on women seafarers Seafaring oŠers many positives, the Tonnage Measurement of Ships serves – see pages 36-39.

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Pictured, left to right, at Red Kestrel’s fl oat-off , are: Jeff Jones (Cammell Laird); Aidan Bannon (Red Funnel); Sean Chambers (RF); Fran Collins (CEO, RF); Mark Slawson (operations director, RF); Lewis Grant (RF); Stuart Bendall (RF); Karen George (ship godmother); Kay Andrews; Captain Ned Tutton; Kevin George (chairman, RF); and Tom Curwell (CL).

RED KESTREL TAKES FLIGHT New Isle of Wight freight ferry hailed as part of the revival of British shipbuilding…

he ferry operator Red meets the latest Tier III emission and enhance convenience for our cross- Funnel is set to take regulations. Solent customers, but we also take T delivery of its rst Powered by twin Cummins QSK38 tremendous pride in supporting the dedicated ro-ro freight diesel main engines and featuring two revival of world-class shipbuilding in ship following the vessel’s launch at the Rolls Royce US 155FP azimuth thrusters, this country.’ Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead. Red Kestrel has a service speed of 12.5 Cammell Laird chief operating oŒcer Red Kestrel is due to begin knots and will complete the crossing Tony Graham described Red Kestrel as a operations between Southampton and time within 60 minutes. ‘wonderful state-of-the-art ferry’ that the Isle of Wight in May following a Red Funnel CEO Fran Collins said she marked a revival of British shipbuilding. period of trials and training. was delighted by the addition of a new ‘Shipbuilding is back in a serious way Built at a cost of £10m, the 1,070gt ship. ‘We’re thrilled that not only will on the Mersey and it has been brilliant vessel is designed to provide additional Red Kestrel increase our total capacity to see the Red Kestrel being built year-round capacity for the East Cowes alongside the iconic RRS Sir David route, which handles more than 50% of Attenborough, which is the largest all freight movements across the Solent. commercial vessel built in Britain for a At 74m in length, Red Kestrel will ‘It has been brilliant generation,’ he added. provide 265 lane metres of ro-ro freight ‘It is tremendous to see more ship capacity – suŒcient for 12 HGVs – and to see the Red owners and ferry operators choosing to will carry up to 12 passengers and six or Kestrel being built build in the UK,’ Mr Graham said. ‘This is seven crew. very much in line with the government’s The ship has been designed to have a alongside the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which minimal environmental impact, with a iconic RRS Sir David aims to recalibrate British shipbuilding hull shape that reduces wash and a as a major job and wealth creator now fuel-eŒcient propulsion package which Attenborough’ and into the future.’

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23_red funnel_SR checked.indd 23 21/03/2019 09:41 WERE YOU AWARE that following the successul outcome of a judicial review in respect of two Seatax clients, (brought before the Courts by Nautilus in collaboration with Seatax Ltd as expert advisors on the Seafarers Earnings Deduction), it was deemed that the two Seatax clients did have a legitimate expectation in applying the only published Revenue Practice with regard to the application of a day of absence in relation to a vessel sailing between UK ports. HMRC did not want to accept this practice (although referred to in their very own publications) but have now accepted that expectations of a claim based on such practice would be valid until the published practice is withdrawn. Following on from this, HMRC have now confi rmed that this Practice is withdrawn as of the 14 February 2014. Seatax was the only Advisory Service that challenged HMRC on this point. Please visit our website for full details of the case. WHY TAKE CHANCES WITH YOUR TAX AFFAIRS? Let Seatax use their knowledge and 35 years experience to ensure you do not fall foul of the rules OUR FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Annual Return ...... £225.00 inclusive of VAT at 20%

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Tugs go to the aid of the Pride of Kent in the port of Calais Image: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

STUTTERING START FOR ‘GREENER’ FUEL Nautilus members’ unease over performance of ultra low-sulphur fuel oil is given weight by MAIB report on 2017 Pride of Kent grounding…

autilus has expressed Engineers had noticed increased wear meant that a less realistic assessment concern at a Marine of the main engines’ fuel pumps – with had been made at an operational N Accident Investigation their serviceable life cut by as much as level. ‘In view of the potential impact of Branch report which links five years to as little as two months. these deficiencies on the ferry’s the grounding of a P&O ferry with These problems resulted in difficulties manoeuvrability, a more critical engine damage caused by in starting and clutching in, engines approach was warranted,’ the report the use of ultra low-sulphur fuel alarming on overload more frequently, adds. oil (ULSFO). high exhaust gas temperatures, and The MAIB noted that P&O reverted to The 30,635gt Pride of Kent lost power, reduced power output leading to speed the use of MGO onboard Pride of Kent struck a jetty and grounded while reductions of 1 and 2 knots while on pending an assessment of the problems departing the port of Calais in winds passage, the MAIB report points out. associated with ULSFO, and had gusting at up to 70 knots in December Although the occasional tripping of also implemented a plan for monitoring 2017. The ferry’s starboard propeller and the bow thrusters had started after the and assessing the impact of ULSFO on tailshaft were damaged and required introduction of ULSFO, the cause of their the ship’s reliability and propulsion repair in dry dock, but there were no failure had not been associated with the performance if it is reintroduced. injuries and no pollution. degradation of the fuel pumps, it adds. Nautilus professional and technical A report by the UK Marine Accident The problems encountered following officer David Appleton commented: ‘This Investigation Branch (MAIB) concludes the introduction of ULSFO onboard Pride report confirms what our members have that a combination of factors – including of Kent were reported to P&O Ferries’ been telling us for some time regarding the tripping of a bow thruster and the technical superintendent and were the issues experienced in the use of timing and effectiveness of actions taken reflected in the chief engineers’ end of ULSFO. It is unfortunate that it took an to check the ferry’s fast rate of turn – had month reports,’ the report states. incident such as this for the company to resulted in the loss of control of its ‘However, the status of the main fully assess the implications of the movements. propulsion was recorded as “satisfactory” introduction of ULSFO, but we hope that Investigators found that the ship had in the ferry’s weekly status reports.’ the findings of the report will encourage been suffering a number of machinery While the company had acted quickly other owners to take the issue seriously and propulsion problems since switching to try to address the technical issues, and therefore prevent a spate of from marine gas oil (MGO) to ULSFO six the MAIB said the lack of a significant incidents occurring when the global months before the accident. adjustment to the ferry’s schedules sulphur cap comes into force in 2020.’

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25_fuel_SR checked.indd 25 21/03/2019 09:44 CAREERS THE PINNACLE OF ACHIEVEMENT Chartered Master Mariner status is a high honour granted to shipmasters who have made an exceptional contribution to the UK maritime sector. ANDREW LININGTON reports on the latest awardees…

econd Sea Lord Vice he added. ‘The fact that a Admiral Tony candidate has qualified S Radakin has professionally as master is, in presented the effect, the starting position. second set of Chartered Master Quite rightly, if this award is to Mariner (CMM) awards to five carry the prestige it deserves, recipients in a ceremony its recipients should have onboard HQS Wellington in demonstrated what value London. they have been adding to the Developed by the Honourable industry and how they will Company of Master Mariners, continue to do so over time, the Chartership aims to serve including imparting their Commander Philip Robert Harper – a CQ2 Royal Navy as a ‘gold-standard that denotes expertise and professional Master who took command of the hydrographic survey exceptional capability over a values to those who will follow ship HMS Enterprise in November 2016 and is now the wide range of disciplines’ and them.’ Commander Navigation for HMS Queen Elizabeth. Cdr ‘recognises the efforts of those Harper has been heavily involved in naval training and, who have not only benefited The fi ve recipients under his own initiative, has worked to align RN the maritime industry, but were: ualifi cations with the M. e is the ‘owner’ of the Mo have also improved their own Captain James between the and MA harmonising ualifi cations professional capability and Chapman – with the STCW Convention, and his citation noted his demonstrated a willingness to who served on passion for continuing professional development. help others’. tankers and spent Presenting the awards – several periods in which included the first made command of product to a serving Royal Navy officer tankers before – Vice Admiral Radakin said he moving ashore in was delighted to see the CMM 2004 to run FPSO established as ‘a hallmark of stations off Brazil. excellence’ to honour awardees’ Since 2005, Capt achievements. Chapman has been Routes to Chartership are a superintendent not rigidly prescribed, he with BP, and is pointed out, and assessment currently the for the award is unique to each company’s marine candidate. ‘It is absolutely and technical correct that the process for superintendent and assessing candidates should marine incident be rigorous and exhaustive,’ commander.

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26-27_charterships_SR checked.indd 26 21/03/2019 09:47 Captain Roger Francis – a retired ship master who remains active within the maritime community and, in particular, within Maritime London and various related charitable endeavours. The citation noted that Capt Francis was previously a deepsea pilot who took a personal interest in safety of navigation in the busy North Sea and Dover Straits regions, and was personally responsible for the implementation and administration of some of the most widelyused traffi c separation schemes. ‘In many respects his early work has been seminal to safety of navigation throughout the world,’ it added. An active Younger Brother of Trinity House, Capt Francis was instrumental in the development of Green Sail technologies, and continues to advocate and advise on windsail technology.

Captain Michael Lloyd – a Nautilus Council member with extensive command experience on a wide range of merchant ships. His citation noted that his personal contribution to the maritime industry cannot be overestimated in such fi elds as marine investigation, ethics, lifeboat safety, ship manning, and command responsibility. ‘His work on enclosed space entry and procedures has been instrumental in informing the industry on a topic that continually costs lives,’ it added.

Captain Paul Bryson – a dualualifi ed ship’s master and engineer with a range of senior offi cer and command positions on ro-pax ships, cruiseships and passenger liners. He is a marine industry ambassador to schools, colleges and sail training establishments and is heavily involved with promoting and supporting the Nautical Institute and several maritime charities. Capt Bryson now works for the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and is one of its senior investigators. nautilusint.org 26 April 2019 April 2019 27 nautilusint.org

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Despite some disappointing news earlier this year, there are many reasons to remain optimistic about training and employment opportunities for UK seafarers, says ALASDAIR MACMILLAN, managing director of the maritime recruitment specialist Stellamar…

position to execute these plans. But don’t just take our word for it; there are many reasons to be optimistic in this current climate. STILL It was barely a year ago, in April 2018, that the government showed its commitment to the future of the seafaring industry with the BUOYANT introduction of SMarT Plus funding, accompanied by a pledge from key ollowing Maersk Line’s a wider issue in the industry, or is it employers such as Carnival UK, Shell recent decision to close much ado about nothing? and BP to create an additional 450 F its UK cadetship From Stellamar’s perspective, we training positions for cadets. scheme, an couldn’t be more optimistic about A year on from this, has there unfortunate and inevitable wave of the future. An ever-increasing been a positive change? Having negativity has engulfed the demand from our clients for British consulted with employers of UK discussion regarding the future of marine officers for roles both at sea cadets, notably Clyde Marine the UK seafarer, once again. and ashore, has seen us having to Training, the largest single employer It’s a discussion that we are no hire uite significantly to cope with of UK cadets, it would appear that stranger to. Whether we are the increase in vacancies across things are indeed looking up. pondering the dilemma of newly- multiple disciplines and sub-sectors. verall their active cadet numbers ualified officers s gaining So much so, in fact, that we opened a have increased from 80 to 115, their first employment following new office in lasgow and will be representing a 43% increase in active their cadetship, or indeed the doing the same in Liverpool, at the cadets since the introduction of increasing demand for officers at sea request of our partners in and SMarT Plus funding. and experienced personnel ashore, around those cities. It’s safe to say ther large employers such as it seems that we are never far away that without a growth in ritchard ordon arisbrooke and from cries of a crisis in the industry. opportunities at UK-based red lsen ruise ines all indicated But is this step by Maersk Line a shipowners and maritime service their commitment, as a minimum, to sign of things to come, highlighting providers, we wouldn’t be in a maintaining their existing cadet

