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WELCOME

General secretary Mark Dickinson considers the need to end scandalously low pay rates in international shipping

INDUSTRY

24 UK shipping industry pours cold water on Brexit ‘ otilla’ plan Union criticises hike in MCA fees Ship sale ends long ordeal of Indian crew Unions call for meeting with minister over RFA pay 26 HEALTH & SAFETY

P&I club tackles problems with ECDIS use ‘Safety culture’ blamed 28 for boxship crash

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NAUTILUS AT WORK 36 Union recovers wages for stranded superyacht crew IMO sticks to low-sulphur fuel deadlines The wartime sacri ces of merchant seafarers are honoured Nautilus joins the debates at biggest-ever ITF Congress WHERE'S MY Union-backed research TELEGRAPH? demonstrates the value of If you have moved recently, your home mentoring 42 copy may still be trying to catch up with you.

WELFARE To let us know your new address, go to www. nautilusint.org and log in as a How to turn warm words about member, or contact our membership seafarer welfare into action department on +44 (0)151 639 8454 or membership@ nautilusint.org Many of today’s cadets will live beyond – but what will their The membership team can also cancel retirement be like? your print copy if you prefer to read the paper on the Telegraph app. INDUSTRY

Research claims robots will not devastate seafarer employment Owners call for radical overhaul of global training standards GENERAL SECRETARY PEOPLE Mark Dickinson MSc (Econ)

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• Nautilus welcomes government’s decision to • Van Oord and Boskalis members consulted on ‘foreign enforce worker exploitation fi ne for Oasis of working’ contract the Seas • Nautilus’s participation in the Maritime Platform IN THIS • New structure for Nautilus subscriptions to be • Nautilus college visits on Urk and in Vlissingen introduced in 2019 MONTH’S • International interest in the Dutch approach to Off shore Wind DUTCH • FNV demonstration in Amsterdam • Negotiations on the transfer of North Sea pilots from PAGES • Agreement reached on Merchant Navy pension Dirkzwager to Redwise p52 • Thyssen Krupp CBA negotiations under pressure • Changes to Nautilus tax service for members • AZVZ insurance likely to take over from Menzis • Advice for Nautilus members working on a foreign contract for Union members • P&O fl eet visit and membership meeting

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Having recently returned from the ITF Congress, Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson explains how the Union’s work with fellow labour organisations around the world beneﬁ ts members…

few weeks ago I was part of the All seafarers are protected by the minimum Nautilus delegation at the 44th standards of the MLC. It is timely that this A Congress of the International month I will be part of the ITF delegation Transport Workers’ Federation. There attending the Joint Maritime Commission were lots of interesting debates and we set the subcommittee on wages of seafarers, looking policy and work programme to guide the work of to agree a real-terms increase in this pay the ITF for the next fi ve years around the theme of fl oor. However, for far too many workers these Building Union Power. You can read all about the minimums become maximums. And while it key decisions that were taken as they relate to our Until the ILO is important that we achieve a decent increase members and our interventions on pages 26-27. minimum under the ILO mechanism, which many other The ITF and its work internationally on behalf agreements are built on, we will never have a of its affi liates is important and assists Nautilus wage is true level playing fi eld and fair pay at sea until in its mission to protect our members, but it can enforced by all seafarers are able to continuously improve sometimes feel a long way from the everyday the terms and conditions of their employment lives of those working at sea. I was not back from a g s t a t e s , through strong trade unionism. the ITF Congress for long before the reality of life some shipping Until the ILO minimum wage is enforced by at sea for too many seafarers was brought home companies will fl ag states, with penalties for non-compliance, to me once again. Our Nautilus/ITF inspector in some shipping companies will continue to pay NW England sent me details of a case he had been continue to their seafarers these shockingly low rates, and working on where seafarers were contracted on pay very low this in turn will make it harder for the decent basic salaries as low as $235 per month. Even with employers out there to compete and engage overtime payments, some of those onboard were rates, making with trade unions to provide decent work for still only earning $500 per month. That’s under it harder seafarers – wherever in the world they come half the consolidated salary recommended in the for decent from. ILO Maritime Labour Convention. For more information on the ILO discussions, Despite not even paying their seafarers a decent employers to please visit the dedicated website fairpayatsea. wage – and forcing them to work very long hours compete org. In the meantime, I and all other Nautilus that compromised the safety of everyone onboard personnel – including our ITF inspectors and – this unscrupulous company then had a list of our lay representatives working to improve deductions coming straight out of the crews’ pay. terms and conditions within their own Many had spent money on expensive satellite companies – will continue to work alongside the telephone cards, simply trying to keep in touch wider ITF family to ensure fair treatment and with their families while they were away. fair pay for all maritime professionals.

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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. IMO should insist on Where was Union’s lead proper investigations on Brexit?

fully agree However, what concerned In May 2015 the mv Purple It is sometimes diffi cult to decide that, in light me in last month’s Telegraph Beach, sailing under the on your principles; even harder I of the recent article was the apparent lack Marshall Islands fl ag, suffered to stick to them come what may. reports into of interest in, or need of, an a major accident onboard Despite this, it is a founding the decomposition of investigation by the Marshall involving ammonium nitrate principle of the trade union ammonium nitrate fertiliser, Islands fl ag state (one of the top fertiliser decomposition, which movement. However, whilst the International Maritime three by tonnage), onboard its resulted in her being abandoned Nautilus may, to all intents and Organisation should reclassify vessels. Despite its large fl eet it and later scrapped. The fl ag state purposes, look like a union, I am it as a Group B hazard to has since 2014 only investigated failed to investigate the accident not sure that it is currently acting reflect the serious risk of a one fatal accident, on the mv or produce a report, leaving its like one. chemical reaction. Moonray in 2016. Why? responsibility to others. Perhaps In the run-up to Brexit I seem to if the fl ag state was forced recall there was no strong opinion legally by IMO into taking of the Union. ‘We’ll be okay,’ it said The View From Muirhead action and produced a report as it, like every other governmental www.thefreakywave.com with recommendations, the department, research body and mv Cheshire accident – again institute, struggled to say with involving nitrate decomposition certainty what would happen if we – two years later in August did walk away from the European 2017 may have been reacted to Union. That the EU has consistently differently. championed workers’ rights and Meanwhile the much improved them over the last 30 smaller Isle of Man fl ag state years was seemingly an irrelevance. was able to investigate and Nautilus was clear, it wouldn’t be provide a report within a year drawn on saying ‘in’ or ‘out’ with of the Cheshire incident. It Brexit, although I recall a hint of is defi nitely time for IMO to ‘out’ within the Telegraph. insist the three major fl ag Brexit then happened states (Panama, Liberia and and amongst the complete the Marshall Islands) properly discombobulation around the resource and investigate country the Union then embarked accidents to save lives at sea. on a campaign to stop the issuing Captain Michael Barrass MNI of CECs. ‘We’re protecting our Marine Risk Management seafarers’ it said, as it spent subs Consultant sending us all a nice little postcard Membership number 167733 to send to our own respective

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6-8_lets dec18_SR checked.indd 6 14/11/2018 15:58 disinterested MPs. Was this a sign that interests of the profession and the industry Follow us Nautilus had a principle and it was going to would be secured by the UK remaining in Tweets of on Twitter stick to its guns on something? the EU’. Finally, Nautilus is always there @nautilusint Well, I can understand if you hoped that for members in a crisis, and our unrivalled the month to be the case, but it was not to be. You see, legal, welfare and professional and Nautilus Intl now they are up in arms because in the ever- technical support has nothing to do with @nautilusint 9 November 2018 more-likely event of a no-deal Brexit, there the divisive national debate over Brexit. It looks like someone didn’t get the message is a possibility that UK CoC holders working that 95% of everything we use and consume on EU vessels won’t have their certificates comes by sea! #DoverCalais @DominicRaab – check out our animation which highlights recognised. ‘This is terrible,’ says the Union, exactly how ‘the EU should offer us all CECs immediately.’ dependent Now, I don’t for one minute wish to we are on the undermine the situation of those UK CoC sea and UK seafarers! holders finding themselves in this position, but the hypocrisy of the Union stinks. Surely, you should have thought about the Dr Jo Stanley consequences of a no-deal Brexit (and Brexit @jostanleysea 4 November 2018 Seafaring more generally) before the referendum in laundresses 2016 and provided more guidance to the Plymouth Hoe in WW1. Catch my membership? Arguably as the body vested paper on them: Nov 9 2018, with our interests, you had a duty to do such MN monument Friday at 4pm. a thing. Thank you for your recent article about London. National Maritime Museum. What we’re seeing now is a farce and for the Plymouth Merchant Navy Monument. Conference: The First World War at Sea: me personally, it undermines the whole Subject to planning permission being Conflict, Culture and Commemoration foundations of the Union. If you can’t granted, the date for the dedication and Professor Julie Hall stick to your principles, or even define, unveiling of the monument has now @julieh8 1 November 2018 your principles in a case which has as big a been set to coincide with the 80th year Wow – a whole wall of trainees magnitude as this, what hope would I have commemoration of the outbreak of the of the year @nautilusint @solentuni @warsashacademy when turning to the Union for help in a crisis? Second World War, namely 3 September 2019. Disgruntled remainer The monument will have a prestigious Nautilus Intl position on Plymouth Hoe, overlooking @nautilusint 1 November 2018 General secretary Mark Dickinson Plymouth Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Inspirerende #Discussie – #WorkBodyLeisure – het leven aan boord kunstzinning belicht: replies: Nautilus has done all you suggest It will be positioned alongside the Naval nautilusint.org/nl we should have done – and much more. I am War Memorial and is shown in the artist’s disappointed that you appear not to have impression on the left. There is still a small seen the repeated Brexit reports and features shortfall of about £20,000 in the appeal that the Telegraph has carried well before which was established in 2015 to find the referendum and ever since, along with £165,000, but we are confident that this the Jobs, Skills & the Future – aka our ‘Jobs can be raised over the next few months. Charter’ which clearly stated the Union’s To donate, please go to: mnmonument.uk Nautilus Intl strategic policy on Brexit, including the Paul G Wright MNM FNI @nautilusint 1 November 2018 need to reduce the number of CECs being Master Mariner Would you like to see #Cabotage restrictions issued by the MCA. The Union is the sum of in your country’s waters? Have a read of the issues in our November #NautilusTelegraph its parts, and it is members who direct our online feature and take this month’s poll on programmes and objectives. The May 2016 Invitation to GCNS the page Telegraph contained an in-depth report on a debate at the Union’s governing body, the WhatsApp group Nautilus Intl @nautilusint 19 October 2018 Council, which considered all the potential A few colleagues that I was a deck cadet Nautilus officials honour #WearRedDay from consequences of Brexit – including the threat with at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies the @ITFglobalunion conference in Singapore to future UK certificate recognition, the from September 1973 onwards have been in possibility of more non-EU/EEA seafarers touch, as the majority of us are retiring or coming in to work in UK waters, and the have just retired. questions over the future application of EU If anyone is interested in getting in directives in such areas as working time, touch, we have set up a What’s App group. health and safety, and paid annual leave. Drop me a mail – [email protected] This meeting unanimously agreed that Charlie Brown ‘whilst Nautilus is politically neutral, the best Membership number 136541 nautilusint.org 6 December 2018 December 2018 7 nautilusint.org

6-8_lets dec18_SR checked.indd 7 14/11/2018 15:58 HAVE YOUR SAY LETTERS Last month we asked: Would you like to see cabotage restrictions in your country’s waters? Poll results are pictured below. Seafarers deserve better than 6% 2 0 unethical health screening N

Allan Graveson’s letter corporate bubble where risk adoption of most of the tests (Telegraph November) about management is solely about imposed by P&I clubs. Indeed, hepatitis screening and balancing premiums and their selective application of treatment raises important pay-outs under an insurance such tests in jurisdictions Yes 74% scientific and ethical issues. contract that seafarers are where employment The examination and not party to. However, it does protection laws are weak or This month we ask: clinical test requirements for not serve the best interests of unenforced suggests that they Do you agree with the International seafarer statutory medical seafarers and it is not in line are aware of this. Chamber of Shipping’s argument examinations have been with good current practice in The clinics that perform that the STCW Convention is in need of radical overhaul? agreed between governments, relation to medical screening enhanced PEMEs in the major Vote now at: www.nautilusint.org shipowners and maritime when it is used with the aim crewing countries are put in an trade unions. The additional of reducing disease risks and invidious position. If they want positive test results, the clinic requirements, such as tests incapacity. the business provided by the may either be seen as liable for hepatitis, imposed by There is a well worked out P&I requirements, they have to or in danger of losing their P&I clubs as part of their scientific basis for deciding conform to club requirements, contract with the club. This so-called enhanced PEMEs which screening tests are even if they are aware of is the price they pay for the (pre-employment medical appropriate to use. This their inherent scientific and additional income generated by examinations) have not. Their relates to the treatability of ethical limitations. They performing enhanced PEMEs. primary aim, inherent in the the condition being screened may be required to reject Seafarers pay an even higher insurance contract between the for, its frequency in the some seafarers based on price in lost job opportunities clubs and the shipowner, is to population being screened and their screening test results; and detected, but untreated, reduce liability for crew claims. the ability of the screening alternatively they may be illness. They deserve better As a consequence of such test used to correctly identify allowed to exercise discretion than this, wherever they come contractual arrangements the those at risk of becoming ill on the action they take if from! clubs may fail to see any ethical or incapacitated. There is no results are positive. But the Dr Tim Carter responsibility for following up publicly available information threat hangs over them that, Professor Emeritus positive findings. This approach based on the science of should a seafarer go down Norwegian Centre for Maritime may seem valid within the screening to support the with an illness related to and Diving Medicine Come and support the historic ship in Edinburgh’s port