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28-29_stella_mar_SR checked.indd 28 21/03/2019 09:49 for example, will be continuing with the hiring and training of UK cadets. And whilst one door shuts, another is opening: Teekay has announced its partnership with Chiltern Maritime to launch a major, UK-wide cadetship programme for its fleet of 40 LNG vessels. Amidst this positivity, there are a couple of areas that need to be addressed to ensure that we capitalise on this prosperous period. Firstly, whilst the jobs are there, the cadet intake numbers need to increase further to ensure we cope with the demand on all fronts. This continues to be a ‘grass roots’ problem, in that we are not captivating enough of an audience, early enough in their career decision-making process. As I write this article, it is National Apprenticeship Week and social media is bursting with information relating to the aviation and rail sectors, but there is very limited activity relating to a career in the numbers, and Carnival UK is based on UK shores. Hiring UK Merchant Navy. This is just one The Virgin Group expected to add additional cadets as is fuelling the residents allows shipowners to example of where our industry the fleet grows with the introduction demand for forward-plan and create pathways doesn’t do enough to attract talent. skilled and of P&O Cruises’ Iona next year. experience for seafarers to come ashore from There is also a problem relating to Carisbrooke, in particular, presents a officers with within the fleet. career guidance for prospective a €2.7bn good example of where cadetships programme in the past, there has been a cadets. Very few individuals, upon work for all parties concerned, with to build four clamour regarding a lack of jobs for entering the industry, have any idea cruiseships for many of its senior shoreside team its Virgin Voyages NQOs following their cadetship, but of what the specifics of their having initially joined the company operation. it would seem that this is no longer employment outlook will be upon as cadets many years ago. Scarlet Lady, much of an issue. The cadet training qualifying, and during their studies the first of the Further to the increased demand new vessels, is organisation Chiltern Maritime they do not receive the right level of for UK cadets, there is continually pictured being recently published promising career guidance to ensure that they floated out at increasing demand for ualified the Fincantieri statistics on this front after know what to expect when their marine officers at sea. articular shipyard in conducting a survey showing that training is complete. Genoa, Italy. growth areas are the cruise, LNG and 86% of NQOs had gained I feel that this is something that Due to be superyacht industries. It is delivered early employment at sea within the first we need to take some collective anticipated that the global cruise in 2020, the year following their ualification responsibility for, and the team at 110,000gt vessel industry alone will require a will operate and only 4% had left the industry tellamar will therefore be running minimum of 100,000 additional with some 1,160 completely during the same period. career guidance workshops crew and will seagoing staff by 2022, creating vast carry up to 2,770 rom where we were even five years throughout April and May on opportunities for British officers passengers. ago, this is a huge step forward. Facebook Live, to help answer any from deck, engineering and electro- Virgin Voyages’ Finally, coming back to the questions that prospective marine second ship, technical backgrounds. currently under Maersk Line issue, it is worth noting officers may have in relation to the It is clear from consultations with construction in that the decision to pull out of the employment landscape at sea or the same yard, our clients in these three sub-sectors will be delivered UK tonnage tax scheme (UKTT) and ashore in the maritime industry. of the industry that there is a in 2021, and the the associated commitment to Overall, it’s fair to say that the third and fourth definite preference for British ships will come training UK cadets will only affect a future is bright, and we look forward certificates of competency into service in small part of the company’s fleet to playing our part in growing, 2022 and 2023. especially as many of the operating Image: and an even smaller part of Maersk nurturing and shaping the maritime companies of these shipowners are Virgin Voyages roup’s total fleet. Maersk upply workforce of the future. nautilusint.org 28 April 2019 April 2019 29 nautilusint.org

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AFTER THE DUST HAS SETTLED According to the author of a new incident analysis, there’s more to the 2012 loss of the cruiseship Costa Concordia than investigations at the time led us to believe. ANDREW LININGTON reports…

ital lessons about the safety of ships and the wellbeing of seafarers are in danger of V being lost because of failures in the way in which the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster was investigated, a meeting in London heard last month. Nautilus Council member Captain Michael Lloyd told the packed seminar onboard HQS Wellington that the accident had highlighted many of the things that are wrong in the shipping industry – including the lack of proper governance but its wider significance has been overlooked. ‘Had it not been for the vagaries of the wind that blew the ship back to the coast, this could have been one of the worst accidents in peacetime history,’ he pointed out. Just 32 of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew onboard Costa Concordia died when the 114,147gt vessel capsized after hitting a rock off the island of Giglio, and Capt Lloyd has produced a 150-page analysis of the incident, providing an alternative to the widely- criticised Italian investigation report. ‘As I worked my way through the various documents and accounts, I began to realise that there was far more to this casualty than what I had been led to believe by Only three of the official and media reports’ he eplained. Costa Concordia’s ith the company and five individuals including 69 liferafts were successfully the first and third officers the helmsman and the launched after designated person ashore – having secured plea the vessel capsized bargaining agreements with the Italian authorities, responsibility for the accident has been placed on the master, Captain Francesco Schettino. Capt Lloyd said his report had not been produced as Costa Concordia an attempt to eonerate apt chettino ‘from his many master Captain Francesco errors of judgement made on that night’, but rather to Schettino is eamine the reasons for the accident and the scope for now serving a 16-year prison making changes that would prevent similar accidents sentence in future.

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30-32_Costa Concordia_SR checked.indd 30 21/03/2019 09:52 He told the meeting, which was marine industry, unbelievable that organised by the Honourable those on the bridge have difficulty Company of Master Mariners and in communicating with each other,’ the Nautical Institute, that there is said Capt Lloyd. ‘Can you imagine evidence that many other the airline industry behaving in cruiseships carried out sail-by such a fashion?’ ‘salutes’ in coastal waters – and that Once the ship struck the rocks, another Costa ship, Fortuna, was breaching five compartments apt damaged after hitting rocks off the Schettino appeared to have gone island of Capri in 2005. into a state of shock – with the chief Costa Concordia might have officer describing him as being ‘out narrowly avoided the rocks off of his routine mental state’. Giglio had it not been for an eight Capt Lloyd questioned whether it second delay in changing course, was right, under European human which had been identified in rights law, for the master to be The ill-fated route 15 degrees, 5 degrees less than the analysis of black bo and prosecuted when the evidence followed by Costa required launching angle, lifeboats Concordia on the automation system data, Capt ‘overwhelmingly suggests’ that he day it ran aground could not be launched. Lloyd said. was affected by trauma, increased in January 2012 Costa Concordia had theoretical by guilt, and was in no way capable lifeboat capacity for 1,860 of giving orders or properly passengers on each side, he added. assessing the situation. Under the IMO’s Life Saving ‘Post-traumatic stress is Appliance (LSA) Code, the lifeboats recognised by the armed forces, the should be boarded within 10 police the fire brigades and even minutes – a rate equivalent to one industry ashore, so why not at sea?’ passenger every four seconds. he noted. ‘Why was this not However, Capt Lloyd argued, the investigated? I cannot imagine a reality is that such rates are more traumatic event for a captain impossible to achieve, and increases to eperience yet the captain’s in the weight and size of people mental state and the staff captain’s since the formulae were determined failure to assume command was mean that the space and weight never mentioned or discussed at the allocations defined in the A ode initial inquiry or the trial, or even are also unrealistic, with studies the appeal.’ showing that capacity is over- Capt Lloyd said the incident had estimated by around 15%. also demonstrated the inadequacy The failure to launch so many of life-saving regulations. Problems liferafts might be eplained by the with davits meant that three of 26 fact that a significant proportion of lifeboats could not be launched and the crew assigned to them lacked only three of the ship’s 69 liferafts the necessary certification or were launched. training, Capt Lloyd said. Whilst IMO guidelines Following an abandon-ship drill recommend a maimum allowable in October 2011, the master had total passengership evacuation time warned the company that the The delay had been caused by the to be in the range of 60 to 80 performance of his crew was Indonesian helmsman’s difficulty in minutes it took more than si decreasing and showed critical understanding orders given in hours to evacuate Costa Concordia findings he added. Italian, he added. Evidence showed despite its close proimity to land Capt Lloyd said the Italian inquiry that communications onboard, and and the considerable assistance of had missed many facts of most importantly within the shore rescue facilities. seamanship and safety, and ignored operations staff, were chaotic – with The ship’s increasing starboard key elements of the International the working language of Italian not list caused significant difficulties in Safety Management Code, which being understood by the majority of embarking on survival craft, clearly states that the captain of a the crew of 46 different especially on the port side, Capt ship cannot be delegated the sole nationalities, and many not Lloyd said. The Italian investigation responsibility for the total operation understanding English. had failed to adequately assess of the ship, as it is the company that ‘It would be, to those not of the evidence that even at an angle of has this ultimate responsibility. nautilusint.org 30 April 2019 April 2019 31 nautilusint.org

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The investigation had failed to address issues such as the inadequacy of the charts in use at Captain Lloyd said his report had not been the time of the accident, the safety produced to exonerate Captain Schettino, but of people trapped in lifts following power failures, and issues around rather to examine the full reasons for the accident the responsibilities of the owner, and prevent such a thing from happening again the classification society and the flag state. based on the worst case scenario unceasingly until all those alive Pointing to the similarities with rather than the present best case, were found and brought to safety.’ the Titanic disaster – almost and abandonment be made taking Capt Lloyd questioned whether exactly 100 years earlier – in terms into account all factors of weather, Costa Concordia could have been of the damage suffered by ships heel and list, darkness, distance considered seaworthy given the that had been described as from the muster point to the boat evidence of faults onboard and unsinkable, Capt Lloyd argued that embarkation position, number of ashore, the failure of the safety the Costa Concordia accident elderly infirm and disabled equipment and machinery, boats should put an end to the IMO’s persons onboard possible fire and and liferafts, untrained and Captain Michael ‘absurd’ concept of a ship being its Lloyd makes his smoke and estimated number of inexperienced crew, the lack of own lifeboat. presentation intoxicated persons onboard,’ he A legislated certification the onboard HQS ‘I do not discount the possibility Wellington argued. language problems, the lack of of designing ships that have a far ‘It might seem strange for those basic navigational skills, and the better chance of this than the who were injured or traumatised lack of leadership and chain of present generation, but considering to understand, but they were very command. the reluctance of many of these lucky’ he argued. ‘The wrong wind He said maritime professionals companies to even place adequate direction, and this ship would should speak up about the lifejackets onboard, I have a feeling have drifted into deep water and problems in the industry and deal that it will be a long time before we capsized, taking probably with them before the event rather see the changes in design and thousands with her, providing a than the reactive approach management attitude required,’ he disaster comparable to the Titanic currently used. ‘e have a added. and giving us the greatest professional voice and I suggest if The IMO’s criteria for ship peacetime marine disaster in we used this more often, it would abandonment are ‘deeply flawed’ history. The final fortune was that be to the benefit of all those at sea he suggested, with evidence of the ship grounded so close to the he concluded. factors that would at least double land and a harbour, and ‘Hopefully we can learn from the notional evacuation time. immediately the shore rescue this accident, as it could be the last ‘Criteria for evacuation must be services worked so admirably and chance we have to get it right.’

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30-32_Costa Concordia_SR checked.indd 32 21/03/2019 09:52 NAUTILUS AT WORK THE TRUTH ABOUT TRAINING Many UK officer trainees are struggling to cope financially whilst also worrying about their future career prospects, a new Nautilus report reveals. The Union says the findings should serve as a wake-up call for shipping companies and the government…

The Nautilus survey gathered detailed feedback from more than 250 cadets

ajor improvements in UK cadets’ homophobia and sexism that they had pay, conditions and training encountered onboard ships. M experiences are required if the There were also a considerable number shipping industry is to retain of negative comments about the quality of the talented new generation of officers it training at college – including large class requires for the future, a new Nautilus report sizes, disorganisation, and a lack of adequate has warned. preparation for the first seagoing phases. eedback from officer trainees gathered by The results of the survey, completed by the nion shows that significant numbers are some 250 UK cadets currently in training, struggling to cope financially and more than update previous research conducted by one-third are uncertain or worried about the Union in 2004 and 2010, providing a their future career prospects. long-term insight into the experiences and Many are concerned about inadequate pay views of officer trainees and giving a deeper rates and question the rationale for reducing understanding of the factors which affect pay while at sea. cadets’ perceptions of their career choice and, A significant number called for better in turn influence retention rates. support for female cadets, and several cadets All phases of the cadet training complained about instances of racism, programmes were included within the

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this left them with very little money for cadets are left with less than £100 a food, study materials, travel, clothing month for food, travel, clothing and and other living expenses. socialising, he pointed out. The vast majority of cadets said With current cadet training payments their company paid no additional averaging around £8,147 per annum accommodation allowance, although over 36 months of training, an average 16 reported being paid accommodation increase in sponsorship payments to allowances of up to £390 a month, or cadets of some 27% would be required having their full costs covered. to cover minimum costs, Mr Gray said, Barely onefifth of cadets rated the and an increase of around 34% would be quality of their accommodation at reuired to match inflation over the last college to be good, with just over 37% decade. describing it as adequate and almost Nautilus will work with shipping 21% as poor. companies, colleges and the Merchant Nautilus strategic organiser Martyn Gray meets cadets Just over 89% of cadets said their Navy Training Board (MNTB) to progress company covered the costs of exams the issues identified in the report and college fees, and the vast majority cadets in a way that encourages their retention and Mr Gray added. The Union wants to said they received no additional progression to officer status. encourage open feedback forums allowances above their standing ‘e believe these findings are etremely important where constructive criticism can be training allowances. A total of 33 and should be used by the industry to ensure that provided and to identify issues as early reported that their company covers cadet members receive the training and treatment they as possible. travel costs at the start and end of deserve as the maritime professionals of the future,’ he The Union wants to ensure that phases and for holidays, Six cadets added. college accommodation and costs said they received various forms of Improving cadets’ pay would help to widen the for ancillaries and extras are fair and uniform allowance and 10 reported demographic profile of officer trainees Mr ray noted. reasonable, based upon the level of receiving allowances for medicals, After taking out the costs of accommodation, laundry service provision, he continued. vaccinations and visas. Five cadets said and communications from the typical salary, many Nautilus will also work with the they received allowances for stationery MNTB and the Maritime & Coastguard and books, one was bought a laptop by Agency to address concerns about the the employer, and two said they could wide variations in the standard of at-sea Do you think there should be a standard claim expenses with a direct link to pay rate for cadets? training, and the suitability of some their training. ships to deliver appropriate training for Yes Almost 95% said they had a UK cadets. designated training officer and Mr Gray said the survey also showed more than 90% knew who that was. No the need for further action by the UK Between and were confident government to improve the policy they could approach their training % 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 framework for seafarer training and officer to discuss problems at sea or at Do you think cadets’ pay should be employment. In particular, he stressed, college, although fewer than 36% felt increased annually in line with average support for a UK cadet training confident about discussing personal increases for ocers? ship with sufficient berth space and or family problems with their training Yes a possible incentive of enhanced officer. seatime should improve consistency