Early this year I started volunteering on a Disaster struck when another vessel collided historic ship based in Leith, Edinburgh, and I with the Explorer, resulting in significant, but wanted to bring the vessel to the attention of not structural damage. The insurance payout the wider marine community. allowed the vessel to be towed to an available The FRS Explorer was built by Alexander berth in Leith. Hall & Co in Aberdeen and was launched Work continues focusing on making the in 1955 by Lady Rachel Stuart, the wife of decommissioned, having become outdated vessel weather-tight. However, the saloon has the Secretary of State for Scotland. The FRS and uneconomical. From then until 1995 been almost fully restored, and there is a media Explorer spent 29 years conducting research the vessel was essentially abandoned while room showing the Explorer’s oral history. We for the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. proposals were put forward for her future. have a prospectus showing our vision for the The vessel had a mix of technology: Twice the Explorer had close calls with vessel, a business plan is being developed, and riveted construction but with an aluminum scrapyards; the second time, demolition work we are building our relationships with the port superstructure, propelled by a steam had started when the newly formed charity SS and local community. reciprocating engine with DC auxiliary Explorer Preservation Society purchased her. Visit our website (ssexplorer.org), LinkedIn, systems and DC-AC convertors supplying the The initial years saw the vessel anchored in Facebook or Twitter pages to find out more or laboratories. Later an analogue computer was the Cromarty Firth, making carrying out work arrange a tour. fitted to analyse experiment data onboard. difficult. However, volunteers repaired damage Allan Dickson In 1984 the FRS Explorer was and vandalism from her abandoned years Membership number 183273

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MN WAR DEAD REMEMBERED

Nautilus helps to honour the heroes of NEWS the ‘fourth arm’ – pages 24-25. Industry warns against UK’s plans for Brexit ferry ‘flotilla’

UK government plans to charter in ships But Mr Dickinson said the plans are in 1986: ‘There appears to be little regard to carry vital supplies in the event of a ‘no- unrealistic. ‘Britain struggled to find 50 in the formation of government policy as a deal’ Brexit have been called into question merchant ships to support the task force in whole for the implications, in terms of our by Nautilus International. the Falklands conflict when our fleet was national resilience, of dependence on other General secretary Mark Dickinson said: three times the size it is today,’ he pointed nations for merchant shipping.’ ‘Ministers must be living on another planet out. ‘In the 1991 Gulf War, only eight of the He said the government should, in if they seriously believe they can find a 143 ships chartered by the MoD were British- addition to its short-term Brexit planning, fleet of suitable ships to keep the country flagged, and a National Audit Office inquiry increase the size of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary supplied. found that the UK overpaid by as much as and consider building on the existing ‘The long-term decline of the British £38m on its total charter costs. strategic sealift capability of ro-ro vessels to Merchant Navy and UK maritime skills ‘The government has had decades of establish a core fleet of national flagged and means that we are dangerously reliant warnings about the economic and strategic crewed ships for humanitarian and national upon foreign ships – particularly flags of madness of an island nation relying on security resilience, similar to the US Ready convenience, of dubious quality and usually foreign-flagged and foreign-crewed ships,’ Reserve Force. crewed by poorly-paid seafarers.’ he added. UK Chamber of Shipping chief executive The Cabinet is reported to have discussed ‘There’s also little room for manoeuvre Bob Sanguinetti commented: ‘It is not clear Department for Transport contingency in switching ships to other routes, as how government chartering ships would plans to buy or lease ro-ro ferries to ensure there are severe limitations on the ports really help. I don’t see how government itself the supplies of goods, food and medicines and associated infrastructure capable of can move goods faster or more efficiently if French customs checks cut Dover-Calais handling the intensity of vessel traffic,’ he than the private sector, particularly as those freight volumes by as much as 85%. The pointed out. goods will still need to go through the same plans also propose the diversion of ships to Mr Dickinson noted that the House of customs procedures in ports – which is other ports around the UK. Commons defence committee had warned where the real problem would be.’

Pictured right departing on its delivery voyage from France to Florida last month is the 130,818gt cruiseship Celebrity Edge. Built by the STX France yard at a cost of some US$1bn, the Maltese-flagged vessel can carry up to 2,918 passengers and 1,320 crew. The Celebrity Cruises ship is the first in a series of four and will operate a series of Caribbean cruises before making a scheduled call to the UK port of Southampton in May next year to start a European season.

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Plastic plan: an ‘action plan’ which aims to cut plastic litter from ships has been agreed by the International Maritime Organisation. The initiative will include a review of the availability and adequacy of port reception facilities, improved familiarisation and awareness training for seafarers, and proposals to make it compulsory to report the loss of containers at sea.

Former HAL ship set to go to the breakers Timely savings: ‘just in time’ shipping operations could Pictured above in lay-up in the Greek port of October by UK-based Marella Cruises, part of the cut vessel emissions by as much Piraeus last month is the 33,930gt cruiseship TUI group. This followed a 15-year charter from the as 35%, according to a Port of Marella Spirit. Built in 1983 as the Holland America Louis Group. The vessel is reported to have been Rotterdam study. The research Line vessel Nieuw Amsterdam, the Maltese- sold to cash buyers for breaking up in India. suggests that substantial savings flagged ship was withdrawn from service in Image: Gary Davies/Maritime Photographic in fuel and CO2 emissions could be made if ships were better informed about the availability of berths and could adjust their Union protests over speed accordingly.

Space deaths: the increased MCA fees international ship managers’ association, InterManager, is Nautilus has protested over the Maritime added. ‘We do welcome the decision to stagger offering prizes for seafarers who & Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) decision to the increase in medical examination fees, but come up with the best ideas for introduce significant increases in many of its even then it amounts to an increase of more reducing the risk of accidents in fees for seafarer certification. than 18% this year.’ enclosed spaces. The call came The Union has warned that the additional Mr Dickinson said it was completely only a few days before three costs, which came into effect on 13 November, unacceptable to put forward reductions Filipino seafarers died in a hold could have ‘an extremely damaging impact’ at in charges for Certificates of Equivalent onboard a ship carrying timber off a time when the maritime labour market is still Competency whilst increasing CoC charges the coast of Japan. suffering from pressures such as the offshore – pointing out that it undermines the shared oil industry slump. objectives of discouraging speculative CEC Philippines ‘complies’: In a letter to MCA chief executive Brian applications. authorities in the Philippines say Johnson, general secretary Mark Dickinson In its response to the consultation, the MCA they have submitted evidence to warned that the increased charges conflict with said it appreciated the concerns raised by prove compliance with European the government’s policy objectives of increased Nautilus, but argued that it needs to recover the Maritime Safety Agency standards UK seafarer employment and training. cost of the services it provides to the maritime for recognition of the country’s He pointed out that while a consultation sector and, for a number of reasons, it had not seafarer training and certification document had referred to average increases of been in a position to increase the fees for more programmes. 20%, some of the fees for seafarer certification than a decade. were rising by more than 100%. Many members will find it very difficult to be Terminal upgrade: work Mr Dickinson said the MCA had described charged more for a service which has not met has begun on a £12m year-long the increases as being ‘carefully planned’ expectations in recent times, Mr Dickinson said. project to upgrade the Ocean on the back of the public consultation. ‘I hope that we can be given direct evidence that Cruise Terminal at the UK port of ‘Disappointingly, I struggle to find much the increased charges are being translated into Southampton, to support evidence of a positive response to the concerns investment in staffing and resources to deliver continued expansion in vessel that Nautilus raised during this process,’ he timely and efficient support to seafarers.’ visits and passenger numbers.

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Nautilus is pressing Crown Estate Scotland industry has resulted in thousands of job losses to ensure that moves to maximise the use of in the sector.’ floating wind technology to boost UK offshore Although there is no shortage of suitably wind energy supply also generate jobs for experienced British nationals available for British seafarers. work to support offshore renewable energy General secretary Mark Dickinson wrote to operations, Mr Dickinson said work permit Crown Estate Scotland chief executive Simon waivers given to companies in the sector are Hodge after the organisation published a report undermining employment opportunities for claiming that floating wind turbines could UK seafarers, with reports that migrant workers Former Royal Navy Captain create up to 17,000 new jobs by 2050. employed on the Beatrice offshore windfarm in Andrew Moll, above, has been Mr Dickinson said it is important to set policy Scotland have been paid the equivalent of less appointed as the new head of the commitments and safeguards within floating than £5 an hour whilst working 12-hour days, UK Marine Accident Investigation wind development programmes to ensure that seven days a week, at sea. Branch (MAIB). they deliver the promised employment and Meanwhile, leading offshore energy support Capt Moll, who joined the training benefits for the UK. vessel operator Seacat Services has warned of MAIB in 2005 after 27 years as an ‘The safe development of offshore renewables signs of ‘an overheated market’ for crew transfer officer in the RN, has been the is highly dependent on maritime skills and vessels in the UK. Managing director Ian Baylis interim chief inspector since his expertise,’ he pointed out. ‘Nautilus believes said offshore developers need to provide predecessor, Steve Clinch, retired that there needs to be better strategic direction vessel operators with longer-term certainty. in June. to ensure that these emerging industries ‘We’ve seen what boom and bust looks like in ‘I will build on the MAIB’s are able to offer employment and training offshore oil and gas,’ he added. ‘There’s a real reputation for excellence in opportunities for British seafarers, particularly opportunity to ensure we don’t follow the same accident investigation, by at a time when the downturn in the offshore oil path in offshore wind.’ ensuring that all investigations continue to meet the standards of rigour, objectivity and integrity ROYAL VISIT FOR ADVICE SERVICE for which the Branch is widely acclaimed,’ he said.’ The UK’s Citizens’ Advice service for seafarers has had a royal visit to its recently refurbished and expanded headquarters in Greenwich. Guidance on HRH The Princess Royal – patron of Citizens Advice nationally – attended the Seafarers’ Advice missing crew and Information Line (SAIL) premises to mark the Crew managers and shipowners expansion of the service, which provides free, are being given ‘best practice’ confidential and impartial advice on a wide range advice on dealing with situations of issues, from debt and welfare benefits to Mr Cowley said. ‘Having her support for the work involving missing seafarers. housing and employment problems. we do will make a real difference. She spent time Published by the International Founded by the Seafarers Hospital Society in talking to everyone on the team. She really Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance 1996 in response to the specific needs of seafarers engaged with our staff and showed genuine Network (ISWAN), the guidance and their families, SAIL was expanded to cover the interest in the work we do. covers such issues as managing Royal Navy and Royal Marines in 2016 and has ‘Last year we helped 1,334 seafarers from all relationships onboard and with grown from three members of staff in 1997 to 13 round the UK and raised almost £900,000 on their the families of missing seafarers. today, plus a full-time manager. behalf in benefits, charitable grants and debt It lists recommended procedures SAIL is now funded by the Seafarers Hospital write-offs – that’s an all-time record,’ he added. to follow – including contact Society in partnership with Seafarers UK and ‘We know there’s demand for more and have just details for reporting incidents. Greenwich Hospital, and provides support for expanded the service to meet the need.’ ISWAN executive director seafarers and their families by phone and online. Roger Harris said the guide During her visit, the princess met SAIL manager SAIL phone lines are open Monday to Friday from ‘provides practical steps for those Miles Cowley, pictured, and staff and volunteers 10.00hrs to 16.00hrs. Advice is also available by email, involved in these difficult who provide advice. ‘We were delighted to fax, post and Skype. For more information, visit www. situations’. welcome The Princess Royal to our premises,’ sailine.org.uk or (in the UK) phone 0800 160 1842

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12-13_news_SR checked.indd 12 14/11/2018 16:02 CREW’S ORDEAL ENDED BY SHIP SALE In brief The long saga of the Indian crew of a supply ship which Loneliness study: the was abandoned by its Danish health and safety company owners in a UK port for over Conovah has launched a project to two years has finally ended investigate loneliness at sea and to after months of negotiations provide guidance on dealing with and legal bartering. the problem. The study – which The last four crew from the will run to March 2020 – will Malaviya Twenty returned consider whether changes in ship home to India last month management operations and after their remaining technological developments are outstanding wages were paid having an adverse impact on crew following the sale of the members, and it will pay particular vessel to a Greek shipping well as arranging internet eventually the crew and attention to the expectations and company for just over £1m. access to enable the crew to captain were sent home to demands of younger seafarers. The 2,151gt ship had been keep in touch with home. their families,’ he added. held in the UK port of Great Nautilus/ITF inspector The ship’s master, Captain Stress increase: the TUC has Yarmouth since June 2016 Paul Keenan spent many Nikash Rastogi, said he was expressed concern at new figures after the owners, Chennai- hours negotiating with the delighted the ordeal had showing a dramatic increase in based Great Offshore Ltd, hit owners and banks in an come to an end. He said the work-related stress. The Health & financial difficulties. Revd attempt to sort out a crew had passed their time Safety Executive said 15.4m Peter Paine, from the local settlement. ‘The situation doing routine maintenance working days were lost to work- seafarers’ centre, raised more was so frustrating, with and safety drills and worked related stress, anxiety and than £3,000 to provide fuel disagreements, hurdles and hard to avoid ‘markers for depression in over the past year – and vital supplies for ship, as negative responses, but depression’. up by nearly 3m. TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady commented: ‘Work-related stress Southwester seafarers is a growing epidemic. It’s time employers and the government paid below base rate took it more seriously.’ Fishing standards: the Only a few weeks before the start of top-level of US$614. The cook’s contract gave a base Maritime & Coastguard Agency talks on the international minimum wage rate of US$600, compared with the ILO has announced that it will be for seafarers, Nautilus/ITF inspector Tommy minimum of US$1,000. In total, he recovered implementing and enforcing the Molloy has come to the aid of crew members US$3,723.14 for the seven crew affected. international Working in Fishing being paid below those rates. While the Turkish owners of the vessel Convention on all UK-registered After visiting the Cook Islands-flagged settled the claim quickly, Mr Molloy said the fishing vessels over 24m and all general cargoship Southwester in the port of Cook Islands flag state authorities had sought non-UK vessels visiting UK ports Runcorn, Mr Molloy managed to get the crew to defend the rates being paid. ‘Disgracefully with effect from 1 November. The paid the difference between their actual rates – if not wholly surprisingly – the register’s convention covers such things as and the global minimums, as well as agreeing position seems to be that it can pick and crew accommodation, work new contracts at the correct International choose which sections of the Maritime agreements, wages, medical Labour Organisation (ILO) levels. Labour Convention are to be applied, and that fitness, medical care onboard, The 4,150gt vessel was detained for a week owners can pay the seafarers they engage as and health and safety. in the port after a Maritime & Coastguard little as they can get away with,’ he added. Agency inspection discovered 19 deficiencies Meanwhile, Nautilus is leading calls for Pirates thwarted: crew onboard – including missing master and a significant increase to the ILO minimum members on the UK-flagged officer certificates, inoperative radar and rates to be agreed at the organisation’s joint tanker Stena Imperial managed MF/HF radio, missing charts, defective fire maritime committee meeting. General to prevent a pirate attack in the pumps, and inoperative firedoors. secretary Mark Dickinson said a raise of at Red Sea last month by firing When he inspected the ship, Mr Molloy least US$50 a month is required, as the ILO distress flares at suspect found that ABs were paid a basic rate of rates have not been increased since January gunmen in two skiffs off the US$522, compared with the ILO minimum 2016. coast of Yemen. nautilusint.org 12 December 2018 December 2018 13 nautilusint.org