Overall, just under two-thirds felt that No and training eperiences for officer their training provider or employing trainees. company had their best interests at ‘Many institutions around the world % 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 heart and were actively supporting operate such training ships, and these them to obtain the necessary skills and enable high quality maritime education Do you struggle to cope nancially? experience. to be provided to all cadets,’ he pointed Nautilus strategic organiser Martyn Yes out. ‘By investing in the future of its Gray commented: ‘Sadly, for several maritime sector in such a way, the UK decades now, the annual UK cadet No would show an enhanced commitment intake has fallen well below the levels to quality training and to returning that have been identified as necessary Sometimes actual investment to the UK taxpayer for the future sustainability of the UK as opposed to the shareholders of the

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33-35 Cadets Survey_SR checked.indd 35 21/03/2019 09:54 NAUTILUS AT WORK TOWARDS A BETTER BALANCE Held on 8 March each year, International Women’s Day is a significant date in the calendar of the trade union movement, and an opportunity for the maritime industry to redouble its efforts to recruit and retain more female seafarers. SARAH ROBINSON, DEBBIE CAVALDORO and DEBORAH MCPHERSON report on a series of events and announcements organised around IWD 2019 last month… Mutual support for members at the Nautilus Women’s Forum

lively meeting of the up a private Nautilus Women’s group or A Forum was held on groups on International social media for Women’s Day in the Union’s female Nautilus ondon office where members members to ask discussed the importance of uestions share mentoring and sharing eperiences eperiences. and even arrange to meet up for a their employer and autilus can ne member pointed out that drink. An initiative of this kind L-R Nautilus also provide support either she had never worked on a ship has been tried in the past with staff member directly to a member or by Sarah Robinson with any other women in the crew. only limited success but it was with Women’s reminding employers of their This meant she had had no agreed that advances in Forum members obligations to the safety of all Lisa Jenkins, opportunity to talk to someone in technology combined with the Dawn Franklyn, staff. The dedicated email address the same position as her about the nion’s drive to promote Jessica Tyson and for female members to contact the Lorna Baird at particular challenges facing mentoring make this a good the Union’s IWD Union is [email protected]. women at sea and had little idea moment for another attempt. lunch following The Women’s Forum meeting the Forum how other female seafarers had An interesting eample of how meeting was followed by an additional developed their careers and women’s eperiences at sea can Image: June event to celebrate women’s Cattini-Walker balanced work with family life. differ from men’s was highlighted contribution to the maritime By coming to the omen’s by two orum members who had workplace as members oined orum this member was needed to get their work clothes Nautilus staff for an International immediately able to make some altered at home to fit properly. omen’s Day buffet lunch. new female friends at different This issue has affected many stages of their careers who were female seafarers and is not ust The next meeting of the Nautilus happy to act as informal mentors. about having smaller sies omen’s orum will take place at This is an etremely valuable available of boiler suits and the Union’s General Meeting in aspect of the orum the members protective clothing: a garment otterdam in ctober see agreed and more action is needed designed and shaped for a man’s page 66 for details. to encourage women to come to physiue can sometimes sit so the meetings and to stay in touch poorly on a women’s body that it Members are also invited to take the rest of the time. puts her in danger. part in an online survey To help achieve this aim the Mentoring schemes could commissioned by the leetwood orum’s chair aptain essica provide individuals with advice on Female Forum – see letters, Tyson will be leading efforts to set how to raise issues like this with pages 6-8.

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36-39_women_SR checked.indd 36 21/03/2019 09:56 Nautilus delegates at the TUC Women’s Nautilus representatives speak up Conference: L-R Jenny Matthews, Lisa Carr and Kate Allen Image: Janina at the TUC Women’s Conference Struk Nautilus members Kate Allen and Jenny Matthews joined industrial organiser Lisa deliver our motion on Adoption of Best Carr on 6-8 March to form a delegation to the 2019 TUC Women’s Conference in Practice Mentoring Schemes, and she London. was also compelled to speak to The Union’s motion to the meeting called on the TUC union federation to help condemn sexual harassment at work. secure progress on mentoring in the maritime industry by acknowledging and ‘It was a busy three days listening to adopting recommendations from a Solent University study supported by fellow working women and to guest Nautilus. speakers such as the TUC president Ms Allen said she had enjoyed the experience of being a ‡rst-time delegate and Union member Mark Serwotka, the TUC general Jenny Matthews ‡rst-time speaker at the conference. ‘After replying to an email from Lisa Carr to proposes secretary Frances O’Grady and Dawn volunteer for the upcoming Conference, I did not expect to be able to deliver a the Nautilus Butler, the shadow secretary of state motion at the speech to over 300 women from various unions across the UK and Ireland,’ she TUC Women’s for women and equalities. added. ‘After reading the RMT’s motion on women at sea, I felt compelled to add Conference ‘The Conference met to vote on this image: Janina my support. My fellow seafarer Jenny Matthews spoke on behalf of Nautilus to Struk year’s motion to take to the TUC Conference later in the year. In total there were 42 motions from a range of issues facing women in the workplace today. These included Closing the Gender Pay Gap and Sexual Harassment at Work by Unison, Period Poverty by CWU and Youth Mental Health Crisis by ASLEF; all extremely worthy causes. The chosen motion was Period Poverty.’

The Union’s motion called on the TUC to help secure progress on mentoring

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Delegates to the ILO conference on gender balance at sea, including Nautilus representative Debbie Cavaldoro

International organisations agree joint plan at ILO to improve gender balance at sea

eafarer, shipowner fundamental principles and One issue which was not discriminatory. ‘Women with and government rights at work, especially in resolved at the meeting was the uncomplicated pregnancies are S representatives relation to equality of mandatory pregnancy testing allowed to work on ships up came together treatment and equal of women seafarers, which is until a certain point, but from across the globe at the opportunities, are applied to still permitted under the laws shipping companies want to International Labour all seafarers of a few countries. Despite avoid the costs of support and Organisation (ILO) in Geneva • publicising opportunities for strong opposition to the standing them down when last month to set objectives for women at sea and ashore practice from the seafarers’ necessary,’ she argued. ‘It’s improving the recruitment and • encouraging the inclusion of representatives and many absolutely ludicrous that the retention of women seafarers. women’s voices European government ship owners were so bold in Seafarers were represented at when developing The meeting delegates, the saying: “We do this because the meeting by a number of policies and was incredibly shipowners and those we care”.’ constructive,’ but not unions affiliated to the social dialogue countries which Ms Cavaldoro added that it all delegates agreed International Transport • identifying role to outlaw mandatory permit the practice was shameful that the practice Workers’ Federation (ITF) – models and pregnancy argued that it was part was still allowed under national including Nautilus establishing testing of their duty of care. legislation in some countries, International. mentoring and Shipowner despite being in contravention ollowing five days of networking programmes representatives told the of United Nations principles on intensive discussion, a 34-point for women seafarers meeting that pregnancy testing non-discrimination. ‘It is clear conclusions document was ‘The meeting was incredibly was permitted as part of the that compulsory pregnancy produced which included constructive,’ said Nautilus head medical examination because testing is being used in some actions for all parties to take to of strategy Debbie Cavaldoro. ‘It the examination included a sectors to deny women the increase the number of females was positive that so many scan which could be harmful to right to work and make their at sea, including: shipowners and governments pregnant woman and their own career and life choices,’ • jointly addressing all issues were represented, and that foetus. They claimed that the she said. related to the recruitment through social dialogue we were results of any such test are The meeting did agree that and retention of seafarers able to come together to set in confidential and not shared mandatory pregnancy testing and the promotion of place a number of initiatives with employers. was a concern for many opportunities for women that will support seafarers in However, ITF maritime co- women seafarers and pledged seafarers general and female seafarers in ordinator Jacqueline Smith said to conduct further research • ensuring that the particular.’ the practice was blatantly and consideration.

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36-39_women_SR checked.indd 38 21/03/2019 09:56 Stena second officer Linnea Berg on the Stena Scandinavica, which operates on the Göteborg-Kiel route Good progress reported on pilot of Women in Maritime Charter IWD 2019 saw the launch of two new resources for the UK Stena boosts equality e
orts industry-wide Women in Stena Line, a major employer of Nautilus each area there are ambitious targets Maritime Charter: a speaker members, chose International Women’s established and developments will be bank and an interview pool to Day to launch a new ‘sustainability focus closely monitored, with the ambition of help with training for smaller area’: Equality and inclusion. becoming a leader in sustainable shipping. businesses. Stena Line’s sustainability strategy is ‘For equality and inclusion, the long- Backed by Nautilus and based on focus areas which are linked to term goals are set to a minimum of 30% numerous other UK maritime the UN Global Goals for Sustainable female leaders by 2022 and a zero-vision employers, the Charter aims Development and directly related to the in terms of harassment. The work has to improve the gender balance company’s business. Equality and inclusion already started with two new company in the sector, and is currently will be the ’fth focus area, complementing policies for anti-harassment and equal in its pilot stage after getting the existing four areas: Clean energy; opportunities launched last year’, said o˜ the ground in September Good health and well-being; Life below Margareta Jensen Dickson, head of people 2018. It is a concrete way of water; and Responsible consumption. For at Stena Line. helping organisations to make Nicky Goldsbrough of progress on recruiting, Shoreham Port at last year’s launch of the Women in supporting and promoting Maritime Charter Image: ABP women in a heavily male- UK government to fund dominated industry, maritime law šrm MFB, and Employers pledging their Fleetwood Nautical Campus initiative encouraging commitment to the Women in (part of Blackpool & the Fylde Maritime Charter will be College). women into sea careers required to agree an action The pilot scheme plan setting out individual organisations have reported On IWD 2019, UK shipping minister Nusrat promotion of maritime careers for women. targets to improve the gender good progress to date. For Ghani announced that the Department for The charity, known as the 1851 Trust, is balance in their own example, Shoreham Port’s Transport had given £100,000 to an based in Portsmouth and is the o„cial organisation. Participating action plan has now been educational charity to support the charity of INEOS TEAM UK. It will put the companies will identify a drawn up, with the help of a grant towards 10 roadshows around the member of senior charter advisor, Janet Porter UK where girls, aged 11 to 14, can speak to management responsible for of Lloyd’s List. The port’s women already working in the sector implementation of the action director of corporate services about the full breadth of careers available plan as well as distributing a Nicky Goldsbrough before they make their GCSE choices. survey to sta˜ on workplace commented: ‘Our action plan Ms Ghani commented: ‘This culture. sets out ambitious plans for International Women’s Day, I am delighted A suite of digital ‘toolkits’ is the future and an unwavering to support the 1851 Trust in linking up also being developed to help commitment to gender 1,500 young women with female role employers reach their targets equality, within the port and models and inspire them to consider a life – including the speaker bank within the industry as a at sea or on shore. and interview pool launched whole.’ She and her ‘Having seen the work the Trust does on 8 March. These, as with the colleagues had also reviewed encouraging young people to consider other elements of the Charter, the Charter toolkits, she maritime careers, I am con’dent this are being tested by the four added, and had identišed the series of roadshows will inspire and organisations participating in resources likely to be the most provide plenty of food for thought about the pilot scheme: Shoreham e˜ective to achieve their UK shipping minister Nusrat Ghani at last the breadth of possibilities available in the year’s launch of the Women in Maritime Port, Brunton Propellers, particular goals. Charter Image: ABP industry.’ nautilusint.org 38 April 2019 April 2019 39 nautilusint.org

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Bringing the story into the 21st century: Warsash engineering cadet Arleen Cameron outside the building named after pioneering engineer Victoria Drummond Image: Warsash Maritime Academy omen had trained as radio offi cers since but it was not until that Angela irman became the fi rst British woman to ualify and sail after graduating from Bridlington’s orth astern chool of ireless Telegraphy. Although she declared that ‘there’s no law against British women going to sea only tradition’ she was one of the many forced to seek femalefriendly candinavian ships instead. The fi rst women s to study at lasgow were leanor ourtney Morna hambers and Brenda Mitchell . lasgow’s fi rst female engineering cadet Marion ettigrew oined in . he was possibly the fi rst woman engineer offi cer in the since ictoria Drummond who was apprenticed at a Perth garage in 1916 and did night classes CLYDE at Dundee Tech. omen cadets got good grades not least to prove to male colleagues that females were not intrinsically inferior. PIONEERS ome were so able that they even helped struggling males pass. ince the s the number of women As staff and students celebrate the half-centenary of cadets at the ’s nautical colleges has Glasgow College of Nautical Studies (now City of Glasgow fl uctuated. outh hields Marine chool revealed a puling recent pattern. In College), JO STANLEY looks back at the fi rst women who there were women . of passed through its classrooms – and takes stock of the the enrolments. The situation improved in when there were place of women in British maritime education today… women . of . But brought a big drop to ust . of . omen inda Forbes, Scotland’s very deck cadet on her course and got her fi rst represent . of arsash olent fi rst female deck offi cer seagoing experience on Scottish Ship niversity cadets this year. L began her career at Glasgow Management’s dwt bulk carrier omen have gone on to teach maritime ollege of autical tudies Cape Grenville. She spent eight years at studies at the main maritime colleges in 1974 when she was 16. sea serving on other bulkers although their eperiences have been Today she is an expert in renewables containerships and general cargo vessels, mied. ne with a master’s ticket and works as the programme manager at and ualifi ed as fi rst mate in . privately revealed she was sickened by the the investment specialists nergy apital. These days women account for of virulence of her head of department’s With three degrees in engineering and the students at the nautical school which genderbased hostility. But another was architecture behind her she says: ‘ is now part of ity of lasgow ollege. delighted and shocked to fi nd how and cottish hip Management my inda says she does not remember any much the women trainees were inspired employers really did start me on a problems during her studies and suggests by having a female lecturer. 44-year career that I've gained a lot this indicates that staff were good at The slogan ‘If you can’t see it you can’t be from and mostly enoyed.’ dealing with the introduction of women. it’ sums up the continuing need for women The daughter of a chemist from ‘Maybe it was because they had already got trainees to see and ideally be taught by umbernauld inda was the only female used to women as radio offi cers’ she adds. their successful foremothers.

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ROYAL RETURN Past and present were linked in February this year with a special 50th anniversary visit to Scotland’s leading nautical college …

alf a century of maritime 360-degree simulation suite, and a training and education in demonstration by former electrical H Glasgow has been engineering student, Dale Colley, who celebrated with a royal visit has designed a drone capable of to City of Glasgow College’s monitoring water quality. Riverside campus. She was told about potentially life- The Princess Royal met cadets and saving research which the college has staff during a tour of the nautical faculty, carried out, in partnership with 50 years after her great-uncle – Admiral maritime industry specialists and of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten – opened shipping companies, to determine the the original Glasgow College of Nautical rate of oygen depletion in confined Studies (GCNS) in October 1969. spaces onboard ships. She was also introduced to former Scotland has long been a major source students Alex Marjoriebanks and Colin of seafarers, and training had been Hill, who met Lord Mountbatten at the carried out at Leith Nautical College original opening event. since 1903, with the Glasgow School of Princess Anne’s tour included Navigation being established in 1910. The Princess Royal visiting the college's experiencing polar ice navigation However, a review undertaken in 1963 360-degree simulation suite techniques using the college’s concluded that all training should be

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42-43 Glasgow Royal_SR checked.indd 42 21/03/2019 10:32 The Princess Royal unveils a commemorative concentrated at one site, and GCNS was plaque at City of Glasgow College built to train Merchant Navy personnel Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, pictured at from across Strathclyde in various its opening 50 years ago marine disciplines. Its first cadets included those who had previously department of the Watt Memorial attended the School of Navigation at the College in Greenock. Royal College of Science and Technology, Construction of the college began in the marine engineering department of 1967, and the range of courses it offered Stow College and the communications was expanded during the early 1970s. In 1985, the Secretary of State for Scotland announced that the provision of nautical education in Scotland would be approaches may have changed to match centralised at GCNS, and the navigation our tech-savvy and digitally enlightened department went on to obtain its first students, but what remains the same are real-time, full-mission simulator and the determination, persistence and develop into a comprehensive maritime vision to make dreams a reality for the studies provider, embracing ship and cadets officers and engineers fleet management port operations and from across 135 different nationalities maritime law. who study here,’ he added. In 2010 GCNS merged with Glasgow’s ‘There are many fond memories of our Central College and the Metropolitan former nautical college and we are College, creating Glasgow City College, extremely proud of the important and the multi-million pound Riverside history it brings to our new multi award- Campus was opened in 2015. winning super campus,’ he said. ‘We look College principal and chief executive forward to the next 50 years when Paul Little said he was ‘delighted and skilling, up-skilling, and re-skilling with Former students Alex Majoriebanks and Colin Hill greatly honoured’ by the royal visit. the latest technology will be more vital at the 1969 opening ceremony ‘Building design, learning and teaching than ever.’ nautilusint.org 42 April 2019 April 2019 43 nautilusint.org

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DISTURBING THE DEEP There’s a big focus on exhaust emissions from shipping at present. But new research is looking at the impact of noise emissions – and it could mean a fresh wave of regulatory requirements for the industry…

eafarers often ust produced the first maps of impacts that noise can have to monitor complain about the shipping noise in waters. An underwater trends and to work with regulators and hydrophone S problems posed by The maps have been developed is deployed to industry to assist in proect planning to noise onboard ships from measurements collected by measure noise manage potential risks. A scientific levels in a US especially the way it can interrupt special underwater noiserecording marine sanctuary paper will be published later this year to sleep. But now pressure is growing euipment at sites on the seabed Image: NOAA share these results more widely. for new rules to reduce noise from around the coast. They reveal that The A initiative mirrors work ships in response to increasing the highest noise levels are in the undertaken by the ational ceanic and evidence about the adverse effects nglish hannel especially the Atmospheric Administration AA in on marine life. Dover trait as might be epected the nited tates which has produced a Measures such as routeing and along the east coast massive noise map etending into the schemes slow steaming and better particularly off the coasts of ast orth Atlantic. The scales which show insulation are being put forward Anglia umberside Tyneside and annual averages range from red following a series of studies which Aberdeen. decibels dB at the top to orange and show that underwater noise is igh noise levels were also yellow and then to green and blue disrupting the ability of marine observed in the northern orth dB at the bottom. animals such as whales dolphins ea apparently linked to ship In another study researchers used and seals to communicate traffic servicing oil and gas underwater microphones to measure navigate breed and hunt. infrastructure. the noise created by about ships A proect nearing completion in The maps will be used to help as they passed through aro trait in the is set to add to the pressure shape a noise monitoring and ashington state. The twoyear study for change. The entre for assessment programme as part of found that the average intensity of noise nvironment isheries and the Marine trategy. A has net to all the ships was underwater Auaculture cience A has also been working to eamine the dB euivalent to dB through the

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44-45 Noise_SR checked.indd 44 21/03/2019 10:03 air – similar to the sound of a loud found ‘substantial’ benefits could be rock concert. At a distance of gained by cutting the speed of around 1m, the noise from an oil containerships and cruiseships from tanker was around 200dB and from 25 knots to 15 knots. a tug was around 170dB. The noise maps are also likely to Whales, the researchers found, lead to the creation of new routeing Canada’s port would typically be subjected to of Vancouver schemes to avoid particularly noise of about 60 to 90dB – around has produced sensitive sea areas. a guide to the level of a lawnmower or a reducing noise owever the IM agreed last year vacuum cleaner. from ships that a lot more work is required Measurements off the US west before tighter controls are coast indicate that low frequency introduced. Delegates at the Marine noise levels those that best reflect Environment Protection Committee noise from commercial shipping – noted that there are still ‘significant are increasing by around 3dB every knowledge gaps, and that sound 10 years, representing a doubling of levels in the marine environment acoustic power at those frequencies and the contribution from various every decade. humans, for example, can have sources was a complex issue, It’s not just the decibels, however. long-term health effects, and we're Scientists say that marine life is concerned for the same reasons in being disturbed by a ‘cocktail party long term health effects in seals effect’ of noise from various and other marine mammals,’ sources, including oil drilling, he added. dredging, and seismic surveys, The International Maritime which can travel for long distances rganisation IM has since the underwater. early 1980s, recognised the way An experiment conducted in the that human health can be damaged early 1990s showed that sound by noise onboard emitted from Heard Island, near ships with the A onvention Australia, was picked up at sites in setting mandatory maximum the northern and southern Atlantic noise level limits for machinery and acific ceans as well as the spaces, control rooms, workshops, Indian and outhern ceans and accommodation and other sound from seismic airguns was spaces onboard. The first acoustic so setting future targets for map of waters recorded from more than 4,000km But the IM is now looking at around the UK, underwater sound levels (2,500 miles) away. ways to enhance existing non- developed by emanating from ships was the Centre for ‘Being able to produce and detect mandatory guidelines, introduced Environment, premature and more research was sound is critically important to in 2014, which aim to cut Fisheries and needed – in particular on the Aquaculture many marine species, so changes to underwater noise from commercial Science measurement and reporting of the natural background shipping. Image: Cefas underwater sound radiating from soundscape may have more effects Efforts are concentrating on ships’. on ecosystem health than cutting noise caused by propeller The work being carried out by previously thought’ said AA cavitation – the biggest source of the AA could prove crucial to fisheries biologist ason edamke. sound from shipping – as well as this. In 2014, the agency established Many marine species use sound reducing the transmission of a network of 10 undersea listening to find prey avoid predators locate mechanical noise through the stations around the US designed to mates and offspring, guide their ship’s hull though changes to hull systematically measure ambient navigation and locate habitat, form, onboard machinery, and noise levels in the ocean. and listen and communicate various operational and This proect is the first largescale with each other. maintenance recommendations effort to monitor long-term Dr Nathan Merchant, head of the such as hull cleaning. changes and trends in underwater CEFAS noise and bioacoustics team, Studies suggest that reducing sound and, the agency says, will told the BBC that researchers are ship speed can be especially ‘help scientists understand what looking into the many ways in effective in reducing noise. ambient ocean sound levels are which marine life is being affected Researchers in Canada, looking at now, how they are changing over by noise. the impact of noise on beluga and time, and what impacts man-made ‘We know that chronic stress in bowhead whales and Arctic cod, noise could have on marine life’. nautilusint.org 44 April 2019 April 2019 45 nautilusint.org

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A NEW TAKE ON ANCIENT TECH In the last few years, the maritime media has been full of articles about the rise of robot ships. But the future face of the shipping industry could be very different, with sail power staging a remarkable comeback…

s shipowners struggle to comply with increasingly strict environmental cargoship ehn ollu with a single bowmounted A requirements, a growing number of Above: two rotor. Norsepower operators are embracing the use of wind Rotor Sails These five vessels follow in the footsteps of the first propulsion technology to cut their carbon footprint. are being modern lettner rotorfitted vessel nercon’s ship trialled by The progress was recognised last month with the Maersk Pelican which has been in operation since . classification society D giving its first design type The otor ail or letter rotor is ust one of an approval certificate for an auiliary wind propulsion increasingly wide range of systems coming onto the system: orsepower’s m by m otor ail two of market. ther technologies include: which have been installed onboard the dwt oil soft sail – both traditional sail and new designs, such product tanker Maersk elican in a trial backed by as Dynaig originally developed in the s the UK government. hard sail wingsails and foils. ome rigs have solar The orsepower otor ail is a modernised version of panels for added ancillary power generation the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses the suction wings entifoil Turbosail nonrotating Magnus effect to generate an aerodynamic force to wing with vents and internal fan or other device that propel ships. irst trialled on a ship in the s the use boundary layer suction for maimum effect system can deliver fuel and emissions savings ranging kites dynamic or passive kites off the bow of the between and . The system has also been installed vessel to assist propulsion or to generate a miture of on the gt innishflagged ferry iking race. thrust and electrical energy There are now si vessels with commercial rotor turbines – using marine adapted wind turbines to installations including the dwt geared bulker either generate electrical energy or a combination of Afros with four moveable Anemoi rotors the roro electrical energy and thrust straden retrofitted with two rotors and in regular hull form the redesign of ship’s hulls to capture the operation between otterdam and ull and the general power of the wind to generate thrust