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In brief Seafarer wages ‘set to P&OF claim: Nautilus has begun negotiations on an above- rise by 1.9% in 2019’ RPI inflation pay claim for members employed by P&O Global crew wages are expected to rise by just Non-wage crew costs are thought likely to Crewing Services (Jersey) and 1.3% this year and 1.9% in 2019, according to a go up by 1.5% in 2018 and by 1.8% in 2019, with P&O Irish Sea (Jersey). The Union new shipping industry report. industry concerns about the impact of labour has called for a review of officer The annual future operating costs survey supply problems dropping from second to third pay scales to aid recruitment and conducted by the accountancy firm Moore place in the list of categories expected to be the retention, and is also urging the Stephens shows new regulatory requirements biggest drivers of higher costs. company to discuss Ensign are forecast to be the more important factors in The survey shows that the industry Retirement Plan options. increasing budgets for owners and operators. considers low-sulphur fuel rules and ballast Overall, the survey shows that companies water management regulations to be the VGG rejection: Members anticipate vessel operating costs will have elements which are now most likely to ramp up serving with Hanson Ship increased by 2.7% during 2018 and will rise by a operators’ costs. Management have accepted a further 3.1% next year. Moore Stephens partner Richard Greiner 2.5% pay offer, which also Feedback from owners and operators suggests commented: ‘These latest predicted increases, includes an increase in training that drydocking, repairs and maintenance whilst a cause for concern, should not unduly rates and an annual cash payment costs are expected to have the most significant surprise or concern shipping, an industry which to assist with wi-fi costs. increases over the next year, followed by has seen – and in many cases endured – much lubricants and spares. larger increases during the past decade.’ Maersk meets: Nautilus representatives have meet CALMAC BOOSTS APPRENTICESHIP NUMBERS Maersk Supply Services management to discuss details of Pictured right is the first intake of Caledonian a proposed 4% pay offer, effective MacBrayne’s trainee port and harbour assistants, with from 1 November 2018. MD Robbie Drummond and Forth Ports chief operating officer Stuart Wallace. Technip views: members The company has joined forces with Forth Ports to serving with Technip Singapore deliver the 15-month port operations modern have been asked to give the Union apprenticeship – the first scheme of its kind in the their views on the contents of the country – to a group of five trainees. 2019 pay and conditions claim by CalMac has now recruited a total of 25 modern 8 December. apprentices during 2018 – including six deck ratings, four engine ratings, and 10 retail ratings. Red Funnel: Nautilus has met Red Funnel management to discuss a claim for an above-RPI CADET ‘CHALLENGE’ STENA TALKS inflation pay increase, improved leave and a review of the British shipping companies may find it hard to recruit the extra Nautilus reps met Stena Line company bonus scheme. cadets promised in return for increases in the government’s management last month for a further Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme, the head of round of negotiations on the 2019 pay Havila deal: Nautilus has the UK Chamber of Shipping told MPs last month. and conditions claim. accepted a 2% pay offer, effective Speaking to the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports The Union is seeking an increase at from 1 August, for officers serving Group, Chamber of Shipping chief executive Bob Sanguinetti least in line with the RPI inflation rate., with Havila Marine Guernsey. The said owners had welcomed the decision to increase the annual but the company says it is unable to Union says it will seek to secure SMarT budget to £30m and as a result of the extra funding afford this. further improvements for ratings. companies are aiming to increase the annual intake of cadets National ferry organiser Micky Smyth from 800 to 1,200 by 2023. said the Union would consider the Bibby rise: following feedback ‘We have got off to a good start and extra spaces have been overall value of an offer that also from members employed by Bibby allocated,’ he told the meeting. ‘However, the pool is finite addesses other elements of the claim, Maritime Crewing Services on and there is a challenge to get the right people, with the right including a bonus or profit share accommodation units, Nautilus qualifications and the right level of commitment to come into scheme, long service award, and higher has accepted a 2% pay offer. the maritime environment.’ recall payments.

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Seatruck meets: Nautilus has met Seaway Manning Services to open negotiations on a claim seeking an above-RPI inflation pay rise for members employed on Seatruck Ferries. The Unionhas also urged the company to join the industry-wide ERP pension scheme and is discussing issues including Cruise boom fuels officer supply fears manning and workloads. As Virgin Voyages last month announced a HR, Tino Hensel, said the industry will need to contract to build a fourth ship for its new fleet, find some 9,000 officers for the ships currently on IoMSP claim: following industry experts raised concerns over the order. ‘You really have to start that now,’ he feedback from members potential problems that the cruise industry will warned. employed by Manx Sea Transport face in finding sufficient officers to operate the MSC Cruises, which has 14 new vessels on on Isle of Man Steam Packet 110-plus new ships due to come into service order, forecasts a need for 75,000 new crew for Company vessels, Nautilus has within the next five to seven years. its fleet alone. Holland America’s director of submitted a claim for an above- Virgin’s decision to order a fourth 110,000gt seagoing workforce management, Eric Visser, RPI inflation pay rise, the vessel – each of which will need more than 1,000 stressed the need for new skillsets, with LNG and introduction of a designated duty crew members – has highlighted the need for polar operations becoming more common. responsibility allowance, cruise companies to recruit as many as 500,000 Simon Frank, V.Group’s director of crew increased leave and a review of new personnel over the next decade. operations, East, said: ‘The key is to be diverse the overtime clause. Carnival Maritime’s vice-president of marine and find unexploited markets.’ Solstad talks: Nautilus has met management to call for an increase to a 1.5% pay offer which has been rejected by members Minister urged to serving on Solstad Farstad vessels. The Union has also raised issues including job security, meet on RFA pay rotation patterns, vessel flag changes and the collective agreement. Nautilus and the RMT are seeking an urgent such as teachers (3.5%), military staff (2.9%) and meeting with defence minister Tobias Ellwood police (2%). Thames rejection: after members of both unions overwhelmingly In a letter to the minister, general secretaries members serving with Thames rejected this year’s RFA pay and conditions offer. Mark Dickinson and Mick Cash expressed Clippers have rejected a 3.8% pay Consultations carried out by the two concern about the offer, pointing out that offer. Nautilus is seeking further unions showed 95% of members opposed to members have endured eight years of pay talks with the company and has the packages tabled by the RFA in October, restraint and RFA salaries have slipped well urged management to and further discussions have been requested. behind inflation rates. consolidate all increases for all Nautilus strategic organiser Lee Moon said the The unions have urged the minister to ranks in a bid to secure Union will convey the deep strength of feeling discuss the pay remit for the RFA and to agreement on the package. amongst members to management. find ways in which the MoD can ‘ensure the Nautilus members had been offered a 1.5% sustainable operation of the RFA’s critically VGG increase: an offer giving rise for all ranks except Captain (X), who would important services’. lump sum payments ranging receive a 1% increase and a one-off Earlier this year, the minister said that the between £600 to £1,500, non-consolidated payment of £406.The RFA government appreciated the professionalism consolidated with effect from said the offer was in line with government pay of RFA staff, and was aiming to ensure that 1 January 2019, has been policy, but Nautilus has pointed out that it falls its ‘reward strategy addresses organisational accepted by members employed well short of some of the increases that have pressures and remains competitive within the by VGG (Singapore) on the BP been proposed for other public sector workers, wider maritime industry’. offshore vessels agreement. nautilusint.org 14 December 2018 December 2018 15 nautilusint.org

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A leading P&I club has warned that there is checklist, a lack of familiarity with the manual goal,’ the Club warns. growing evidence of problems with the set- position-fixing method, a lack of GPS position In a bid to tackle the problems, the club up and use of electronic chart display and cross-checking, a lack of understanding of has joined forces with London Offshore information systems (ECDIS) onboard ships. the safe application of deep-contour, safety- Consultants to produce a guide to the proper The London Club says its inspections have depth, shallow contour and safety contour, management of ECDIS onboard ships. revealed an ‘increasing number of negative and a failure to revise the safety management It stresses the need for companies to ensure findings that are attributable to how the system (SMS) to include ECDIS. that watchkeepers have comprehensive introduction of ECDIS on ships has been ‘The primary function of ECDIS is to training – including type-specific managed’. enhance the safety of navigation, but familiarisation – and that they have ‘a strong Common problems identified include a experience is showing that installation and management-of-change policy at the heart lack of ECDIS content in the watch handover approval alone are not enough to achieve this of SMS’. Mission tackles the language gap MAIB warns The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) is running a series of English courses for on enclosed seafarers in Myanmar in a bid to improve safety at sea. The charity says it space risks is on target to have provided lessons to 400 seafarers by the end of 2018. A renewed warning about the deadly ‘The Mission to Seafarers has risks of enclosed spaces has been issued invested in this service as we following an incident in which a crew understand that the importance of member died onboard a UK-registered communication at sea is ensuring the fishing vessel. highest of safety standards and in The second engineer of the pelagic helping seafarers secure employment,’ trawler Sunbeam was found unconscious said Ben Bailey, director of advocacy in one of the vessel’s refrigerated salt and regional engagement. ‘Mis- water tanks while preparing for refit communication can lead to disaster, work in the port of Fraserburgh in especially during an emergency, which August. is why we have placed such importance Three crew members who went to his in rolling out this project,’ he added. aid became dizzy, confused and short of breath soon after entering the tank and two of them had to be recovered by Double collision after UK ship colleagues wearing breathing apparatus. A safety bulletin issued by the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch dragged anchor in Humber (MAIB) notes that no safety procedures A UK-flagged general cargoship collided with two the ship was dragging. for entering or working in the tanks had other vessels after dragging its anchor in heavy Investigators said the ship was unable to been completed by the second engineer. weather in the Humber estuary earlier this year. manoeuvre in sufficient time to avoid the collision Tests after the accident showed the level The 2,840gt Charles M Willie vessel Celtic Spirit because its engine was not on standby, and class of oxygen at the bottom of the tank to struck its sistership, Celtic Warrior, and the 1,420gt conditions relating to engine readiness while be less than 6%, compared to the normal survey ship Atlantic Explorer after drifting in force 8 operating with only one anchor were not followed level of 20.9%, and the presence of to 9 winds at the Hawke anchorage. All three ships or understood. refrigerant gas was also discovered. sustained shell plate damage, but there were no The report says a lack of company guidance The MAIB said the crew had failed to injuries and no pollution. meant that there was an inconsistent approach to appreciate the levels of risk they were A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch engine readiness onboard sister vessels in the taking, and stresses the need for all work (MAIB) report concludes that Celtic Spirit failed to same fleet. activities to be subject to risk assessment. deploy sufficient anchor cable for the tidal range Charles M Willie has updated its safety ‘Working in enclosed spaces is and environmental conditions, and it had taken management system in response to the accident particularly hazardous, and procedures nine minutes for the watchkeeper – who was fixing and Associated British Ports has undertaken an for entering and working in them should the position at 30-minute intervals – to spot that anchorage review. be robust and understood,’ it adds.

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P&O Ferries has been urged to review the enforcement of its drug and alcohol policy following an investigation into the death of a crew member on a vehicle deck on the 22,152gt ro-ro European Endeavour. A report by the Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) also recommends that the company review its working systems for unaccompanied trailer cargo operations. The seafarer died after being crushed A CCTV image showing the CMA CGM Centaurus hitting the quay in the port of Jebel Ali by a trailer that he was guiding into position onboard the Bahamas-flagged ferry in the port of Dublin last June. Time pressures led to Investigators said the AB was found to have a ‘significant’ blood-alcohol level, above STCW limits, which ‘may boxship port crash have contributed to loss of concentration or impaired judgement’. Nautilus has raised concerns after an contributing to the accident were the The report notes that the cargo investigation into an accident involving a consequence of ‘a focus on completing acts of loading system means the driver of the UK-flagged containership highlighted serious pilotage as quickly as possible’. Port control tractor unit is unable to see the crew shortcomings in safety culture. had ordered the ship to enter the approach member guiding unaccompanied The 131,332gt CMA CGM Centaurus suffered channel before the pilots had embarked, trailers into position and has to rely on structural damage after making heavy leaving limited opportunity for an effective whistles to raise alerts. ‘During this contact with the quay and two shore cranes master-pilot exchange, and the pilot’s first incident the driver did not have sight of in the port of Jebel Ali in May 2017. One of the action on boarding was to order full ahead. the guide and the whistle system was cranes collapsed, resulting in 10 port workers The MAIB said that while no one it not effective, either because no whistle being injured. interviewed said time pressures had was heard or the guide was not in a A UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch influenced their decisions, ‘their actions tell position to blow the whistle,’ it adds. (MAIB) report on the incident points to the a different story’ and it recommends that ‘particularly exasperating’ cultural divide DP World UAE Region removes KPIs ‘that Lessons from fatal between masters and pilots, and also warns of potentially create inappropriate performance the negative safety impact of time targets and bias towards efficiency against safety’. pilot boat capsize bonus payments set by port ‘key performance It also calls for international shipowner, Accident investigators have called for indicators’ (KPIs). maritime pilot and harbour master improved standards to govern pilot Investigators said the 11,388TEU vessel was associations to conduct a joint campaign boats following an incident in which two going too fast when the pilot began a turn into to promote the benefits of effective bridge people died when a launch capsized and a basin at the port. ‘The pilot’s performance resource management procedures during sank after encountering ‘unexpected’ was focused on efficiency, which influenced pilotage. high waves up to 4m as it manoeuvred his decision to turn the ship into the basis Nautilus professional and technical officer to collect a pilot from the tanker Sten without ensuring that the manoeuvre was David Appleton commented: ‘It is quite Nordic in the Gulf of Finland last year. conducted at a sufficiently slow speed to disconcerting to hear that the bridge team The Finnish Safety Investigation enable its safe completion,’ the report states. did not have sufficient knowledge of the Authority found that the L-242 boat The MAIB said the bridge team failed manoeuvring characteristics of their own could lose up to 70% of its stability in to effectively challenge the pilot because ship to be confident in challenging the pilot’s such conditions and it warned of an they ‘lacked the necessary knowledge actions. It is vital that crews are sufficiently absence of clear official standards and experience to be able to confidently trained and experienced so as to enable them covering the various ways in which intervene’. to intervene when necessary – even in the face commercial craft are used. The report says many of the factors of unacceptable commercial pressures.’ nautilusint.org 16 December 2018 December 2018 17 nautilusint.org