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46-47 Wind Power_SR checked.indd 46 21/03/2019 10:04 should serve as ‘a wake-up call to all of us, indicating we have only 12 years until we reach that seriously challenging and potentially catastrophic benchmark’. The study argues that a minimum of reduction will be required by 2030, he points out, ‘so action is needed – deeper and faster’. As well as the trials being undertaken on a growing number of ships, the past few years have seen detailed proposals being put together for wind-powered vessels. ne which has attracted the attention of the uropean Commission, is the Ecoliner project developed by the Dutch naval architects Dykstra. Intended as a multipurpose cargoship, the 11,850gt vessel would build on the company’s successful use of the DynaRig The technological advances, coupled with the Above left: technology on the superyachts Maltese Falcon and Black the Ecoliner environmental, economic and regulatory pressures, are wind-powered Pearl. leading a growing number of shipping operators to cargoship In the Netherlands, the Wijnne Barends general consider their use. concept; cargoship Lady Christina has reported positive results The International Windship Association (IWSA) says Above centre: from trials of an eConoWind unit that uses the VentiFoil the bulk carrier there is the potential for more than 10,000 wind- Afros has system, with savings of up to 800 litres of fuel a day assisted vessels to be operating within the next decade. been fitted during early tests. with Anemoi’s ‘The way forward is full of exciting opportunities,’ says Flettner Rotor In the UK, Windship Technology is promoting its IWSA secretary general Gavin Allwright. ‘These system; plans for the Windship Auxiliary Sail Propulsion System activities follow some of the recommendations made in Above right: A claiming the use of its fied wing technology the EU report on wind propulsion market development, a UK scheme could cut fuel consumption and emissions from bulkers will test sail which forecast up to 10,700 wind propulsion technology on and tankers by up to and result in savings of as installations on bulkers and tankers by 2030 if the Ultrabulk vessels much as US$3m a year on fuel costs. facilitation framework is in place.’ Also in the UK, the Smart Green Shipping Alliance is ast year he adds was a very significant one for wind involved in a 12-month feasibility study to test Fastrig propulsion. ‘We could say that a perfect storm is sail technology on a Danish-owned bulk carrier that brewing for the uptake of primary [wind, etc] and imports biomass to British power stations. secondary renewable energy [alternative fuels/energy These are just a few of the projects now under way, storage] in shipping,’ he points out. ‘Policy, price, and Mr Allwright notes: ‘The movement in wind perception, providers and people are all starting to propulsion tech and project solutions is picking up pace. align.’ ur industry is a broad church and shipping has always The world fleet accounts for more than of global had highly talented people in sometimes difficult carbon dioxide emissions, and the industry will have to positions, but there is increasingly a shift to a new cut this by at least half over the next 30 years. Next year generation of decision-makers that are focused on the will see the sulphur cap come into place, and the IWSA triple bottom line, engineers and designers producing reckons the pressure for change will intensify as ever more innovative designs and customers conventional marine fuel costs increase. etrofitting demanding more action on emissions from shipping. vessels with wind propulsion technology could deliver Wind propulsion is a credible, viable and increasingly cost savings of between to and for newbuilds profitable option and the industry is taking notice.’ fuel bills could be halved. A French car What do such systems mean for seafarers – extra firm is working workload, for instance? ‘Most of the systems are fully with Neoline on plans for a wind- automated on the larger vessels and will be fully powered vessel to integrated into the ship energy management systems in transport vehicles between France the future,’ Mr Allwright says. ‘They have weather and Canada stations onboard that help optimise the operations and weather routing software for voyage optimisation in the future. The installation and maintenance of the systems are fairly straightforward.’ Shipping industry perceptions of the technology are shifting, Mr Allwright adds, but he warns that the recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impact of a 1.5C temperature change nautilusint.org 46 April 2019 April 2019 47 nautilusint.org

46-47 Wind Power_SR checked.indd 47 21/03/2019 10:04 COMMUNITY SNAP TO IT! Have you entered the 2019 Nautilus/ Inmarsat Life at Sea Photo Competition yet? There are some generous cash prizes on off er, and for the fi rst time in the competition’s history, we are inviting video entries as well as high- quality photos…

hen you enter the means for your day-to-day work. In your message, please give us One of a series Nautilus/Inmarsat Life at of images submitted Deck ocers: what’s been happening your home address, email address and Sea Photo Competition, by Graeme Hately on the bridge, and what else have you Nautilus membership number. W showing the you could come away with ups and downs been up to? Images can be submitted in colour or some serious money in your pocket. But (literally) of life Ratings: what does your life look like black and white, and there is no limit on in the off shore you’ll also get the satisfaction of knowing sector getting the real work done? how many you may submit. Pictures are Nautilus will be using your arresting And everyone: how are you using the preferred in high-resolution JPEG format images to make the maritime community internet at sea these days for keeping in (300dpi being the ideal) and video can be more visible – countering the ‘sea touch with family and friends? emailed in MPEG format – but please blindness’ of the general public. Our photo competition gives you don’t send šle attachments larger than To be in with a chance of a prize, make numerous ways to show the public what 10MB at a time, as this will exceed the sure your entries express something life is like at sea and how the Union server limit. Larger šles such as MP4 about the Life at Sea theme. Sure, we all supports you on ship visits, through our video clips can be sent to love a picturesque sunset, but this Nautilus 24/7 helpline and at colleges. [email protected] using competition is really about shipboard We want to hear from you wherever you an online šle transfer service such as realities: the highs and the lows, the good are in the world right now, and whichever WeTransfer. and the bad, the business and the sector you work in. The prizes, sponsored by Inmarsat, are pleasure. £1,250 for the winning entry, £750 for So if you are a pilot who often posts How to enter the Nautilus/Inmarsat second prize and £500 for the third- videos on social media of your brave Life at Sea Photo Competition placed entry. eƒorts to pull alongside and clamber up a Send your entries as email attachments The closing date for entries is Monday ship’s ladder, we want to hear from you. to our new dedicated address 5 August 2019, and the prizes will be Engineers: we know you often have to [email protected] with presented at the Nautilus International manage energy levels equivalent to a Nautilus/Inmarsat Photo Competition in General Meeting in Rotterdam in small town, not to mention protecting the the subject line. October, where an exhibition of the best oceans by controlling emissions. Show us If you have already sent your entry to entries will be on show. your hidden world. [email protected], that’s no Please note that by entering the Electro-technical ocers: you tell us problem – rest assured we have received competition, you are giving Nautilus your roles are changing as fast as the it and you will be entered into the International consent to use your technology onboard. Show us what this competition. submitted images.

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nautilusint.org 49 April 2019 MARITIME BOOKS Enhanced tribute to a British icon

Cutty Sark: The Last of the Tea Clippers By Eric Kentley Adlard Coles, £20 ISBN: 978 14729 59539

ublished in and construction – explaining original plans and some marvellous oral history an updated how the tea trade with China stunning old photographs, accounts of Cutty Sark’s P and expanded used to be something like the and is interspersed with time as a training ship in the edition to mark Beaujolais Nouveau race to sections that deliver deeper 1920s, 30s, 40s and early 50s. the 150th anniversary of deliver the fi rst of the year’s background on such things Cutty Sark’s survival is the construction of a ship produce. as the ship’s original owner, pretty miraculous. Only that truly deserves to be He describes the features builder and its fi rst seven a third of the tea clippers called iconic, this serves as a that helped to make Cutty masters between 1870 and managed to operate beyond suitably thorough and rich Sark one of the fastest and 1895. It also offers plenty of 25 years before being history of what continues most advanced vessels fascinating nuggets along wrecked, foundering or to be one of London’s most of its type – occasionally the way, including the being condemned, and in popular tourist attractions. overtaking background to the the 1970s and 1990s the Lavishly illustrated and steamships – whilst name (from a Robert vessel faced near-terminal thoughtfully laid out, the also noting how Book of Burns poem), the problems with its iron book provides an engaging the Suez Canal the month person in the structure. This remarkably and insightful account of (which opened This title is available fi gurehead and readable book provides a a ship that commanded fi ve days before at a special discount the variety of good tribute to all those who in the Nautilus considerable public interest the ship’s launch) Bookshop cargoes carried helped to keep Cutty Sark over many decades – and one and the rise of steam during its career. preserved, including former which came to symbolise had sealed its fate Dr Kentley has shipmaster Wilfred Dowman many wider developments from the start. Only four dug deep into the logs and who bought the vessel from in shipping, seafaring and clippers were built in the record books to provide Portuguese owners in 1922 maritime trade. following year, just three in some good accounts of life in his determination to save As a former curator at the the year after that, and Cutty onboard – including fatal it for the nation. It also, and National Maritime Museum, Sark carried its last China tea accidents, a murder and a importantly, reminds the with fi rst-hand experience cargo in 1877 before moving master’s suicide, as well as reader that those behind the of working on the ship’s on to tramping and the close encounters with rogue original 1954 preservation conservation, Dr Eric Kentley carriage of coal and wool. waves and fi erce storms, and project intended the ship is well placed to tell this story. The book includes extracts from an enthusiastic to serve as a permanent He provides some fascinating plenty of marvellous young apprentice’s letters memorial to the merchant context to Cutty Sark’s design archive material, including home. There are also some service.

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50-51_books_SR checked.indd 50 21/03/2019 10:06 RN history neglects MN contribution Cruise chronicle sells Even though over 100 years have passed Author Steve R Dunn does a good job of us a maritime dream since the First World War, it seems there’s explaining how the war in the North Sea always room for a new perspective on developed, and uses a range of primary Cruise nostalgia supremo William H Miller is the con ict. Southern Thunder is the and secondary sources to describe the back with another tribute to ‘the best vacation latest attempt to move away from the bitter conditions the Royal Navy crews of all’. Miller has been sailing as a guest well-trodden stories about trench warfare had to endure and their bravery in speaker onboard cruiseships for over 40 years, in northern France, highlighting instead protecting the convoys. There is much less and says that one of his most popular talks is the importance to Britain information, however, about the history and evolution of the cruise of keeping maritime about the merchant business, so he can expect a warm welcome trade routes open with seafarers caught up in the for this new book on the subject. Scandinavia. con ict. Perhaps this is Sailing to the Sun starts in the late 19th The North Sea supply because their role is less century, when some transatlantic liners started lines at this time provided well documented in the to be used for holiday the UK with food and archives, but there is also cruises, and follows essential raw materials a rather disturbing sense the ups and downs of from Norway, Sweden and that their lives were less the sector through the Denmark, but Germany was important. 20th century and on to also looking to maintain It is a shame to see the present day. its trade relationship with some tired old tropes All the big names are these neutral countries. repeated of the rough there, from the early Southern Thunder tells the merchant seaman whoring players such as P&O and Cunard to relative story of how the two enemy and drinking in every newcomers such as Viking. Well-presented on nations vied for maritime supremacy, port, although Dunn does chronicle the glossy paper, the book has a pacey narrative with the British Royal Navy eventually tributes paid to these civilian crews after and is generously supplied with high-quality prevailing. the war, notably on the new Merchant images throughout. Along the way, there were U-boats, Navy Memorial in London. Perhaps his next It’s a kind of fantasy, really – you won’t be Q-ships, dazzle paint, mines and convoys, work should be to look at these men’s lives reading about underpaid hotel staŸ , norovirus and of course hundreds of merchant and seamanship skills – now, that really or missing passengers here – but if you’d like vessels crewed by seafarers from many would certainly be an interesting new to drift away on a dream of perfect voyages, nations. The term ‘southern thunder’ perspective. Sailing to the Sun beautifully ¡ ts the bill. refers to the Scandinavian countries’ initial view of the war as a conflict Southern Thunder Sailing to the Sun rumbling far away from their northern By Steve R Dunn By William H Miller climes, but their wish to stay out of it was Seaforth Publishing, £25.00 Fonthill Media, £22.00 soon compromised. ISBN: 978 15267 26636 ISBN: 978 17815 57037

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SHIPS OF THE PAST By Andrew Linington

he Netherlands-flagged passenger/cargo The vessel entered into service in ugust 1, running a liner Oranje Nassau was one of a pair of round trip between Amsterdam, Southampton, Barbados, T popular sisterships built for the Caribbean Trinidad, a uair, uracao, ruba, uerto imon, services of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Kingston, Santiago de Cuba, Cartagena, Plymouth, and Company (KNSM). back to Amsterdam. KNSM operated from 1856 to 1981, when it became The two sisters had been fi tted out to a very high part of the Nedlloyd group, and at one time was the standard, with spacious accommodation and excellent largest company in Amsterdam. From the mid-1920s, facilities, and quickly became popular with passengers. it specialised in running passenger and cargo services had originally intended that the passenger traffi c between NW Europe, the West Indies, Central America, and would be mainly one-way – outward from Europe – but South America. many people used the ships for a 34-day cruise, especially Plans for the 7,214grt Oranje Nassau and sistership Prins in the winter months. der Nederlanden were developed in 1954 in response to owever, by the late 10s, containerisation and air the fl ourishing business on the olland- travel had started to affect the service, Caribbean route, and at the and in October 1972 the two time they were the largest ships ships were withdrawn from in the fl eet. They were KNSM had originally intended Oranje operations and laid up in designed to accommodate 116 Nassau and Prins der Nederlanden's Amsterdam, before being put passengers in a single class and up for sale and bought by the 68 on a ‘group’ basis, with a crew passenger service for one-way traffic Cuban government for use of 100. outward from Europe, but many people as military transports and The ships each had five holds used the ships for a 34-day cruise training ships. – three forward and two aft, In 1973 Oranje Nassau with a couple of tween decks. was offi cially renamed Cargo capacity totalled 195,000 cu ft, with a refrigerated Anniversario (20th Anniversary) and after service in a capacity of 14,680 cu ft. training role, the ship went on to take troops to Angola. In Oranje Nassau was built by Scheepswerven Gebroeders 18 it was sold to ncorn td of t incent, renamed ni, Pot, Bolnes. Powered by a nine-cylinder Stork diesel and delivered to the Greek port of Piraeus before sailing to engine, developing 4,500bhp, the vessel had a service Alang, India, to be broken up. speed of 15 knots. It was launched in January 1957, and rins er ederlanden had been renamed ietnam after fitting-out work, it undertook deepsea trials in the eroico by the ubans, and was declared a constructive total North Sea, achieving a top speed of close to 16 knots. loss after striking the quay at avana in ctober 18.