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In brief FRANCE

US safety: the US Senate has Shipmaster faces prison unanimously approved new maritime safety legislation sentence for grounding developed in response to the loss of the containership El Faro in A Turkish shipmaster is facing a six month suspended jail sentence and a fine of €20,000, 2015. The new rules address issues prison sentence in France after prosecutors prosecutors said he had failed to heed warnings including ship inspections, safety claimed his ‘gross negligence’ was to blame of adverse conditions when he decided to take equipment, weather forecasts, for the grounding of his vessel off the Brittany the ship to sea in ballast condition. float-free voyage data recorders, coast. He had also failed to make a timely report and a confidential safety reporting Brest Criminal Court heard that Captain Rifat to the shore authorities that the vessel was in programme. Tahmaz had committed a ‘series of errors and difficulty. mistakes’ before the Maltese-flagged general Defence lawyer Stanislas Lequette said Battery progress: Stena Line cargoship TK Bremen ran aground and spilled Capt Tahmaz had been asked to leave port to has reported positive results in the 112 tonnes of oil in December 2011. make way for another ship and had sought first phase of its project to operate Prosecutor Jean-Philippe Recapé said: shelter after being advised by a pilot of the the 29,691gt ferry Stena Jutlandica ‘There was a succession of bad decisions that deteriorating conditions. Urging the court not as a battery hybrid vessel on a should have been avoided by an experienced to make the master a ‘scapegoat’, he said Capt service between Sweden and captain like Captain Tahmaz. His choice to Tahmaz had warned the port that the ship Denmark. In the first month of leave the port of Lorient was a mistake, a real was drifting, but had been ‘abandoned’ by the operation, the use of battery power imprudence, and a fault. He endangered his authorities. amounted to savings equivalent to ship, his crew and of course the environment The judgment has been reserved, and some 500 tonnes of fuel and 1,500 through pollution.’ the court is set to deliver the verdict on tonnes of CO2, it said. Calling for the master to be given a six-month 13 December.

Chinese cruises: the Chinese operator Cosco is moving into cruiseship operations after buying the P&O Cruises ship Oriana. Cosco will take delivery of the vessel next year and has established a joint venture with China Travel Service to run the ship, with V.Ships being appointed to carry out technical management and hotel operations.

Fjord rules: Norway is Biggest fast ferry will run on LNG proposing to introduce new rules The Spanish ferry operator Baleària has ordered into service on routes to Spain’s Balearic islands to reduce emissions and discharges what is claimed to be the largest ever high-speed in summer 2020. from cruiseships in its world catamaran – pictured above – a 125m dual-fuel Powered by four dual-fuel Wartsila 16V31DF heritage fjords. It is consulting on a vessel which will carry up to 1,200 passengers main engines of 8,800kW each, the vessel will plan to prohibit ships from using and 500 cars. have a service speed of 35 knots, and a top speed scrubbers or burning fuel The €90m catamaran is being built at the of more than 40 knots. LNG storage tanks give containing above 0.10% sulphur in Armon Gijón shipyard in Spain and is due to come the ferry a range of 400nm. the West Norwegian fjords. FRANCE Grimaldi orders: the Italian BRITTANY FERRIES BLAMES BREXIT FOR BOOKINGS SLUMP operator Grimaldi has announced a $1.5bn plan to build six ro-ro French operator Brittany Ferries has warned that obstacle to our growth and to the development of vessels for Europe-West Africa lines concerns about Brexit are behind a ‘worrying the regions we serve,’ said chief executive and four ro-paxes for its passenger downward trend’ of advance bookings. Christophe Mathieu. services in the Mediterranean and ‘The uncertainty, instability, and decline in the The company said this summer’s freight volumes the Baltic. confidence of travellers crossing the Channel are an declined by 5% from the previous year.

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Indian boom: India is now the world’s third largest seafarer supply country, the country’s shipping minister has announced. The Indian government says policy measures have increased the number of seafarers from 108,446 in 2013 to PIRACY 154,349 today, and the country now provides 9.35% of the world’s Fresh warnings over seafarers. In a bid to expand numbers further, the government has lifted a ban on opening new Gulf of Guinea risks pre-sea and post-sea institutes.

As 12 seafarers were freed last month after recorded by the IMB in the first nine months GPS alert: US maritime being kidnapped from a Swiss-flagged of 2018. The total compares with 121 for authorities have warned ships merchant ship off Nigeria in September, the the same period last year and includes 107 about the risk of ‘multiple International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy vessels boarded, 32 attempted attacks, 13 instances of significant GPS Reporting Centre issued a new warning about vessels fired upon and four vessels hijacked. interference’ in the eastern the risks of attack in the Gulf of Guinea. The number of crew members held hostage Mediterranean Sea. Reports of Lengthy negotiations between Geneva- increased from 80 in the first nine months of interference, resulting in lost or based Massoel Shipping and the kidnappers 2017 to 112 by the third quarter of 2018. altered GPS signals, have come led to the release of the Filipino, Bosnian, The IMB said the Gulf of Guinea accounted from ships in Port Said, the Suez Croatian, Romanian, Slovenian and for 57 of the 156 reported incidents. While Canal, the Saudi Arabian port of Ukrainian crew from the bulk carrier Glarus, most of these incidents have been reported Jeddah, and near Cyprus. which was seized by pirates on 22 September. in and around Nigeria (41), the Nigerian Navy Nautilus national secretary Holger Schatz has actively responded and dispatched patrol MLC move: the United Arab welcomed the release of the crew. ‘We had boats when incidents have been reported Emirates says it is seeking to ratify been in close contact with Massoel Shipping promptly, it added. the Maritime Labour Convention and the Swiss authorities and urged them There has also been a noticeable increase soon in response to a series of to do everything they could to resolve the in the number of vessels boarded at the seafarer abandonment cases in its issue,’ he said. ‘The company did its best for Takoradi anchorage, in Ghana. water. UAE authorities say that the kidnapped seafarers and also supported The IMB said 37 of the 39 crew kidnappings they have had to deal with 60 the seven crew members who were not for ransom globally have occurred in the abandonment cases involving 300 kidnapped. But it is clear to us that the Gulf of Guinea region, in seven separate seafarers in the last few years. authorities in Nigeria and internationally incidents. A total of 29 crew members were need to intensify their efforts to ensure the kidnapped in four separate incidents off Ferry switch: after 30 years of safety of seafarers on ships in the region.’ Nigeria and the IMB advises that all waters cross-Channel service, the French The attack on the Glarus was one of 156 off Nigeria are deemed ‘risky’ and crews freight ferry Nord Pas-de-Calais has incidents of piracy and armed robbery should remain vigilant in the area. been sold to Cyprus-based Vanessa Shipping and switched to the UNITED STATES Cyprus flag. The 13,727gt vessel has been renamed Al Andalus Express OPERATOR FINED $3.2M FOR ‘MAGIC PIPE’ and is now operating between A German shipping company has been fined Prosecutors said the intentional discharges Spain and Morocco. US$3.2m after being found guilty of obstructing from the 27,674dwt vessel had occurred over a justice and maintaining false records to conceal nine-month period. The company had been Asbestos fine: Dutch firm deliberate pollution from one of its ships. convicted in 2016 of falsifying an oil record book Damen Ship Repair has been fined The US Department of Justice said the to cover up deliberate oily waste discharges by a French court and ordered to Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Marguerita, from another of its ships – including discharges the pay legal expenses of 12 former operated by Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und into the Great Lakes. workers who fear they may have Transport GmbH (MST), had discharged oily bilge MST was additionally sentenced to four years been exposed to asbestos while waste through a ‘magic pipe’ bypass. of probation. working on an Algerian LNG carrier. nautilusint.org 18 December 2018 December 2018 19 nautilusint.org

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Indian Empress saga nears the end as court moves to pay owed wages

Nautilus legal experts are concluding the money by the former owner, multi-millionaire importance of the Maritime Labour final stages of the long battle to secure unpaid Vijay Mallya. Convention’s financial security amendments, wages for crew members from the superyacht Nautilus strategic organiser Danny which meant that the P&I club Skuld paid up Indian Empress, which was abandoned by its McGowan said the Union has been collating to four months’ wages owed to crew members owner over a year ago. members’ claims and other details to ensure earlier this year. Had those provisions not The 95m yacht was arrested in Malta in that the sums due are paid to them. been there, the members would not have March this year, and following the judicial Head of legal services Charles Boyle said he received this money at that stage, so the value sale of the vessel to the company Sea Beauty was pleased to see the progress being made to of the MLC is very clear.’ Yachting for €35m in September, the court has resolve the long-running case. ‘It has been a Nautilus also helped to recover unpaid been completing the procedures to paying complicated process, which was not helped by wages for the crew of another vessel owned by all the creditors – including suppliers, service the first sale falling through. Vijay Mallya, the 50m Force India, which had providers and financiers – who were owed ‘However, it has demonstrated the been abandoned in the UK Royal Mail ship set to become a private yacht

The former Royal Mail Ship St Helena has arrived back in the UK and could become a private yacht, according to press reports. The 6,767gt vessel – which provided a lifeline service to the South Atlantic island between 1990 and February this year – is pictured arriving in Portland following a short-lived spell as a counter-piracy support ship under the name MNG Tahiti. Now flying the St Kitts & Nevis flag, the ship has been re-named St Helena and sold to a Jersey-registered firm, St Helena LLP. The maritime newspaper TradeWinds reports that the new owner of the ship is connected to the Formula 1 racing industry and plans to send it for a two-year conversion into a private yacht. Image: Paul Dallaway Court rules on detained yacht FATAL COLLISION PROBED

A superyacht which was stranded in the Arab kingdom has no right to uphold a Authorities in the United States are investigating a fatal United Arab Emirates after being caught freezing order enforced by a UK court, collision involving a superyacht and a fishing charter boat. up in a bitter divorce battle has been and that the vessel belongs to Mr One man died and two others were injured when the 100m freed to sail by a court in Dubai. Akhmedov. Attessa IV collided with the 19m fishing charter boat Prowler The 115m yacht Luna was arrested in Some legal experts suggest the ruling off the southern California coast. Port Rashid as part of a disputed £453m will not end the dispute, as not all the A US Coast Guard helicopter and two boats rescued 17 settlement of divorce proceedings legal channels in Dubai have yet been people from the damaged fishing boat and a further 10 between the Russian owner, oil and gas exhausted. passengers were transferred to Attessa IV, which then took tycoon Farkhad Akhmedov, and his ex- Nautilus intervened in the case earlier them to San Diego. spouse, Tatiana Akhmedov. this year after members onboard the The causes of the collision are now the subject of an But Dubai’s Sharia Court ruled last Luna had their passports seized by local investigation which is expected to take around six months to month that a commercial court in the authorities in Dubai. complete.

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20_superyachts_SR checked.indd 20 14/11/2018 16:13 WELFARE WORDS INTO ACTION Much has been made recently of the need to improve seafarers’ mental and physical health. Now it’s time to actually do something about it, a conference heard last month...

some of the pressures of their job, Ms Honebon warned that shipping companies could waste resources by spending much more on treatment than on prevention. Mike Bradshaw, global head of HSEQ at V.Ships, said his company had launched several initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of crews. These include the development of nutrition plans for ships and the carriage of debrillators onboard vessels. The company’s Project Embark has also created an app for its pool of 44,000 seafarers, which will enable 24/7 access to a special helpline. ‘Accidents are often due to decision-making under stress – the wrong decision at the wrong time – and it is important to provide support to anyone who is feeling anxious or unwell,’ Mr Bradshaw added. With widespread industry concern about suicide rates amongst seafarers, Mr Bradshaw said V.Ships is seeking to foster increased cohesion between crews. ‘The focus is very much on the eafarer wellbeing has Working at than it used to be, there are still ‘awful social fabric on ships and creating a bond risen up the agenda at sea comes reports on a daily basis’ of accidents and between crew with things like internet with particular S shipping industry pressures that incidents involving seafarers. cafes, games and team-building,’ he conferences and are just starting Solent University researcher Sarah added. to be understood meetings over the past couple of years. image: Danny Honebon told the meeting about studies Scorpio Ship Management marine But how can all the talk be turned into Cornelissen showing some of the key issues that director Captain Ashley Cooper said his action that will make a di erence? a ect the motivation and morale of company also has a broad set of policies That was the question addressed by a seafarers – including management to support wellbeing and teamwork. ‘The panel of experts at a meeting organised styles, the attitudes of senior ocers, focus is on trying to get the crew to sit by the Marshall Islands ship registry in work and leave patterns, and time and down and talk amongst themselves, and London last month which heard concerns workload pressures. share any problems,’ he added. about both the physical and mental While the technical skills of seafarers Sailors’ Society deputy CEO Sandra health of crew members. are highly rated, she suggested that Welch said the industry needs to ensure The meeting heard evidence showing greater emphasis should be placed on that it has a ‘full circle of welfare that there has been a signicant increase non-technical skills. ‘Leading people provision’ t for the 21st century. ‘You of incidents involving personal injury and onboard has changed signicantly,’ she need to be ahead of the game and illness onboard – and a particularly added, ‘and the way in which people are understand what is coming up,’ she marked spike in heart attacks. managed has e ects upon stress, morale stressed. ‘Modern seafarers need more Stuart Edmonston, loss prevention and wellbeing.’ than technical abilities – they need the director at the UK P&I Club, said that While seafarers are being presented emotional skills to be able to deal with a while shipping has become a lot safer with ‘coping strategies’ to deal with very demanding role.’