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‘Veerboten TOEKOMSTIGE MARITIEME PROFESSIONALS ONTWERPEN BLAUWDRUK VOOR DE TOEKOMST kunnen vrij eenvoudig op batterijen gaan AUTONOOM FILE VAREN OP varen’ DE NOORDZEE IN 2050...?

Nieuwe steden op drijvende eilanden, aanpalend aan de vooravond van een ‘paradigma-shift’ aan windparken. Oesterbanken. Aangepaste staan. In de wetenschaps¡loso¡e duidt paradigma vaarroutes. Drukbevaren, met vooral autonoom op het stelsel van modellen en theorieën dat, en semi autonoom varende schepen. Boven binnen een gegeven wetenschappelijke discipline, water en deels ook onderwater… het denkkader vormt van waaruit de werkelijkheid In een volgepakt LantarenVenster in geanalyseerd en beschreven wordt. Rotterdam kregen 20 februari jongstleden Papen ‘Je moet je afvragen of je huidige honderden maritieme studenten van de paradigma nog wel klopt. Zo zullen we Technische Universiteit Delft, KIWI ingenieurs, bijvoorbeeld het huidige ‘shareholder centric- MARIN medewerkers, scheepsbouwers, model’ moeten vervangen voor een ‘stakeholder maritieme docenten en tal van andere centric model’, willen we de door de verenigde genodigden een dynamisch en innovatief Naties geformuleerde Sustainable Development toekomstbeeld voorgeschoteld. doelen’ gaan realiseren voor 11 miljard mensen in 2050. Lustrum Symposium ‘William Froude’ voor zijn schepen. Dit ook om de gewenste CO2 Zij waren samen gekomen op het Lustrum reductie te realiseren. Hij gaf aan dat het in Drijvende havens, luchthavens en steden Symposium van het Scheepbouwkundig 2017 in de vaart genomen nieuwste schip van MARIN’s manager o¢shore Olaf Waals nam de Gezelschap ‘William Froude’. Met als Wagenborg, de Egbert Wagenborg, winnaar van aanwezigen mee naar een tijd van toenenemende titel ‘Looking Back From 2050’ waande de KVNR Shipping Award, bewust met de brug zeespiegelrijzing, overbevolkte steden en een men zich daadwerkelijk al in 2050. Tal van voorop was gebouwd. En dat er getracht is het toenemend aantal activiteiten op zee .’Drijvende gerenommeerde sprekers als onder meer schip zo licht mogelijk te maken. Ook autonoom havens en steden zijn een innovatief alternatief Klaas Visser (TU Delft) , Wieger Duursema varen in 2050 behoort volgens Duursema beslist dat goed aansluit bij onze Nederlandse maritieme (Wagenborg) , Leen Paape (Nyenrode Business tot de mogelijkheden. traditie’, stelde hij. En ook: University), Jan van Kessel (Blue21), Han ‘Drijvende mega-eilanden bieden Lindeboom (NIOZ), Maarten Clingebould Veerboten varend op batterijen toekomstbestendige werk- en leefruimte op zee (Emeritus Professor Maritiem Recht, Leiden) en Voormalig Young Maritime Representative Peter voor: Olaf Waals (MARIN), voerden het woord. De zaal Paul van Voorst toonde de zaal via zijn SKOON- • ontwikkelen, opwekken, opslaan en respondeerde live en via interactieve vragen op boxen de mogelijkheden van energiegebruik via onderhouden van duurzame energie op zee de Mentimeter. Ook was er een innovatiemarkt ‘shared batteries’. ‘Een kansrijke sector hiervoor (o¢shore wind, getijdenenergie, golfenergie, met nieuwe technologieën. De Telegraph was er is vooral de ferry-sector’, aldus Van Voorst. drijvende zonnepanelen); ook bij. Het binnenvaartschip M.S. Borelli wordt één • op- en overslag voor de kust in gebieden met van de eerste gebruikers. Niels de Vries (C-Job) weinig infrastructuur CO2 reductie bij Egbert Wagenborg wees daarnaast op de vele mogelijkheden van • kweken van voedsel, zoals zeewier en vis Zo stelde Wagenborg’s Fleet development Ammonia als energiebron. • wonen en recreëren dicht bij het water engineer Wieger Duursema dat Wagenborg de Al in 2030 kunnen we wellicht al een Enerseahub komende jaren meer gebruik zal gaan maken Van shareholder- naar stakeholder centric eiland ontwikkelen, deels drijvend, deels van meerdere soorten van alternatieve energie Nyenrode professor Leen Papen gaf aan dat we opgespoten, inclusief haven en luchthaven erbij.’

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Zeer geslaagde lustrumdag William Froude secretaris Vino Peeten liep tevreden rond aan het eind van deze boeiende dag. ‘Wij als organisatie wilden vandaag de verschillende facetten van de maritieme sector samenbrengen om het gesprek over de maritieme toekomst onder de aandacht te brengen en de samenwerking te bevorderen. Hiervoor werkten we ook uitgebreid samen met KIVI MarTec. Aan de vele reacties van de aanwezigen te horen, kunnen we spreken van een zeer geslaagde dag!’

LEDEN KUNNEN ZICH INSCHRIJVEN Welkom op workshop NAUTILUS mentale theid aan boord INTERNATIONAL 14 mei 2019, van 10.30 – 15.00 uur, Rotterdam GENERAL MEETING Graag nodigen wij onze leden uit voor het • ons verdiepen in mentale aspecten in het IN ROTTERDAM deelnemen aan onze (gratis) Workshop leven van zeevarenden die doorgaans Mentale Fitheid aan Boord, op 14 mei a.s., onderbelicht blijven; Van dinsdag 8 tot en met donderdag 10 oktober Nautilus kantoor/zalencentrum Ntoren, • verhalen uitwisselen met elkaar; a.s. vindt de Nautilus International General Schorpioenstraat 266, Rotterdam. • aandachtspunten voor concrete actie Meeting (GM) plaats in het Rotterdam Hilton Van 10.30 tot 15.00 uur. Inclusief lunch. formuleren, zowel intern binnen Nautilus, Hotel, Weena 10, Rotterdam. Workshopleiders zijn: Toon van de Sande, als ook naar de schepen en de reders. (volledige) Nautilus leden kunnen zich Spiritension en Hans Walthie, Communicatie inschrijven voor dit evenement via adviseur Nautilus. www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NIGM2019 Schrijf u snel in via: [email protected] GEEF UW MENING Het thema van deze GM, die 4jaarlijks plaats vindt en waar de maritieme vakbond zijn Vitaliteit en werkplezier Vorige maand vroegen wij: Werkt u liever met een toekomstagenda vaststelt, is dit keer: Toon van de Sande: ‘Op 5 oktober 2018 hebben ‘Vaste bemanning’? we in Apeldoorn een boeiende Nautilus Poll-resultaten worden ‘Global Industry, Global Workforce, Global Union’ Kaderledendag gehad, waar we met name veel hieronder weergegeven: Hier kunt u uitgebreid mee discussiëren over het geleerd hebben van de discussies tussen de beleid en de toekomstige koers van uw vakbond. aanwezige leden. Duurzame inzetbaarheid was Het belooft een bruisend programma te worden, daar het belangrijkste onderwerp. Het thema Ja 100% met tal van presentaties, debatten en met een maakte veel los. En tevens bleek dat mentale aantal speeches van erkende deskundigen uit de štheid aan boord een belangrijk aspect is. vakbonds- en maritieme wereld. De GM besluit De belangrijkste elementen voor duurzame met een bijzondere gala avond. inzetbaarheid zijn: vitaliteit, professionaliteit, verandervermogen en werkplezier.’ Moties indienen Veel draait om arbeidsvreugde. Daarvoor is Onze leden kunnen bovendien tot vrijdag 5 mentale štheid een voorwaarde. Als iedereen juli, 17.00 uur, moties indienen. Tenminste št, goed en veilig zijn werk kan doen, zal ook de 4 (volledige) leden, zonder contributie leeœaarheid aan boord verbeteren en daarmee achterstanden, moeten deze motie hebben uiteindelijk ook de winstgevendheid van het ondertekend. schip en de rederij worden vergroot. Kortom: Deze maand vragen we: Moties (voorzien van een echte handtekening) Denkt u dat het gebruik van scrubbers meer problemen zal kunnen via email worden verstuurd naar: ‘Mentale ‡theid betaalt zichzelf uit!’ veroorzaken dan oplossen..? [email protected] Daarom gaan we tijdens deze workshop: www.nautilusint.org/nl nautilusint.org 54 April 2019 April 2019 55 nautilusint.org

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ARBEIDSVOORWAARDEN Vroon Oshore na actie leden door de knieën en alsnog bereid tot cao-overleg

Vroon O shore heeft inmiddels aangegeven aan de directie van Vroon O shore. weer met Nautilus verder te willen overleggen Inzet van de petitie was om tot een over een nieuwe cao. Dit als antwoord op het goede cao te komen, met Nautilus als aanbieden van een petitie van Nautilus leden onderhandelingspartner. werkzaam bij Vroon op 12 februari jongstleden. Marcel van Dam: ‘Wij hebben in Eerder had Vroon aangegeven niet langer met een goed gesprek met de directie Nautilus te willen onderhandelen over een dit nog een keer uitdrukkelijk naar nieuwe cao. voren gebracht. De directie van Vroon Nautilus cao onderhandelaar Marcel van O shore heeft na het gesprek een Dam: ‘Ook hier blijkt dat ons credo ‘samen aantal weken bedenktijd gevraagd staan we sterk als vakbondsleden’ weer heeft of zij hierop in zou gaan. Deze tijd gewerkt. Dankzij de massale ondertekening hebben wij hen toen geboden. Op van onze petitie en dankzij de inzet van onze 26 februari heeft Vroon uiteindelijk leden, heeft de Vroon directie de steven gereageerd en hebben zij ons gewend. Een groot compliment voor onze uitgenodigd voor een gesprek. Tijdens leden! dit gesprek zullen zij feedback geven op de petitie en vervolgens in overleg Petitie massaal ondertekend treden om de mogelijkheid te bezien Eind 2018 hadden wij onze leden gevraagd om met betrekking tot collectiviteit van een petitie te tekenen nadat gebleken was dat arbeidsvoorwaarden. Inmiddels de directie van Vroon O shore niet meer door hebben wij een afspraak gemaakt met wilde met de bestaande cao. De aanleiding de directie voor 9 april aanstaande.’ hiervoor was dat de leden eerder niet konden instemmen met verregaande verslechteringen van hun loon- en arbeidsvoorwaarden. Dit had met name betrekking op verlenging van de uitzendtermijn van 4 naar 6 weken en het bevriezen van de anciënniteiten. De rederij wilde voortaan met de individuele werknemer afspraken maken over de loon- en arbeidsvoorwaarden. Onze leden voelden hier echter niets voor en in een ledenvergadering werd besloten om de leden te vragen om een petitie te tekenen waarin een CAO geëist wordt. Overduidelijk was dat leden een goede cao willen en niet wensten dat hun bond buitenspel zou worden gezet.’

Hervatting cao overleg Op 12 februari werd vervolgens met een delegatie vanuit Nautilus en werknemers de petitie aan de Vroon directie op het kantoor in Den Helder aangeboden. Nautilus bestuurder Marcel van Dam overhandigde samen met Nautilus kaderlid Klaas te Bos de petitie

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Op 20 februari 2019 heeft Nautilus/FNV Waterbouw (en ook CNV Vakmensen) onderhandeld met werkgevers over de nieuwe cao Waterbouw. De onderhandelingen verliepen stevig, voortvarend en constructief. Hierdoor ontstond er een situatie die ons de mogelijkheid bood om in tegenstelling tot andere keren vrij snel tot een principeakkoord Het nieuwe Nautis bestuur presenteert zich. Van links naar rechts: Chris Vermeer, Steven Duinker, te komen. Tim de Vries en Lars Broerse

Structurele loonsverhoging van 3,5% NIEUW NAUTIS BESTUUR De nieuwe cao kent een looptijd van één jaar (1 april 2019 t/m 31 maart 2020) en voorziet in een structurele loonsverhoging van 3,5%, PRESENTEERT ZICH waarvan 2,25% per 1 april 2019 en 1,25% Op 1 maart jongstleden gaf het eerste- en creëren en onderhouden van (reeds bestaande) per 1 januari aanstaande. Ook worden alle oprichtend bestuur van de Amsterdamse contacten en relaties. Wij willen de vereniging tarieven voor vergoedingen verhoogd met de Studievereniging Nautis haar bestuurstaken laten groeien en hopen studenten enthousiast te overeengekomen loonsverhoging. formeel over aan de volgende generatie maken om zich in te zetten ons hierbij te helpen. Uit de ledenraadplegingen hadden wij, bestuurders van de vereniging. Dit werd gevierd Wij zijn van plan actief op zoek te gaan naar evenals vorig jaar, meegekregen dat veel tijdens een constitutieborrel in het roemruchte studenten die ons hierbij kunnen helpen. Daarbij van onze leden het erg belangrijk vinden café De Heeren van Aemstel in Amsterdam. gaan wij ons uiterste best doen de opleiding om gezond met pensioen te kunnen. Nautilus communicatie adviseur Hans Walthie was nog aantrekkelijker te maken. Denk hierbij aan Om dat te realiseren hebben wij nu nog één van de genodigden. open dagen waar de vereniging bij betrokken is, steviger ingezet om oudere werknemers om naast de opleiding ook het studentenleven minder te laten werken met zo weinig Brugfunctie aantrekkelijk te maken, en introductiedagen mogelijk inkomensverlies en volledige De Amsterdamse Studievereniging Nautis is de van de studie zelf. Verder willen wij het aantal pensioenopbouw. Zoals bekend zijn wij studievereniging voor studenten Maritiem o„cier studie-gerelateerde activiteiten, zoals trainingen, hieromtrent in een werkgroep volop bezig om aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Het doel lezingen en scheepsbezoeken verhogen! Wij tot een goede regeling te komen. Werkgevers is om een vereniging te creëren die een goede vinden dat, naast gezelligheid, ook educatieve zijn bereid hier nu echt handen en voeten aan brug vormt voor leden tussen studie en het latere activiteiten thuishoren in de agenda van een te gaan geven. Een belangrijke afspraak in werkgebied en om een vereniging te vormen waar studievereniging. Wij nemen nu het stokje over deze nieuwe cao! studenten pro’jt aan hebben. Hiertoe wordt de van het eerste bestuur, wat in hun bestuursperiode Ook is afgesproken dat er eveneens binnen mogelijkheid geboden door het organiseren van de basis heeft gelegd voor veel van onze doelen!’ afzienbare tijd een concreet persoonlijk sociale activiteiten met verschillende jaargangen opleidings- en ontwikkelingsbudget van de opleiding Maritiem O„cier. Medio maart Sponsoren gezocht beschikbaar komt, waarbij iedere medewerker 2018 werd de de nieuwe vereniging opgezet. A.S.V. Nautis is altijd opzoek naar nieuwe eigen regie en eigen keuzevrijheid heeft om Het nieuwe bestuur bestaat uit voorzitter Steven contacten en sponsoren. Zij zijn van direct belang het budget te besteden aan ontplooiing, Duinker, secretaris Lars Broerse, penningmeester voor de vereniging omdat zij naast mogelijke ontwikkeling en ambitie. Tim de Vries en commissie commissaris Chris ’nanciële bijdrages een belangrijke schakel Vermeer. kunnen vormen tussen de vereniging en het Leden akkoord met nieuwe cao werkveld. Heeft u interesse, neem dan gerust Inmiddels hebben de FNV Waterbouw leden, Studenten enthousiast maken contact met hen op door te mailen naar bestuur@ na het houden van een ledenvergadering en Voorzitter Steven Duinker: ‘Als tweede bestuur van asvnautis.nl of neem een kijkje op www. een schriftelijke raadpleging, de nieuwe cao A.S.V. Nautis, zal bij ons de nadruk liggen op het asvnautis.nl goedgekeurd. nautilusint.org 56 April 2019 April 2019 57 nautilusint.org

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DIENSTVERLENING Nautilus International en FNV Waterbouw

In deze rubriek worden steeds op 15 augustus 1816 te Mainz. Op 31 maart stoŠen (ADNR), politiereglementen, vakbondszaken belicht, waarin Nautilus en 1831 werd de Akte van Mainz aangenomen, bemanningseisen, vaar-en rusttijden, FNV Waterbouw een actieve rol spelen ten waarin uniforme juridische principes afvalstoŠen, schipperspatenten, technische behoeve van onze leden. voor de Rijnvaart waren vastgelegd (met ontwikkelingen, emissienormen en niet te talrijke politievoorschriften). De eerste vergeten het Reglement Onderzoek Schepen Dit keer gaat het over: Rijnvaartakte. De CCR werd daarmee de op de Rijn (ROSR). eerste Intergouvernementele commissie ter Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart (CCR) wereld. Vaar- en rusttijden De afgelopen jaren is de kritiek op een Voorafgaand aan de vergaderingen verenigd Europa steeds sterker geworden. Verenigen van belangen van de commissie wordt in Nederland Dit heeft zoals bekend geleid tot onder Na diverse ontwikkelingen van de Rijnvaart een vooroverleg gehouden waaraan meer een referendum in Engeland (de UK), op technisch, economisch en politiek vertegenwoordigers vanuit de sector met een Brexit tot gevolg. Maar waarom gebied werd besloten dit vast te leggen kunnen deelnemen om hun standpunten zijn we er ook al weer aan begonnen in een nieuw verdrag. Op 17 oktober 1868 te geven. Ook Nautilus neemt deel aan om Europa te verenigen? Wat levert een werd dat verdrag vastgesteld als Herziene dit overleg. Zo kunnen wij pleiten voor grensoverschrijdende harmonisatie ons op? Rijnvaartakte (Akte van Mannheim). Bijna een gelijk speelveld in Europa voor 100 jaar later was dat nog een keer nodig werknemers op het gebied van bijvoorbeeld Vrije scheepvaart op de Rijn en werd op 17 oktober 1963 te Straatsburg beroepskwali˜caties, vaar- en rusttijden, Eigenlijk hoeven we hiervoor niet eens het verdrag opnieuw herzien. bemanningssterkte en sociale zekerheid. ver te zoeken. Wij zitten hier als Nautilus In het belangrijke Aanvullend Protocol nr. 2 Tevens geven wij onze mening over International en FNV Waterbouw al jaren wordt een nieuwe de˜nitie van het beginsel het gebruik of toepassen van nieuwe middenin en werken hier als ook volop van de vrijheid van scheepvaart gegeven. technologieën aan boord van schepen, aan mee. De Europese welvaart is namelijk Hierbij zijn bovendien de voorwaarden technische vereisten van een schip, deels gebaseerd op de vrije scheepvaart waaronder personen en goederen op de handhaving en controle, enzovoorts. op de Rijn! Rijn vervoerd mogen worden vastgesteld en is het criterium van het toebehoren tot Goede belangenbehartiging Binnenvaart Slag bij Waterloo de Rijnvaart vastgelegd. Men kan hieruit De vergaderingen van de CCR zijn Na de nederlaag van Napoleon in de Slag concluderen dat het verenigen van belangen niet toegankelijk voor individuele bij Waterloo is op het Congres van Wenen geen statische aangelegenheid is, maar iets nationale vakbonden, maar wel voor van 1815 het beginsel van de vrijheid waaraan doorlopend gewerkt moet worden. de Europese federaties van werkgevers- van scheepvaart op de internationale en werknemers. Nautilus wordt hierin vaarwateren vastgelegd. Daarbij werd ook Bemanningseisen vertegenwoordigd door de Europese de Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart Op dit moment hebben de volgende (Rijn) Transportwerkers Federatie (ETF), sectie (CCR) ingesteld. oeverstaten zitting in de CCR: België, Binnenvaart. Natuurlijk sturen wij onze ETF Deze commissie kreeg opdracht een Nederland, Luxemburg, Duitsland, vertegenwoordigers niet zomaar op pad. reglement op te stellen om de scheepvaart Frankrijk en Zwitserland. Kort na de Zij kennen onze meningen en standpunten op de Rijn juridisch en praktisch in goede Tweede Wereldoorlog was ook de UK vanuit de sectievergaderingen die we in banen te leiden. In deze CCR konden en vertegenwoordigd. Dit was om het Brussel met elkaar hebben. Het is belangrijk kunnen vanaf die tijd de (Rijn)oeverstaten geheel in balans te houden na zo’n om onze standpunten via twee verschillende besluiten nemen over alle vragen die de onstuimige periode. Nu is de UK niet routes op dezelfde tafel besproken te scheepvaart betreŠen. (Aldus aanhangsel meer vertegenwoordigd. In de CCR krijgen. Zo kan Nautilus bijdragen aan 16B van de slotakte van het Congres van worden zaken behandeld die betrekking een goede belangenbehartiging van Wenen). De eerste vergadering vond plaats hebben op: vervoer van gevaarlijke werknemers in de Binnenvaart.

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54-61_dutch_apr19_SR checked.indd 58 21/03/2019 10:10 Leden en hun werk Rechtbank wijst vorderingen eigenaren Greeneet Crew af Nautilus te gast bij Op 20 februari 2019 is er vonnis gewezen in de Greeneet Crew zaak en ontvingen wij het heugelijke nieuws dat de Rechtbank Rotterdam de vorderingen van de eigenaren STC mbo Rotterdam integraal heeft afgewezen. Hiermee is voorlopig een einde gekomen aan een slepende zaak. Tegen het vonnis Op 18 en 25 februari jongstleden verzorgde bijstaan van (jongeren)leden behandeld. kan door de eigenaren nog wel beroep worden ingesteld. Nautilus communicatieadviseur Hans Walthie Dus ook van stagiairs, als deze in een Dit moet binnen drie maanden nadat het vonnis is 4 gastlessen voor 2e jaars Marof studenten eventueel conict aan boord geraken. gewezen, dus voor 20 mei 2019. van het STC mbo Maritiem & Techniek, aan Tevens kunnen aankomend stagiairs gebruik de Lloydstraat in Rotterdam. Ook Nautilus maken van de Nautilus dienstverlening ‘Hoe Al begin 2012 kwam het bericht dat de eigenaren van nieuwe recruiter Liselotte Struijs was van kom ik aan een stageplaats?’ Greeneet Crew besloten hadden om de vijf schepen de partij. Marlene Green, Marissa Green, Makiri Green, Magdalena 24/7 service vakbond Green en de Marinus Green te verkopen. En geen gebruik Rollenspel cao-onderhandelingen Tot slot werd de meerwaarde uitgelegd van te willen blijven maken van de bemanning in dienst van Via een boeiende interactieve discussie het speciale studentenlidmaatschap tegen Greeneet Crew B.V. / Holland Ship Service (HSS). kwamen de studenten in aanraking met de een sterk gereduceerd tarief (3,70 euro maritieme vakbond en waar deze voor gaat per maand, inclusief toezending van de Belangenbehartiging en staat. Tevens werd er via een rollenspel vakbladen de Telegraph en SWZ Magazine). Om die redenen kon Greeneet Crew B.V. / HSS de een cao-onderhandelingstraject nagebootst. Dit is ook inclusief de 24/7 service die werknemers na de verkoop van de schepen niet langer Volgens sommige leerlingen kon het salaris Nautilus International al zijn (studenten) tewerkstellen, waarop men collectief ontslag voor met ruim 50% omhoog. Anderen hielden het leden wereldwijd biedt. alle werknemers aanvroeg. Namens de leden heeft lager en begrepen dat de werkgever ook nog Nautilus International destijds met succes het collectief wat moet kunnen verdienen. Ook lid worden van Nautilus? ontslag aangevochten en gewonnen. De werkgever en Na aoop gaven enkele studenten eigenaren van de schepen wilden geen sociaal plan met Individuele dienstverlening voor stagiairs aan lid te willen worden van Nautilus. ons aangaan, waarbij wij voor de belangenbehartiging Daarnaast werd uitgebreid de individuele Iets voor jou ook? Meer info: www. in deze zaak beslag op de schepen hadden gelegd. In dienstverlening van Nautilus inzake het nautilusint.org/nl/word-lid/ 2013 zijn de meeste werknemers bij Greeneet Crew overgegaan naar Canada Feeder Lines (CFL).