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21_Welfare_SR checked.indd 21 14/11/2018 16:14 HEALTH & SAFETY SIGNS OF CONFUSION Lessons learned from the Costa Concordia disaster have helped to shape new rules governing emergency signs on merchant ships. ANDREW LININGTON reports…

ext month will see changes to the N International Maritime Organisation’s SOLAS Convention that clarify and harmonise the requirements for escape route signs and equipment location markings – bringing them into line with International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) criteria. Signs – especially on ships – are all around us, and their shape, colour and symbols are determined through a science known as semiotics. This seeks to ‘Despite the crew being responsible routes and equipment ensure that signs are immediately The new for assisting the passengers to their inappropriately marked with signs IMO signage recognisable and unambiguously requirements assigned assembly/embarkation based on graphical symbols understood by the person on the have been stations, language difficulties intended for use on fire control developed receiving end. in response between the various nationalities plans, which may not be easily Semiotics influence every to the Costa onboard resulted in a chaotic, understood when used as signs,’ Concordia aspect of safety signage – from disaster disorganised abandonment,’ the the working group noted. why warning signs are yellow, Image: paper added. ‘The recently boarded ‘The current inconsistencies in safety signs green, prohibition Thinkstock passengers, having spent only a the regulations could result in signs red and mandatory signs limited time on the ship, lacked a confusion over the proper blue to what shape a fire escape thorough familiarity with its layout direction of escape travel in an marker should be. and the established escape routes, emergency, hindering the safe However, a paper submitted to resulting in a prolonged evacuation.’ escape of passengers,’ it warned. the IMO by the United States and In response to the paper, the The review found that the the ISO called for revision of the adequacy of shipboard safety signs existing SOLAS rules fail to set rules for signage indicating the and markings was reviewed by an clear standards for marking or location and arrangement of IMO working group on passengership signs to embarkation stations, and escape routes to the assembly safety established after the Costa give no guidance on the means of stations, as well as markings for Concordia accident. illumination or type and the locations of fire protection This concluded that the current arrangement of escape route and equipment and life-saving SOLAS standards ‘have become equipment marking signs. appliances. scattered and inconsistent’, with The new rules will come into ‘The loss of the Costa Concordia ambiguous regulations leading to force on 1 January 2019, and will illustrated the compelling need to shipyards and shipowners frequently apply to all ships built after that ensure consistent and effective following different approaches to date. They will also require signs and markings to facilitate the escape route signs and equipment existing vessels to update signage rapid evacuation of passengers in markings. when they undergo repairs or an emergency,’ it warned. ‘It is not unusual to find escape modifications.

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autilus has welcomed a decision by a crucial N International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meeting to reject industry pressure for a ‘go slow’ implementation of the global 0.5% cap on the sulphur content of marine fuel. Delegates attending the Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee turned down a proposal for an ‘experience- building’ phase to assess fuel availability and safeguard against fuel-quality problems. The shipowner groups BIMCO, Intercargo and Intertanko, together with the Marshall Islands, Liberia, Panama, the Bahamas and the United States, had tabled the plan to avoid ‘unduly penalising individual ships’ for non-compliance when Pictured above is the world’s 8,070gt ship is being deployed transhipment operations, the new limits come into effect in largest LNG bunker supply in the Baltic region to undertake Kairos has an LNG capacity of January 2020. vessel, the Cyprus-flagged LNG fuelling of ships including 7,500 cu m. The vessel has While the meeting agreed to stick Kairos, which was delivered to ferries, containerships, cruise several other unique features, to the deadline, delegates adopted Babcock Schulte Energy (BSE) vessels and shore-based gas including a ballast-free design a proposal to consider any evidence last month. consumers. and installation of a CNG tank of non-availability of low-sulphur Built at Hyundai Mipo Capable of performing both to store vapour return gas fuel or problems with fuel quality in Dockyard in South Korea, the ship-to-ship bunkering and from customer vessels. May next year. To tackle quality issues, the committee is issuing ‘best practice’ SHIPOWNER GROUPS FAIL guidelines to assist crew, operators and owners with technical challenges that might arise. TO DELAY CLEANER FUEL The committee also upheld the plan to ban the carriage of non- Union lauds IMO environment committee’s decision to stick compliant fuels by ships without to implementation timetable for 0.5% sulphur cap... an approved scrubber or another alternative arrangement after 1 effective implementation of the cap in order consideration by the IMO. Further proposals will March 2020. to provide a level playing field. The proposed also be developed for the subsequent phases of Shipowner groups generally “experience-building phase” would have only the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI). welcomed the agreements, although muddied the waters and created uncertainty Seafarer representatives voiced opposition to Intercargo said it remained for fuel oil suppliers, therefore exacerbating proposals to limit shaft power in order to meet concerned about safety issues. It potential availability issues. EEDI requirements, but to allow for sufficient also stressed the need for consistent The IMO said the 0.50% sulphur cap will reserve power to be used in emergencies. ‘This and uniform enforcement of deliver benefits for the environment and is a good idea in principle but hidden in the the rules by port state control human health, pointing to research into SOx detail of the paper was a proposal to amend the authorities. emissions from ships which estimated that regulation 21.5 of Marpol Annex VI, which is the Nautilus professional and failure to change would result in more than only mandatory regulatory requirement that technical officer David Appleton 570,000 additional premature deaths worldwide addresses minimum power required for safe commented: ‘This is a welcome between 2020-2025. navigation,’ Mr Appleton explained. ‘Nautilus outcome and the only sensible The meeting also discussed further proposals is fully supportive of measures to reduce the decision that the committee could for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from environmental impact of shipping; however, have taken. Responsible shipowners ships – with the concept of mandatory speed such measures must be based on sound are calling for certainty and caps or speed reductions set to receive detailed evidence and not jeopardise safety.’

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23_Fuel_SR checked.indd 23 14/11/2018 16:18 COMMUNITY Forever Sturdy boots rope calloused hands, home knit ganzies, reek of baccy, walnut faces gnarled by adversity. Seafarers, at ease with each other, at ease with the sea, no fear of confl ict, no fear of defeat, these are Britain’s hardy sons, salt in their blood, modesty second nature, true descendants of Britannia, who offered their lives, that we may stay free. Nautilus general secretary Mark We shall remember them Dickinson at the Tower Hill MN Memorial … forever. Image: Andrew Wiard Roger Cliffe-Thompson HONOURING SEAFARERS' SACRIFICES More than 45,000 British merchant seafarers died in the two world wars and other confl icts. Nautilus offi cials and members commemorated their courage last month...

autilus members and as part of the traditional National Captain David Johnstone offi cials took part in Service of Remembrance. prepares to lay N the UK national The Union was represented at a wreath on behalf of the MN Remembrance Day the Westminster Abbey service by at the Cenotaph events, paying tribute to the members Captain Allan in London many thousands of merchant MacLachlan, Captain Christopher seafarers who lost their lives in Williams, and Deputy Captain armed confl icts. Andrew Foote, and Nautilus General secretary Mark professional and technical offi cer Dickinson laid a wreath at the David Appleton. Merchant Navy war memorial in Nautilus member and Swire Tower Hill, London, while Pacifi c chief engineer Christopher Nautilus member and Maersk Watson was the Merchant Navy shipmaster Captain David representative in the procession Johnstone laid the wreath on to the Tomb of the Unknown behalf of the MN at the Cenotaph Warrior.

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24-25_remembrance_SR checked.indd 24 14/11/2018 16:39 Officers from Princess Cruises and Holland America Line volunteered to represent the Merchant Navy at this year’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Pictured with cadets from Warsash Maritime Academy who also took part in the event are: Captain Craig Street; chief engineer Robin Ranson; first officer Eilidh Barry; first officer Martel Fursdon; and senior nurse Kaye Lyons An informal service was held for the final time at the Merchant Navy memorial MN veterans were well represented in the Remembrance events in Kingston on the Barbican, Plymouth, upon Hull Image: Keith Thompson led by MN Association Hon Chaplain Peter Sweeting and addressed by MNA chairman Baz Gregory. Swire Pacific chief officer Young and old of Hull Mark Hart is pictured laying a wreath to remember seafarers who lost their lives in conflict. Next year join in remembrance it is hoped that the service will take place at a new Three days of Remembrance events poppies at the altar, and after Merchant Navy Monument took place last month in the port of the service they served stew and on Plymouth Hoe Kingston upon Hull, which is notable dumplings and home-made cakes to Cadets from Fleetwood Nautical Campus are for having numerous Merchant Navy the veterans. pictured marching through veterans of the Falklands conflict. On Sunday 11 November – the town to represent On Friday 9 November, there was Armistice Day – there was a the Merchant Navy in its Remembrance ceremony. a Festival of Remembrance at the Remembrance service at the Hull Pictured at the Westminster Hull City Hall, at which the Hull Task Cenotaph followed by a parade. Later Abbey service of Force Merchant Navy standard was in the day, veterans were invited to thanksgiving are Maersk on parade. the Hull ice arena for a service before shipmaster Captain Christopher Williams and The next day, there was a service the ice hockey match featuring the cadet training officer Emma at St John the Baptist Church (known Hull Pirates. Louise Howarth as the Fishermen’s Church). Local Nautilus member Keith Thompson, Three wreaths of remembrance were laid at children gave a presentation about who was involved in organising Nautilus Mariners’ Park in the First World War trawlermen of some of the events, said it had been the annual ceremony at Hull who served on trawler mine a wonderful Remembrance weekend the Merseyside residential and care facility for sweepers. The children then laid enjoyed by all the veterans. former seafarers and their dependants. Pictured after the event are former Shell catering officer Rob Keith and his wife The forgotten service? Kathleen, along with artist Faith Bebbington, who I have just watched the Cenotaph volunteers’ – 15,000 dead in the first worked with residents to ceremony at Whitehall on TV, for the conflict and 37,000 in the second, with create a special wreath to commemorate those who second time just to make sure… but did a 27% fatality rate, second only return home from war my eyes deceive me? I believe to Bomber Command. ‘broken not only in body but mind’. A second traditional We have a ‘Red Duster’ flying at the Winston Churchill stated: ‘The only red poppy wreath was laid Cenotaph itself, alongside the Army, thing that ever really frightened me by the longest-serving staff Navy and Air Force flags, but was the during the war was the U-boat peril. member at Mariners’ Park, Karen Jones, on behalf of all Merchant Navy wreath really laid by a I was even more anxious about this those working at the estate MN Captain in the last group of battle than I had been about the Nautilus member Captain participants? Behind the military, glorious air fight called the Battle of Frank Le Messurier is a Merchant Navy veteran of politicians and representatives from Britain.’ the Second World War. other Commonwealth countries? What happened to the ‘Fourth Now in his 90s, he was Some may think I am being petty. Service’? Maybe some are right and proud to represent the ‘fourth service’ at the I do not! we should really be renamed the Remembrance ceremony at The UK, in both world wars, would ‘Forgotten Service’. the war memorial in St Peter Port, Guernsey. have succumbed and starved to death Russell Coombs Image: Guernsey Press had it not been for these ‘unarmed Membership number 162392 nautilusint.org 24 December 2018 December 2018 25 nautilusint.org

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This year’s ITF Congress was the biggest ever, with some 2,000 participants Image: ITF TRANSPORT UNIONS STAND TOGETHER Nautilus International wins renewed support for seafarers at 44th ITF Congress...

he International Transport on automation, fl ags of convenience, national The conference backed a motion tabled Workers’ Federation (ITF) is fl ags, the Maritime Labour Convention, and by the Seafarers’ Union of Croatia raising T one of the world’s biggest seafarer welfare.’ concerns over conditions onboard many trade union groupings – with a The seafarers’ section conference endorsed vessels operating in the Mediterranean, and membership made up of almost 700 unions the Congress theme document on automation, also agreed a motion voicing opposition to representing more than 19m workers in some which was developed with extensive input employer attacks on working conditions in the 150 countries around the world. from Nautilus and sets out strategies for tug and towage sectors. The ITF Congress aims to provide a unions to respond to the challenges presented An emergency motion on the loss of collective voice for those workers and to set by technological developments. Norwegian jobs was passed, highlighting the agenda for the transport industry for the A motion calling for unions to help ease concerns over the threat by Color Line to fl ag next fi ve years. crew travel to and from their ships by out two ferries from national register, with the This year’s Congress – the ITF’s 44th and the promoting the global adoption of the ILO potential loss of 700 Norwegian jobs. biggest in its history – took place in Singapore, Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention Motions tackling the issues of unfair and Nautilus offi cials played an active role in was backed by Nautilus. competition from certain national fl ags, proceedings. The Union also supported another motion cabotage and bilateral arrangements were all Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson on the development of a strategy for the withdrawn in favour of a Nautilus-brokered – who was elected as vice-chair of the ITF’s further improvement of the Maritime Labour proposal calling for a comprehensive review seafarers’ section – said: ‘This was a busy Convention, including moves to secure of the ITF’s ‘Mexico City’ policy on minimum eight-day event, which included much of great a statutory limit on the tour of duty that conditions on merchant ships, which was relevance to our members, including policies employers can require a seafarer to work. adopted in 2010

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Nick Bramley (left) with Steve Cotton Image: Danny McGowan ITF distinguished service award for retiring official The Union’s international officer Nick and dedicated service – including more Bramley was presented with the than 14 years representing the interests International Transport Workers’ of Swiss seafarers, and inland Federation Gold Badge for distinguished navigation boatmen and river workers. service. Nautilus general secretary Mark Mr Bramley, who has just retired Dickinson said Mr Bramley had richly Nautilus strategic organiser Danny McGowan Image: ITF from Nautilus, was presented with the deserved the recognition for his deep award by ITF general secretary Steve commitment to the safety and welfare Nautilus backed a motion they love – because they are Cotton in recognition of his outstanding of inland waterway workers. at the ITF Congress calling from the LGBT+ community,’ for more work to promote he pointed out. diversity across workplaces Mr McGowan said that Congress votes to support worldwide. many unions already The motion, which urges organise LGBT+ workers – Union’s river cruise work the ITF to promote LGBT+ including Nautilus, which rights with other global has been attending the Pride Delegates at the ITF Congress Lack of effective regulations and union federations – was march in London for the backed a motion tabled by Nautilus failure to police the existing rules approved to a standing last three years. ‘Since that calling for further action to properly leads to widespread ovation. Speaking in support, time, we have seen more and improve the working conditions of exploitation and such problems as Nautilus International more members joining us workers in Europe’s booming river long hours of overtime not being strategic organiser Danny to celebrate this event, and cruise industry. compensated, Mr Schatz added. McGowan told the meeting: we have seen LGBT+ workers Speaking in support of the However, there are encouraging ‘Every day, millions of activating and becoming motion, Nautilus Switzerland signs – with work by the unions people go to work unable part of our union structures,’ branch national secretary Holger leading to increased membership, to express who they are. he noted. Schatz said river cruise tourism has media attention and action by That can be through fear of Mr McGowan said the expanded rapidly over the past five authorities in the Netherlands and misunderstanding, fear of motion presented a ‘unique years and future growth is Germany. prejudice, or fear of hatred opportunity’ to develop such forecast. Calling for the ITF to renew its and even violence – all of work on an international There are now around 15,000 support for the union campaign, this from employers, or basis, both within the ITF and workers in the ‘unregulated cross- Mr Schatz added: ‘Slowly but surely colleagues, or even the amongst other global union border’ industry, he said, and many there are clear signs that we can customers and passengers federations too. ‘We are not of them come from low-cost labour succeed in the upcoming years and who use our transport a movement of denying countries, resulting in social force the companies to negotiate services. people their rights, in fact dumping that also affects other on a national and international ‘And why do these we are a movement fighting sectors in the inland navigation level, signing agreements that will transport workers have to for decent conditions for industry, such as container improve the working conditions confront such fears? Well, working people around the shipping and tankers. significantly.’ simply it's because of who world,’ he added. nautilusint.org 26 December 2018 December 2018 27 nautilusint.org

26-27_itf congress_SR checked.indd 27 14/11/2018 16:44 TECHNOLOGY Rolls-Royce Image:

DON’T PANIC

There has been much speculation will increase the need for highly same time the number of “crew” skilled remote-operators on on shore in supporting functions about the future role of seafarers shore, pilots of a new kind and will increase, possibly in the brave new world of riding gangs to keep high-tech significantly,’ the report says. ships operational. ‘This leaves valuable time to autonomous shipping. But a new The report paints a particularly adapt training patterns and re- study suggests there’s no need for positive picture for officers, train experienced seafarers with claiming that they have ‘no digital competencies,’ it adds. alarm. GARY CROSSING reports… reason to worry about job However, the researchers raised security’. It contends that the a number of important ‘human oes automation threaten your job? predicted growth in the world element’ questions for the Earlier this year, a Nautilus merchant fleet over the next 10 industry to answer, noting how D Federation survey found that 84% of years will continue the trend of a the traditional roles of personnel maritime professionals believe that growing gap between officer onboard and ashore will need to it does. However, a new report questions whether demand and supply – with a be redefined. seafarers should be worried. forecast deficit of 147,500 officers Owners and operators will need The research was produced by the Hamburg by 2025, despite improved to determine what work needs to School of Business Administration for the recruitment and training levels be done onboard and what work International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) with the and reductions in officer wastage can be done remotely, identify aim of seeking to ‘separate fact from fiction’. rates over the past five years. which jobs will then become The report – Seafarers and Digital Disruption So, while the digitalisation of available and which qualifications – examines the potential effects of the increased ships may mean that the number will be needed. autonomy of ships, the digitisation and of crew onboard a vessel falls, the ‘They will have to redefine digitalisation of vessel systems, and the digital increase in the world fleet will roles, communicate, train and re- transformation of ship operations. mean the need for officers will train their employees,’ the study Its key finding is that even if as many as 3,000 remain about the same. ‘At the says. ‘They will also have to autonomous or semi-autonomous ships are introduced by 2025, there will be ‘no shortage of jobs for seafarers in the foreseeable future’. Rather, it argues, those jobs may alter. For ‘There is time to adapt training while the increase in autonomous shipping may patterns and re-train experienced possibly reduce global demand for seafarers by between 30,000 and 50,000, at the same time it seafarers with digital competencies’

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28-29_Autogc_SR checked.indd 28 14/11/2018 16:48 carefully compare the Noting the potential for commercial viability of minimum safe manning levels to technically disruptive projects.’ be affected by automation, the The industry also needs to report reassures that ‘any determine how staff can be adaptation of manning levels Image: Rolls-Royce Image: trained to obtain new skills and would be carefully filtered how existing skills can be passed through international bodies and on to a new generation in future – closely monitored by a variety of with a big question about whether stakeholders. Work and rest hours compulsory sea time will remain would continue to be ruled by relevant. MLC, 2006, national legislation Thought must also be given to and collective bargaining the repercussions for industrial agreements’. relations and collective The researchers also reflected bargaining agreements, the on the concerns of seafarers from researchers warned. Decisions developing countries, who may may have to be made on whether onboard, and the constitution of find it difficult to get work ashore pay scales and pay logic need to the crew’. Research in their home countries should commissioned by be redefined. The whole concept of ‘manning’ the International their jobs disappear with The report says the legal is challenged by automation, the Chamber of automation. Shipping predicts repercussions of autonomous report notes, and there are that shore- The report says many ratings shipping also need careful significant consequences for the based centres join the maritime industry will increasingly consideration. ‘Regulators need to responsibilities of a master and take over routine ‘following in the footsteps of their define equivalency between the way that ships are regulated operations parents and grandparents, and human-driven action and and insured. of ships are therefore concerned that this machine-driven action.’ it says. Researchers also highlighted career path may not become ‘Particular thought needs to be the need for attention to be paid available for their offspring in the given to essential notions like the to the future physical and mental future. “seafarer” if borders between welfare of seafarers. ‘There are ‘It is extremely important to shore-driven and board-driven concerns that as the number of reassure them that there will still vessels blur.’ people onboard a vessel Model tests be work available onboard which The report cites the 2018 decreases, their functions are of the Yara their future family members can Birkeland, investigation by the Comité taken by machines and the which is set apply for,’ it adds, ‘but they need International Maritime (CMI) into physical demands decrease, to be the to be mindful that the type of world’s first the current regulatory mental demands will increase. autonomous, work available may differ from environment for unmanned This will result in less social zero-emissions that which they do today.’ shortsea cargo autonomous ships. The CMI asks interaction between those vessel and is In conclusion, the report says several fundamental questions remaining, leading to issues like due to come that ‘digital transformation will into service about ‘what constitutes a ship, the loneliness and potentially early in 2020 be a seamless process rather than possibility of a master who is not depression,’ the report warns. a disruptive one’, and that there will not be a lack of work for seafarers in the foreseeable future – with considerable additional jobs ashore and significant training needs. ICS secretary general Guy Platten commented: ‘Encouragingly, the study indicates that there will be no shortage of jobs for seafarers, especially officers, in the next two decades. While the size of crews may evolve in response to technological changes onboard, there may also be considerable additional jobs ashore which require seafaring experience.’ nautilusint.org 28 December 2018 December 2018 29 nautilusint.org

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KEEPING SPIRITS UP AT SEA Nautilus has helped to develop a free training package to help seafarers cope with the mental health and wellbeing challenges of shipboard life. SANDRA SPEARES heard at the October launch event why this is considered so important…

ttitudes to mental and maintaining good than they would be likely to find on health have come a relationships. It also offers guidance land’. A long way in recent on sources of support, such as the The director of the video in the years, and seafarers’ 24/7 multilingual helpline and chat package, Keith Purkis, said the welfare has been pushed up the service at www.seafarerhelp.org programme did something that had agenda – but more needs to be done, and the port-based seafarers’ not been done before: giving experts have cautioned. centres run by maritime welfare seafarers a voice and the The warning came at the charities such as the Mission to opportunity to discuss mental International Shipowning & Seafarers and Apostleship of the health issues and how to cope with Shipmanagement Summit in Sea. being at sea. London as KVH Videotel launched At the launch event, KVH senior ‘Seafarers tend to know how its new training package Seafarers’ vice president Mark Woodhead said tough their lot is; they don’t Mental Health and Wellbeing, the subject of mental health was necessarily need to be reminded of which has been produced in close to his heart because of a it,’ he pointed out. What was collaboration with a number of personal childhood experience. The important with this project, he industry organisations, including initiative had attracted strong stressed, was that seafarers were Nautilus. support from throughout the actually talking to seafarers. Available free of charge, the industry, he added, and reflected the So why is this topic being package includes a short video, fact that ‘seafarers face unique discussed now? Caitlin Vaughan of facilitator notes and information working conditions which can put the International Seafarers’ Welfare booklets, and gives advice on such them under tremendous stress, Assistance Network (ISWAN) said things as rest, diet, team activities, with fewer opportunities for relief there is a lot more discussion in

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30-31_Vidment_SR checked.indd 30 14/11/2018 16:50 wider society about mental health scope could be expanded to One of the interviewees for the issues. As a result, ISWAN started incorporate mental health, along film was a cadet who talked about looking at the issues more closely, with bullying and harassment. his experience off-camera. His honing its 24-hour hotline services Ms Vaughan confirmed that initial seagoing experience had for seafarers experiencing mental ISWAN has been dealing with an been on a training ship, but then he health issues and updating the increase in ‘emotional support calls’. found himself on a chemical tanker advice it gives out. These particularly came from cadets with a crew that were a different Colin Payne, who recently retired who were unprepared for life at sea nationality. Mr Purkis explained as HR director of Swire Pacific or found that it was not what they that the cadet had found the reality Offshore, said P&I clubs have expected. of seafaring life to be a shock, and produced evidence to show the cost Mr Payne added that there was a he had relied on his external of accidents and incidents arising danger of turning seafarers into community through his social from mental health problems. He victims, when they were not. They media connections, keeping in also highlighted the impact of do work in a tough environment, he touch with classmates who got him changes in crewing policies, with agreed, and there is a lot more that through the experience. seafarers now serving on ships could be done including measuring Mr Sjöstrand said a happy ship is with up to 20 different resilience, coaching and preparing one where the basics have been got nationalities, meaning the ‘little the person to thrive in the right, including salaries being paid village’ onboard has gone. His environment. It would be easy, he on time, good food, decent cabins, company had tried to stop having suggested, to engage with colleges and a gym as well as the internet. ‘the United Nations’ on every ship, in this respect. That said, a crew member could to try and get the community spirit have all those things, but with KVH senior vice going again. president Mark colleagues or a captain not behaving Mats Sjöstrand, a chief officer at Woodhead properly, or showing poor K.Line, said one approach might be leadership, the crew member would to ensure that if there were mixed be depressed anyway. crews, one nationality was not in an The overall message from the overwhelming majority. Another launch event remains that talking is issue to be considered is that suicide key to solving the problem. rates among men have generally The KVH Videotel training package For further information, and to obtain increased a great deal. Men are not Seafarers' Health so good at expressing their feelings and Wellbeing Seafarers’ Mental Health and was launched at Wellbeing, visit www.videotel.com/ and are more prone to experience a London event in problems, he noted. ‘The macho October seafarerwellbeing culture is still there in a way.’ Charles Boyle, director of Nautilus legal services, said there are statistics which suggest seafarers suffer higher than average suicide rates. The Union had supported research which showed the impact of issues such as fatigue, social isolation, not being paid on time, and family problems. Crew members will now often spend more time on the internet than socialising onboard with colleagues, he added. Mr Boyle explained that while the Maritime Labour Convention contains a fair amount of content relating to seafarers’ physical health and wellbeing, mental health issues were not covered at present. The Convention is due to be further amended, he pointed out, and its nautilusint.org 30 December 2018 December 2018 31 nautilusint.org

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nautilusint.org 32 December 2018 INDUSTRY THE VALUE OF CONSISTENCY A research project is assessing the beneﬁ ts of crewing policies that keep the same team together across multiple voyages. SANDRA SPEARES heard the initial results…

dopting stable manning strategies A could make ships safer and more effi cient, a conference of leading ship owners and managers was told last month. Delegates at the fi fth annual International Shipowning & Shipmanagement Summit heard preliminary fi ndings of Solent University research to examine the potential benefi ts and challenges of implementing more consistent crewing policies. The study is comparing the impact of implementing back-to- back schedules for the four most senior offi cers with the more ‘fl uid’ system of assignments to different ships and sailing with different crews on each trip. Project leader Dr Kate Pike said is being used. Benefi ts seem to The optimum time for a crew to stay crewing costs are the largest single outweigh challenges, however. Does it make together is about two to three years, a diff erence operating cost – representing The study has included a if your the research suggests, but onboard about 50% of the total – and proper questionnaire which was completed colleagues culture needs to be considered change each crewing strategies are therefore by more than 100 respondents and time you join as part of that timeframe, which essential. There is at present little extended by interviews and two case a vessel? could result in it being extended or information available about the studies. Feedback shed light on such reduced. benefi ts of keeping shipboard factors as safety, effi ciency and best There were also shorter handover teams together, but there is an practice in crewing policies. times as people got to know each opportunity to learn from other As well as delivering fi nancial other, and better retention – industries, such as aviation. benefi ts, the stable strategy could although there might be challenges The Solent University research prove advantageous in other ways. if a team member went sick, has considered the external factors Dr Pike said the survey indicated for example. There was greater infl uencing manning systems, that crews took on ‘ownership’ of collaboration and team spirit and such as international or national the vessel if they were returning improved abilities to respond in legislation. It has also addressed to it and wanted to leave it in a diffi cult circumstances. the role of elements such as good condition, with resulting The downside to stable teams labour sources, crew nationality maintenance and safety benefi ts. was the potential for complacency and vessel trading patterns. There was also a potential increase to creep in, Dr Pike said, and the Signifi cant changes in fl eet size in personal accountability, as right questions need to be asked make it diffi cult to have a regular respondents said they wanted to to monitor the strategy given the stable team, Dr Pike noted, so instil a better safety culture onboard. length of different voyages. Actual companies use manning pools Companies with stable teams said costs were diffi cult to quantify, to get around this. There is also a these fostered a greater sense of the researcher added, and her potential impact on promotion responsibility, with implied safety team would like to work with an opportunities within a company and maintenance benefi ts linked to individual company to produce more when a strict stable team system the time the team stayed together. detailed conclusions.