Heropening dossier FNV PENSIOEN ACTIES In juli 2017 kwam het bericht dat de eigenaren de individuele bemanningsleden aansprakelijk gingen stellen IN HEEL NEDERLAND wegens het feit dat – naar de stelling van de eigenaren – er ten onrechte vorderingen waren ingeschreven Sinds het klappen van de 1 Bevries de AOW-leeftijd (beslag gelegd). Via een deurwaarder werden eind 2017 pensioenonderhandelingen eind vorig jaar en schrap de boete de individuele bemanningsleden gedagvaard voor een is de FNV, waarbij Nautilus/FNV Waterbouw op eerder stoppen zitting bij de rechtbank Rotterdam en schadeplichtig ook is aangesloten, samen met CNV en met werken. gesteld. VCP volop actie aan het voeren. Zo vonden er op 18 maart in het gehele land tal van 2 Indexatie van de Comparitie van partijen acties en ook stakingen plaats. pensioenen (uw pensioen De rechtbank van Rotterdam heeft daarna in 2018 een Samen met de FNV vinden wij als stijgt dan ook mee datum voor een zogeheten comparitie bepaald. Een Nautilus dat in een land als Nederland met prijsstijgingen comparitiezitting is bedoeld om de zaak inhoudelijk met iedereen op tijd moet kunnen stoppen met van uw boodschappen). de comparitierechter te bespreken. Vaak wordt door een werken en dan kunnen rekenen op een rechter bij een dergelijke zitting geprobeerd een schikking fatsoenlijk inkomen. 3 Een pensioen tot stand te brengen. Uiteindelijk heeft de rechter op 20 Dat betekent: voor iedereen. februari jongstleden vonnis gewezen. nautilusint.org 58 April 2019 April 2019 59 nautilusint.org

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OP 25 JUNI Bijzonder Verlof Flinke buikgriep Een werknemer heeft niet alleen recht op Ons lid Cornelis zat in zijn verlof toen zijn 2019 loon, maar ook op andere zaken, zoals dochter een ¢inke buikgriep kreeg. Zijn Op dinsdagmiddag 25 juni 2019, van vakantie. Daarnaast heeft een werknemer in partner werkt in het onderwijs en kon geen 13.00 tot 14.30 uur, vindt de bijzondere gevallen ook recht op bijzonder vrij krijgen. In dit geval was Cornelis thuis, dus jaarvergadering van de Nederlandse verlof. Er bestaat een aantal verschillende dat was ook niet nodig. Uit nieuwsgierigheid Branch van Nautilus International plaats vormen van bijzonder verlof. In dit artikel belde Cornelis toch naar Nautilus om te in het Van der Valk Hotel Rotterdam- wordt ingegaan op het kortdurend vragen of hij recht zou hebben op zorgverlof. Blijdorp, Energieweg 2, Rotterdam. zorgverlof. Binnen Nautilus hebben wij daarover Hierna wordt een openbaar De Wet Arbeid en Zorg (WAZO) voorziet onderling gediscussieerd en zijn we tot de toegankelijk symposium georganiseerd, onder andere in recht op verlof als dat conclusie gekomen dat iemand anders de zorg van 15.00 tot 17.00 uur. noodzakelijk is voor de verzorging van een voor zijn dochter op zich kan nemen, zoals Met als titel: zieke naaste. Op jaarbasis is de aanspraak op buren, grootouders enzovoort. Puur naar ‘Duurzaam ‡t blijven aan boord’ kortdurend zorgverlof gelijk aan maximaal de letter van de wet zou Cornelis in dit geval Nadere informatie over deze middag tweemaal de arbeidsduur. Gedurende daarom geen recht hebben op zorgverlof. volgt nog, maar houdt u deze datum dit verlof heeft de werknemer recht op vast vrij in de agenda. doorbetaling van 70% van zijn loon. Dit met Cao Handelsvaart: het maximum dagloon als bovengrens en het ‘in overeenstemming met bedrijfscultuur’ Verkiezingen leden Raad van Advies minimum dagloon als ondergrens. In de cao Handelsvaart is (in artikel 26 lid Vl) Op 11 oktober 2018 zijn benoemd bij opgenomen: coöptatie door de Raad van Advies: Noodzakelijke zorg ‘In overleg met de werkgever kan de Luc Gabriëls, Frank Oudmaijer en Henk Het moet hierbij wel gaan om ‘noodzakelijke’ zeevarende in staat gesteld worden Schrijnder; allen in de categorie Pensioen zorg. Dat betekent enerzijds dat iemand zorgverlof op te nemen. De regeling en uitkeringsgerechtigden. anders de verzorging niet op zich kan nemen. dient in overeenstemming te zijn met de Hun verkiezing vindt plaats op de Daarnaast moet de zorg medisch noodzakelijk bedrijfscultuur.’ jaarvergadering, voor de periode van 2 jaar. en onvermijdelijk zijn. Als bijvoorbeeld Er zijn verder zijn geen andere aftredende uw kind in het ziekenhuis is opgenomen Vrij vertaald staat er: ‘Maak als goede leden volgens het schema van aftreden. om zijn amandelen te laten knippen, dan werkgever en werknemer wederzijds praktisch heeft u geen recht op zorgverlof. Immers, werkbare afspraken over zorgverlof’. Voorstellen indienen de verpleging in het ziekenhuis zorgt voor De werkgever kan niet onbeperkt het risico Het is goed om alvast alle leden te wijzen uw kind. Werknemers zullen in dit soort dragen voor de persoonlijke situatie van op de mogelijkheid om voorstellen in gevallen vaak vakantiedagen opnemen en de werknemers. Maar een werknemer met te dienen. Deze voorstellen dienen het werkgever daar niet mee ‘belasten’. een ernstig ziek familielid kan een gevaar algemene Nederlandse belang van de Voor een zeevarende zal kortdurend vormen op het schip (de werkvloer), omdat vereniging te betre•en. Voorstellen over zorgverlof tijdens zijn vaarschema in de hij/zij met zijn/haar gedachten elders, een speci–eke CAO of een speci–eke rederij praktijk niet zo vaak voorkomen. Want het ongeconcentreerd, opgejaagd, afgemat worden verwezen naar desbetre•ende verlof is bedoeld om enkele dagen rust te of opgefokt is. Omgekeerd, wanneer een ledenvergaderingen. Eventuele voorstellen creëren zodat de werknemer tijd heeft om medewerker in redelijke gelegenheid gesteld dienen uiterlijk 1 mei a.s. per brief of per de zorg door derden te laten uitvoeren. Als wordt om zorg te verlenen aan zijn/haar email door het bestuur te zijn ontvangen zeevarende kun je doorgaans niet even heen dierbaren, zal dat in veel gevallen de inzet, en zullen voorzien van een bestuursadvies en weer reizen om thuiszorg te regelen voor ¢exibiliteit en loyaliteit voor de werkgever ten aan de vergadering worden voorgelegd. bijvoorbeeld je zieke moeder. Daarvoor zul goede komen. Kortom, zowel werkgever als In te sturen naar: mschmidt@nautilusint. je in overleg met je werkgever dus andere werknemer zijn gebaat bij goede onderlinge org maatregelen moeten tre•en. afspraken.

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Anti-piraterij-wet na tien jaar campagne voeren een feit Op 19 maart jongstleden, kort voor het met het dossier piraterij bezighouden. naar de drukker gaan van de Telegraph , Na aˆoop van de stemming was de kwam er prachtig nieuws uit de politiek opluchting en ontlading duidelijk van Den Haag. De Eerste Kamer had namelijk hun gezichten af te lezen. Echter, hoe met grote meerderheid besloten om signi‰cant dan ook, de zege in de Eerste het initiatief wetsvoorstel ‘Wet ter Kamer is niet de laatste te nemen horde. Bescherming Koopvaardij’ van de VVD Er dient nu gewerkt te gaan worden aan en CDA te aanvaarden. Hiermee volgt de gedetailleerde uitwerking van de eindelijk de beloning voor 10 jaar inzet wet in een zgn Algemene Maatregel van op dit dossier dat gekenmerkt werd door Bestuur waarvan het eerste concept niet vele tegenslagen. De stemming werd eerder dan september 2019 kan worden vanaf de publieke tribune gade geslagen verwacht. Het zal derhalve nog wel door een aantal vertegenwoordigers even duren voordat private gewapende uit de sector waaronder Nautilus Raad beveiligers als alternatief voor Vessel van Adviesleden Johan Kooij en Willem Protection Detachments een feit zijn. Kwak en Nautilus voorzitter Marcel van In de volgende editie van de Telegraph den Broek die zich tezamen met Nautilus besteden wij meer aandacht aan dit juriste Mieke den Hollander al jaren actief dossier.

ARBEIDSVOORWAARDEN Uitonderhandeld met Svitzer Euromed Op 14 februari jongstleden bleek voor wie nu in dienst is. Een mager dat Nautilus en FNV Havens aanbod van Svitzer dus. De leden uitonderhandeld waren met Svitzer hebben aangegeven dat zij betaald Euromed inzake het afsluiten van willen worden voor de uren die een nieuwe cao. En werden voor zij werken = 49 uur per week. de tweede helft van maart, na het Zij krijgen echter nog steeds ter perse gaan van dit nummer, 40,5 uur betaald. Vervolgens driekwartsvergaderingen gepland. werd een handreiking gedaan Er zou aan de achterban gevraagd door de bonden: worden of zij bereid zouden zijn een ultimatum te stellen en eventueel Stel als wij die 49 uur loslaten, actie te voeren om de eisen in het dan willen wij afspreken: ultimatum kracht bij te zetten. FNV Havens en Nautilus hadden • Jaarlijkse APC, hiervoor al hun nek uitgestoken in • Herstel 3e WW-jaar, een poging om onderhandelend • Afspraak over inhuur, met Svitzer Euromed tot een gepraat op 15 januari over Mager aanbod Svitzer • 48 vrije uren verlof oplossing te komen voor het een nieuwe CAO werden op Svitzer zegt marktconforme (afspraak uit 2013), probleem dat de werknemers 29 januari en 5 februari 2019 loon- & arbeidsvoorwaarden • Een forse loonsverhoging voor terecht hadden aangekaart, ledenvergaderingen gehouden om te willen. Echter 49 uur betalen het feit dat werknemers in 2014 namelijk: ‘Kunnen werknemers aan een verder mandaat bij de leden te is onbespreekbaar. Svitzer meer zijn gaan werken voor boord weer betaald gaan worden polsen. Immers Svitzer bood niet bood wel een APC (algemene hetzelfde geld. voor alle uren die zij werken? Dus veel meer dan een dode mus! prijscompensatie) tot max ook voor de uren die er sinds 2014 Op 14 februari spraken de 1,75% per jaar. Voorts, naast Svitzer kwam niet verder dan bij gekomen zijn, maar waarvoor ze bonden weer verder met Svitzer. Op de loonsverhoging, een ‘ordegrootte 2%’ per jaar in nooit betaald zijn!’ eigen initiatief hadden de leden, loonsverhoging met een ‘in een driejarige CAO. ter ondersteuning, op deze dag van overleg’ te bepalen ‰nancieel Daarop gaven de bonden Schepen stilgelegd 10.00 uur tot 11.30 uur de schepen target. En CAO-afspraken die de werkgever aan te zijn Nadat er weer met Svitzer was stilgelegd voor werkoverleg. gemaakt worden … gelden alleen uitonderhandeld. nautilusint.org 60 April 2019 April 2019 61 nautilusint.org

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artyn Coleman has had an metal on the docks, then I have been there,’ unusually interesting and he smiles. M varied career in IT support Swapping his commercial role for more over the last 30 years or so, and family-friendly hours, he moved into IT it’s all thanks to… Toys R Us. support for his local sixth form college, and ‘After university – and a very enjoyable 18 when his children were older, he took up a post months travelling the world on working holidays at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – – I joined the Toys R Us graduate programme, which was founded in the late 19th century by where I got my start in IT,’ he explains. MARTYN COLEMAN shipping magnates to develop cures for tropical Unlikely as it sounds, the toy shop chain was MANAGES IT SERVICES diseases contracted by seafarers. LSTM is at the a major stockist of home computers in the early FOR STAFF AND MEMBERS forefront of the work to control and eradicate 1990s. ‘They were really expensive – around ACROSS THE UNION AND diseases like malaria, as well as developing a £1,000,’ Martyn remembers, ‘and generally NAUTILUS WELFARE FUND universal snakebite anti-venom, and Martyn people wanted to buy them to play Minesweeper worked both in Liverpool and at the university’s and Solitaire and maybe produce research centres in Africa. the odd letter. We had to offer a And then he saw a job lot of support because the buyers ‘I looked into the work the advertised at Nautilus Mariners’ were so unfamiliar with how they Park in Wallasey. ‘I looked into worked, but we filled a gap in the Union did and could see at once the work the Union did and market and our store had the best that we would be a good t’ visited Mariners’ Park, and could sales in the country.’ see at once that we would be On the strength of this success – and because he had a good fit,’ he says. ‘The park itself is a lovely, peaceful place to previously done some programming at university – Martyn was work, and I have an amazing commute involving bike, train and transferred to the Toys s head office to provide T support for the ferry across the Mersey. I never get bored with the view of all branches across the UK. the Liverpool waterfront from the ferry.’ round the time of the launch of indows the first easy- Since joining Nautilus in July 2018, Martyn has managed IT to-use home operating system), IT trainers like Martyn were services across the Union and the Nautilus Welfare Fund charity. heavily in demand, and his next move after Toys R Us was to run And one big project he’s keen to publicise is the effort to ensure a computer training centre, teaching small groups of novices membership data supports the work of the Union. how to use their new computers. ‘It is hard to imagine now, but ‘It’s all about making sure we can get in touch with members most hadn’t even held a mouse before,’ he says, ‘and it was very to offer the best possible service,’ he says. ‘We are making big satisfying to help them get the most out of their PCs.’ improvements in ensuring that members receive timely and Over the next decade, Martyn became the IT manager at relevant communications, but we can only do that if we have a chain of 50 car dealerships based in Oxford, and then head up-to-date contact details. If you don’t receive emails from us, of IT at Europe’s largest metal recycling company, based in then please email [email protected] and provide Warrington. ‘The chances are, if you see a huge pile of scrap an address – you are missing out!’

MARTYN COLEMAN GOT HIS START IN IT SUPPORT HIS SKILLS AS AN IT TRAINER HAVE BEEN IN MARTYN LOVES BEING BASED AT NAUTILUS WHEN WORKING IN THE GRADUATE SCHEME AT STRONG DEMAND EVER SINCE THE MID S MARINERS’ PARK BECAUSE HE GOES ON THE THE TOY SHOP CHAIN TOYS R US BOOM IN HOME COMPUTER USE FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY EVERY DAY

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