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PAY IT FORWARD

Mentoring schemes allow experienced seafarers to share ‘It’s very defi nitely not there to train, their wisdom, and could be a way to encourage colleagues but to give support, education and advice,’ he stressed. ‘It’s very important to remain in the industry. ANDREW LININGTON reports... – particularly for those cadets who may How can the shipping follows on from the university’s be at a loss when they fi rst go to sea and industry ensure that Gender, Empowerment and fi nd themselves on a foreign ship with H skills and knowledge Multicultural Crews project, which not many British people to talk to.’ are passed on to the identifi ed the importance of Dr Pike said the Solent University next generation of seafarers – and, mentoring in supporting cadets at researchers surveyed more than 320 in turn, prevent their expertise the early stages of their career. seafarers, employers and managers, as being lost to the maritime sector The HCMM was a pioneer of the well as carrying out 20 detailed when they decide to come ashore? mentoring concept, and its interviews. ‘The responses have shown New initiatives which aim to professional development The Solent a generally vague understanding of answer these critical questions consultant Captain Geoff Cowap University team what mentoring actually is,’ she noted, responsible for were discussed last month at a said its scheme has developed the mentoring ‘and the concept means different seminar in London organised by rapidly in recent years, with more research project: things to different people.’ L-R Dr Kate Pike, the Honourable Company of than 250 cadets now being Sue Harland and The researchers have sought to Master Mariners (HCMM). supported by around 150 mentors. Sarah Honebon produce a clear defi nition of mentoring: Dr Kate Pike, from Solent ‘One person who invests time, energy University, told the meeting about and professional know-how in assisting a research project – conducted with the growth of another person’. support from Nautilus and the ITF The project has identifi ed the need Seafarers' Trust – which aims to for such practices, with particular develop a ‘best practice’ guide for concerns over leadership and mentoring. management skills. The study was initiated in Dr Pike said the research has response to a motion tabled by the identifi ed some excellent mentoring Nautilus Young Maritime schemes in the industry – and the Professionals Forum and also benefi ts include improved occupational

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34-35_mentors_SR checked.indd 34 14/11/2018 16:51 health and safety and higher vulnerable,’ he pointed out. ‘If we attractive by providing a more holistic retention rates. get this right at cadet level, the view,’ she pointed out. ‘There are so Researcher Sue Harland said life benefi ts will cascade down as they many valuable skills that seafarers pick onboard has changed signifi cantly become chief mates and chief up, and we don’t want them to be lost to since she fi rst went to sea as a cadet engineers.’ the industry. Some seafarers fi nd it in the 1980s. ‘The traditional The seminar also considered relatively easy to adjust to life ashore, method was understudying the ways in which seafarers can be but for many it is very challenging and next rank up, but now you are encouraged to remain within the there is currently no upskilling advice expected to have learned maritime sector when they decide and guidance for those seeking to move everything at college and no to work ashore. Maritime Skills ashore. experiential knowledge is being Alliance chair Bill Walworth said ‘The Marine Society has a strong passed on,’ she explained. the government’s Maritime focus on lifelong learning, and we want Fellow researcher Sarah Growth Study had highlighted the to work to support seafarers so they can Honebon added that mentoring need for the sector to ensure that it not only fi nd work ashore but also that would help to give seafarers the has the right number of people it companies get the skills they want,’ she ‘soft skills’ to manage and cope requires for the future. added. ‘This will require a more with the cultural changes that Follow-up work is being carried structured approach, with coaching, have affected crew members as a out on a strategy to inspire young mentoring and work experience so that result of technological people to embark on maritime seafarers will be better placed and developments, fl agging out and careers, and a one-stop-shop portal qualifi ed before coming ashore.’ multinational crewing. will be developed to provide Whitehorse Maritime director Paul Captain Maneesh Varma, information about the diverse Shepherd said he had found the training and accreditation range of opportunities the sector support of the HCCM vital when he set development manager with the offers. ‘A lot of people out at sea up his consultancy fi rm, and he Nautical Institute, said mentoring have no idea just how valuable appreciated the diffi culties that is important at a time when the their skills are and how they are seafarers faced when looking to make

Image: iStock/Surasaki Image: industry faces challenges caused transferable to roles ashore,’ Mr the change. In a practical response to by language barriers, short Walworth pointed out. such challenges, the fi rst phase of the contracts and reduced social Carla Rockson, head of seafarer Coming Ashore project will seek to interaction onboard. education at the Marine Society, provide direct support to a pilot group V.Group cadet training offi cer said industry organisations of seafarers considering maritime- Lee Clarke said he hoped including Nautilus, Maritime related work in the City of London. mentoring could address some of London and Trinity House are ‘It’s a waste of talent having someone the mental health issues affecting working on a new initiative – in the wrong place,’ he pointed out. ‘It’s seafarers. ‘Issues like depression, Coming Ashore – to help seafarers better to keep maritime skills in the suicide and isolation are make the transition to shore-based maritime industry, and it’s better to becoming more prevalent jobs. have an array of options before you onboard and cadets are most ‘We can make careers at sea more rather than relying on random Left to right: meetings or chance connections.’ Maritime Skills Merchant Navy Training Board Alliance chairman Bill Walworth; director Kathryn Neilson said some Peter Aylott, of shipping companies are leading the the Honourable Company of way in developing alternative Master Mariners; employment packages that enable Marine Society head of education them to retain valued and experienced Carla Rockson; seafarers. and Whitehorse Maritime director And Nautilus professional and Paul Shepherd technical offi cer David Appleton said Left to right: he welcomed the drive to create a more Peter Aylott, of structured approach to maritime the Honourable Company of careers. ‘In an ideal world, you would Master Mariners; have all this information available to Nautical Institute training and you at the recruitment stage,’ he told accreditation the meeting. ‘When I became a cadet, I development manager Captain had none of that information about Maneesh Varma; the opportunities that seafarer and V.Group cadet training offi cer Lee training opens up and no idea on how Clarke to plan a career.’ nautilusint.org 34 December 2018 December 2018 35 nautilusint.org

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choices, it’s worth noting that even in this tough industry, with life expectancy LIFE-STAGES OF figures traditionally lower than the national average, we have seen big increases as a result of improvements in THE SEAFARER working conditions and healthier lifestyles. The UK’s shipping industry is a very Most children born in rich countries today can important growth sector which is expect to live for more than 100 years. What predicted to double by 2030. It contributes around £40bn to the does this mean for today’s maritime cadets, asks UK economy, supports nearly a million JEMIMA FITZMORRIS of pension provider Ensign… employees and is responsible for moving 95% of the UK’s global trade. fascinating book, The In the maritime industry, the The industry is keen to promote 100 Year Life – Living concept of staying at sea all your careers for young men and women, A and Working in an working life is already being and has been successful in recruiting Age of Longevity, rejected by young entrants. 17- and 18-year-olds into seafaring came out last year. It tells us that the Research into maritime ‘career roles and apprenticeships. majority of children born in the UK mapping’ shows that less than a today can expect to become quarter of new seafarers intend to centenarians, and many will be remain at sea until retirement, How do we educate our working well into their 70s and 80s. and more than a third anticipate young cadets to save for their The authors, Lynda Gratton and coming ashore within 15 years of Andrew Scott, explain how the starting out. This is a transient multi-stage life ahead of them? concept of a three-stage life – study- workforce, often seasonal, and a Should SMarT funding only work-retire – is a thing of the past. life at sea – with all the difficulties Instead, we should embrace the idea that may bring – means that career be allowed if it supports of a multi-stage life, with career changes and re-training for careers investment into a cadet’s breaks, re-training and phased ashore are becoming the norm. retirement becoming the norm. And when it comes to retirement future retirement savings?

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36-37_Ensign_SR checked.indd 36 14/11/2018 16:57 This year the government announced an (compound interest, of course). increase in funding for the SMarT fund But this maritime pension from £15m to £30m, with the scheme can only succeed if the introduction of a new SMarT Plus option employers in the industry are aimed at increasing cadet intakes from prepared to support it. Even if they 750 to 1,200 a year. want to, cadets or employees cannot But what does the predicted increase join the scheme without their in longevity mean for those starting out employer being a member. in their maritime career today? What Good pension provision in the choices will they need to make to adapt maritime sector should be an to this longer life? And financially how essential part of an employee’s will they be able to support themselves benefit package. With more ‘basic’ and their families living to 100? needs such as connectivity at sea With a proposal for the minimum age and better working conditions on for UK pensions auto-enrolment to the whole being improved or met reduce to 18, for many the ‘traditional’ across the sector, good pension retirement may be 50 or even 60 years provision should become a off. It’s unlikely to be on the agenda for In 2015 Ensign was launched – a differentiator, helping to attract and an 18-year-old cadet, but it absolutely Jemima bespoke Master Trust set up retain the best employees the world FitzMorris of should be if that young person expects a pension provider exclusively by the maritime has to offer. 96% of maritime decent standard of living throughout Ensign industry, for the maritime industry. employees interviewed in Ensign’s their life. The Plan is portable, allowing research study stated ‘good pension An International Longevity Centre members to move from job to job, or provision’ was an essential factor in report says that some 20% of earnings career-to-career, whilst taking their choosing their employers. But not need to be saved each year to achieve the savings with them, and its flexible all employers understand its same income in retirement that current retirement options allow for phased significance. retirees receive. We know that average retirement through income For those cadets joining the contribution rates in today’s pension drawdown. Some of the lowest industry today, the journey ahead schemes are nowhere near this level, and member charges around also mean seems a long and exciting one. But if engagement with pensions is low. that more of the member and we are truly to support these cadets All of this can result in people being employer contributions are invested; and all our maritime employees, the lulled into a false sense of security. They these low charges can make a big sector needs to step up and share don’t know it, but with forecasts of low difference to the size of retirement ownership of the challenges posed investment returns and interest rates, pots over the lifetime of the Plan by the ‘100-year life’. and sluggish economic and wage growth, young people today are facing monumental savings challenges to OLDEST AGE at which 50% of babies born in 2007 are predicted to still be alive ensure a decent retirement income. So how do we educate our young US Age 104 cadets to save for their multi-stage life ahead of them? Should schools extol the UK Age 103 virtues of compound interest in maths lessons? Should SMarT funding only be Japan Age 107 allowed if it supports investment into a cadet’s future retirement savings? Italy Age 104 The financial backing for recruitment into our maritime sector is commendable. However, once we have Germany Age 102 these youngsters onboard, who is looking after them throughout their life? France Age 104 Who should be responsible for ensuring they are saving in adequate amounts Canada Age 104 and giving them the life skills necessary Years to take responsibility for their career and post work life? Their employers, the Source: Human Mortality Database, University of California, Berkeley (USA) and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany). Available at www.mortality.org government, or the pension providers? nautilusint.org 36 December 2018 December 2018 37 nautilusint.org

36-37_Ensign_SR checked.indd 37 14/11/2018 16:57 EDUCATION AND TRAINING A FRESH LOOK AT ETO EXPERTISE As shipboard technology continues to advance, it’s time to consider what we want from tomorrow’s electro-technical officers, writes CLIVE EVANS…

rom the start of the 20th century until its F close, radio officers (ROs) were present onboard most ships, and back in the 1960s they would work two- hour shifts between 0800hrs to 2200hrs each day to spread a manual listening watch for distress, safety and communications. When possible, they also did some maintenance to radio and navigational equipment: mainly radio transmitters, radio receivers, auto alarms, public address systems, radar, VHF (if fitted) and communications to/from the UK via Portishead radio using an Area System. Between 1965 and 1999 various alternative systems were tried. Radio watches were reduced from eight hours per day to four hours watchkeeping and four hours maintenance. Morse Code gave way to telex, DSC and finally Above, left GMDSS and satellite and right: maintenance certificates and communications. The RO became ETOs carry instrumentation, data logging, etc, out such a the electronics officer, and wide variety added to the electronics officer’s sometimes the ship’s secretary of work these armoury. days that a preparing port papers as well as review of their Several shipping companies tried communications duties. training is various job descriptions for the ETO: required But gradually the RO became basically a shipboard technician who history. The electronics officer’s could maintain radio, radar, job evolved year-on-year, from navigation equipment, and electrical fault location down to component equipment in the engineroom and level (1970-1980), to fault location around the ship. to printed board level (1980-2000) In a drive to get more out of the ETO, – and the electro-technical officer it was a requirement that they also (ETO) was born, with marine took a fourth engineer’s ticket to be electronics certificates, radar able to go ‘on the box’ as a duty

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38-39_ETOs_SR checked.indd 38 15/11/2018 12:53 engineer and carry out electrical/ electronic maintenance around the Could you help to ship. This was counter-productive, as it was effectively two jobs in one. There is shape the next enough electrical/electronic work generation of ETOs? onboard ship without having to carry out a fourth engineer’s duties! As we look to the future, I am interested in getting Nautilus (and its predecessor unions some feedback from serving ETOs and ETO cadets NUMAST and MNAOA) spent almost 25 about current training and employment. Please contact years working to secure formal me, via the Telegraph ([email protected]), recognition of the ETO role through with your thoughts on these questions: approved training and certification • D o you think that the ETO Foundation Degree is fit standards. From developing the for purpose? Foundation Degree in the UK to getting • W hat would you like to see in updated ETO agreement to amend and update the Foundation Degree courses? Clive Evans served as a radio officer with International Maritime Organisation’s Marconi Marine and Kelvin Hughes before • W hat is your current job role onboard your ship? It STCW Convention, as well as offering moving to Shell International Shipping, seems there are big differences in ETO job Slater Fund support for ETOs studying where he spent 34 years as an ETO. As well descriptions on different types of ships and by as serving as vice chair of the Nautilus for their certification, the Union has Professional & Technical Forum, he has different shipping companies. led the way in getting the industry to written two handbooks for ETOs. • W hat communications equipment is on your current embrace the ETO concept. ship? The job continues to evolve, although control (PLC units) on engineroom • D oes your company provide update courses on poor training and loss of expertise has systems. The need for laptop units to current equipment – such as satcom maintenance. been sadly endemic throughout recent programme newer technology units. DCS systems courses, radar update courses, ECDIS years. The shipowners’ answer to lack I expect that with the new maintenance courses, auto pilots or VDR courses? of onboard expertise was to use shore- generation of ships now being built, • W hat are the most common faults you have repaired side maintenance contracts, which are bristling with new for communications/bridge gear? particularly with regard to GMDSS technology, a new generation of ETO • W hat are the most common faults you have repaired equipment. This may now come full may be required. Many ships cannot in the engineroom? circle. It may now be more economical run without electrical power systems, • W hat spares for maintenance, apart from lamps and to employ better trained ETOs onboard, UPS and back-up systems. fuses, does your ship carry? with better manuals, better spares and A lot of new thinking is required • H ave you got, or do you carry, computer equipment better technical back-up. There is a and ships of the future may even to interrogate and fault-find on equipment onboard shortage of shoreside technicians, so it need more than one ETO. Passenger your ship? is becoming important to recruit, train ships and RFA vessels already • H ow often have you called in shoreside technicians? and retain ETOs. recognise this, but other vessels such • H ave you got enough tools to do your job? Technology which was experimented as reefers, cargo vessels, tankers and • H ow many ETOs are on your ship? with in the late 1960s and 70s is now a gas carriers may need to learn the • W hat is the fallback position if current satellites fail reality on new ships. Examples include hard way. for whatever reason? the maritime version of the black box used by aircraft – the VDR – which is now becoming compulsory on new ships and as a retrofit item on older ships. More satellite technology, with Satcom A being phased out, Satcom B being replaced by F77, GMDSS telex phased out and replaced by a second Satcom C unit. Updated Integrated bridge control systems. New generation DGPS units. The internet and satellite television – not just for passenger ships. Automatic Identification Systems), CCTV systems for security and anti-piracy precautions. Better gas detection, tank gauging, custody transfer systems. Distributed control systems. The introduction of computer nautilusint.org 38 December 2018 December 2018 39 nautilusint.org

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TRAINING'S COMING HOME The UK government is being urged to back proposals The project team propose that the ship’s regular crew would be supplemented by to build a specialist merchant ship that would deliver 50% maritime trainees, cadets and apprentices from the UK and dependent disaster aid and provide a platform for training territories. They would gain ship new seafarers. ANDREW LININGTON went to handling, navigation, boat work and pilotage experience, as well as hands-on Westminster to hear more about the scheme… engineering training with propulsion, electrical and live plant systems. n ambitious plan for a public donations to achieve its aims. Every 10 trainees that the ship carries purpose-built UK merchant ‘Our objective is to have a vessel to will free up training berths on a A ship – or ships – that would deliver humanitarian aid, with a disaster minimum of five commercial ships, Capt deliver humanitarian aid relief capability, that will operate 365 Slade pointed out, and the ship will also and disaster relief as well as providing days a year and provide vital seatime and provide opportunities for training non- vital seafarer training berths has been experience for Merchant Navy trainees maritime industrial apprentices within presented to politicians. and apprentices,’ Capt Slade told the the aid and disaster relief teams. Details of the Britannia Maritime Aid meeting. The project proposes that the specially- scheme were revealed at a packed ‘We believe we can deliver designed ship – which would be meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary humanitarian aid and disaster relief in a permanently stationed in the Caribbean – Maritime & Ports Group last month by far more cost-effective way than at should be built in a UK yard and managed Merchant Navy Training Board chairman present,’ he added. and crewed by a UK-based company. Captain Kevin Slade. Capt Slade said training is a core The vessel would be able to provide fast The concept – which is backed by element of the Britannia Maritime Aid and direct emergency response to islands Nautilus – has been put together by a project. ‘The introduction of SMarT Plus and coastal countries following disasters group of maritime professionals and and the focus on apprentices will result such as hurricanes and floods, as well as training experts. Due to be formally in a severe shortage of UK sea training supporting long-term aid, development launched in the new year, Britannia berths,’ he pointed out. ‘We cannot and infrastructure projects and delivering Maritime Aid will be a registered charity expect to grow officer numbers by the skills training to local communities. that will seek government and industry promised 50% with the berths available It would have a minimum speed of 16 support, sponsorship, crowd funding and at present.’ knots, and a range to travel anywhere in

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40-41_Brit_SR checked.indd 40 14/11/2018 16:59 the Caribbean from Barbados or Antigua – and could stay on station for 21 days unsupported. The ship would be able to carry at least 5,000 tonnes of cargo, including containers, emergency equipment and vehicles. It would have the ability to deliver and offl oad to areas with no infrastructure or limited berths, using a quarter ramp, Mexifl otes and landing vessels, and helicopters. Fitted with a dynamic positioning and a dock and ro-ro capability, the vessel would also carry an autonomous submersible The team behind Britannia Maritime Aid suggest the UK unit for survey and research work. aid and training ship could be modelled on the National In addition, there would be Security Multi-Mission Vessel being developed in the United States to train up to 600 cadets at a time while onboard hospital and emergency also supporting federal relief and response eff orts facilities, as well as classrooms, a simulator suite and workshops. suggests that the ship could carry out The project team acknowledge The ship's multi-role capabilities oceanographic and environmental research the ‘tremendous’ work done by could include support for certain and support, as well as providing a platform the Royal Fleet Auxiliary security commitments and back- for UK trade missions with conference and following recent hurricanes in up in any emergency situation or demonstration facilities. the Caribbean. However, confl ict zone, with the ability to Capt Slade said the project would Britannia Maritime Aid notes act as a regional command and contribute to all six themes set by the that there appears to be an control centre and support vessel government’s Maritime 2050 policy increase in both the frequency for UK naval services in remote package: trade, technology, the and severity of natural disasters, areas. environment, infrastructure, people, and and having a dedicated relief Capt Slade said other countries – security and resilience. The ship could be vessel would ease the pressure on including the US, the Netherlands put into place within current Department the limited resources that the RN and New Zealand – provide good for International Development spending and RFA can provide. examples of ships which can and with no impact on the defence ‘In these circumstances, it undertake such roles. The budget. would be prudent to pre-plan the Britannia Maritime Aid vessel Britannia Maritime Aid will create a UK’s provision, whilst recognising could be delivered by 2024, he signifi cant number of jobs, both ashore and the potential this offers for added, and a suitably converted afl oat, he added, and it will also serve as ‘a investment in our maritime skills existing vessel – such as RFA Argus visible commitment to the confi dence and base,’ it adds. ‘Transferring or HMS Albion – could be used in continuation of British shipbuilding’, to contingency relief from MoD the interim. follow on from the construction of RRS Sir assets to a non-military vessel Britannia Maritime Aid also David Attenborough. will signifi cantly free up the former.’ The multi-role New Capt Slade said Britannia Zealand Navy vessel Canterbury was Maritime Aid would help to developed from the ‘strengthen resilience and design of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company response to crises’ and provide a ferry Ben my Chree focus for the UK maritime industry. ‘It would be an innovative use of essential and fi nite funds, increasing the effectiveness of the UK’s disaster relief work whilst also increasing the supply of British seafarers to our wider economic and social benefi t.’ nautilusint.org 40 December 2018 December 2018 41 nautilusint.org

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SAILING AWAY An unusual and distinguished maritime career is coming to an end with the retirement of Captain Barbara Campbell of the Jubilee Sailing Trust. ANDREW LININGTON heard about the highlights of her four decades at sea…

lmost 43 years to the day a Younger Brother of Trinity House in since she joined her fi rst 2005 in recognition of her knowledge and A vessel in London’s Royal expertise in square rig sailing and sail Albert Docks – the P&O training. But not everyone knows she was refrigerated cargoship Tekoa – Nautilus a trailblazer from the start, beginning her member Captain Barbara Campbell career as one of P&O’s fi rst three female completed her fi nal voyage as a master cadets in 1975. last month. ‘I had done a lot of dinghy sailing as Capt Campbell’s achievements have a child and really fancied going to sea,’ been lauded numerous times – notably she recalls. ‘The Royal Navy didn’t have with the presentation of the Nautilus women at sea then, but I heard that some Victoria Drummond Award in 2015, merchant shipping companies were receiving the Merchant Navy Medal in taking on women, and I applied and was 2007, and by being invited to become accepted by P&O.’

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42-43_Barbara campbell_SR checked.indd 42 14/11/2018 17:01 Although women at sea were relatively Working on the JST vessels Lord Nelson sometimes at speeds in excess of 13 knots rare at that time, Capt Campbell says she and Tenacious has been a marvellous – and Lord Nelson was a great workhorse, suffered relatively little sexist treatment. experience, she says. ‘The vessels aim to ploughing through 60-knot winds and ‘I have never really thought of myself as a integrate people with disabilities into the everything.’ pioneer – although I sometimes look back crew and are built to enable them to join That voyage also reinforced her love and think, crikey, we really were,’ she adds. in as much as they can. On every voyage, of the sea. ‘When you sail across an open ‘It must have been a shock for the up to half the people onboard will have ocean and don’t see any land or any other guys on the ships when the fi rst women physical disabilities, but everyone joins ships for day after day, averaging 5 or 6 arrived, but I can only remember one or in. They get to do all sorts of things – knots, you realise just how big the world two occasions when there was a captain steering the ship, helping to set the sails, is.’ or chief offi cer who didn’t like women at Capt Campbell clocked up some sea, and I got a lot of support when I was a 25,700nm in the various legs of Lord cadet and a junior offi cer. Nelson’s circumnavigation that she ‘When I was at college, I never thought I 'I learned from every participated in. ‘I sometimes wish that would become a captain, and I’m not sure I had calculated how many miles I have that other people thought that we would ship I sailed on, but sailed in total,’ she adds, ‘but when you progress through the ranks,’ Capt Campbell the Jubilee Sailing look back you see all the highlights within says. ‘I thought I could do more, but the the highlights.’ perception was that women would not stay Trust has really been There was one last highlight before at sea or be able to give men orders.’ something special' she signed off, however. Lord Nelson and By the time she fi nished her cadetship, Tenacious spent a week racing each other P&O’s cargo fl eet was rapidly contracting around the UK in the fi rst ‘Battle of the – so she started off as a third offi cer in the Barques’ for three years. ‘It was such fun,’ cruise fl eet. She served on cruiseships for she refl ects, ‘and it really brought home the next seven years, gaining her master’s to me just what our ships do.’ It was also certifi cate in 1986 before moving to P&O rather good to fi nish as the winning ship, Scottish Ferries at the end of 1987 to serve she adds. on the Northern Isles route. Capt Campbell has also enjoyed passing ‘My husband, Chris, was working for her skills on to a new generation of Caledonian MacBrayne and I wanted to be seafarers. ‘We nearly always have a cadet closer to home,’ Capt Campbell explains. onboard, and have lots of cadets from ‘There was lots of leave – two weeks Chiltern, Clyde Marine and Trinity House,’ on, two weeks off – and it was in this she notes. ‘I think all MN cadets should time that I started doing some trips as a have the opportunity to do a trip with volunteer on the Sail Training Association us – they learn so much. It’s completely [STA] vessels Malcolm Miller and Winston different from an enclosed bridge; you Churchill.’ are outside regardless of the weather and Bitten by the tall ship bug, she became develop a much better sense of awareness increasingly involved – even taking as a result.’ Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson unpaid leave to serve on the sail training presented the Union’s Victoria Drummond Retirement is a wrench, she admits. ships. ‘I had enjoyed my time on the Award to Capt Campbell in 2015 ‘This has been a job that is pretty hard to cruiseships and learned a lot there, give up, but at some stage everybody has and despite some of the weather on the keeping watches day and night, scrubbing to. I learned from every ship I sailed on, Orkney-Shetland service I had a good the decks, and climbing the rigging with but I certainly don’t think I would still time, with a great crowd of people on the assistance from the permanent crew, no have been at sea if I hadn’t joined the JST – ships,’ she recalls. ‘But the tall ships were matter what their disability. Some of the it’s really been something special.’ something completely different – much crews are really dedicated, and on every However, Capt Campbell won’t be more than a job, more a way of life.’ trip you see amazing sights of people who getting bored. ‘I am looking forward to After seven years with P&O Scottish achieve so much with their disabilities.’ doing all the various things that I haven’t Ferries, Capt Campbell moved from Capt Campbell says it is hard to pick had time for in the past. I’m pretty active, volunteer work on sail training ships to highlights from such a long career – and enjoy things like cycling and yoga.’ a full-time job as mate. She got her fi rst although she does admit that being part And she won’t be leaving the water command on Malcolm Miller in 1999 of the Lord Nelson’s round-the-world anytime soon. All those years after sailing and spent four years as a captain with the voyage between 2012 and 2014 stands a Mirror dinghy on a reservoir inspired STA, also serving on Stavros S Niarchos out. ‘It was a massive undertaking at the her interest in going to sea, she’s still to be and Prince William before moving to the time and was quite challenging in many seen off the west coast of Scotland in a sea Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST). aspects. We had some amazing sailing – kayak. nautilusint.org 42 December 2018 December 2018 43 nautilusint.org

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Why are so many seafarers fi nding that their hard-won STCW certifi cation isn’t enough to get a job? If employers are having to carry out extra checks or run additional courses, then there’s something wrong with the global changes to accommodate new elements,’ he argued. ‘This has resulted in STCW training requirements, an international becoming top-heavy and cumbersome.’ conference heard last month… The ICS chairman pointed out that the diplomatic conference which adopted the 2010 amendments had passed a autilus has backed a the industry requires – and, in its resolution calling for comprehensive warning from the head current form, is highly unlikely to revision of the STCW Convention every 10 N of the International deliver them in the future. years – but there is at present no sign of Chamber of Shipping The Convention was fi rst adopted anything being done to start this process. (ICS) that the global rules governing in 1978 and revised in 1995 and 2010, He noted that the 2010 amendments seafarer training and certifi cation when the ‘Manila amendments’ had created signifi cant challenges, with need to be radically overhauled. introduced new requirements some countries struggling to update their Speaking at the CrewConnect including electro-technical offi cer national legislation, approve new courses, Global conference in Manila, ICS certifi cation, security, safety and put seafarers through new courses and chairman Esben Poulsson said it leadership and management process new and revalidated certifi cates was time for the International training, and high voltage and in time. Maritime Organisation (IMO) to ECDIS courses. Against this background, he said the kick off a comprehensive review of However, Mr Poulsson questioned lack of movement to revise the convention the STCW Convention. whether the most recent review had is not surprising – especially as regulatory Mr Poulsson said the fact that been suffi ciently comprehensive. efforts at the IMO are concentrating on many shipping companies are ‘The 2010 amendments may have environmental issues. ‘Safety matters, to providing additional training and only been an interim revision, which seafarer training standards are requiring supplementary checks adding new training and central, are not receiving the priority before crew are deployed suggests certifi cation requirements without deserved,’ he stressed. the convention is currently failing removing outdated requirements or Mr Poulsson said it was vital that the to deliver the competent seafarers making structural framework convention is updated in a way that

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44-45_Stcw_SR checked.indd 44 14/11/2018 17:01 and equipment, with ‘The jobs market looks bright, but complementary changes in the training is crucial,’ he argued. ‘Roles NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE purpose and frequency of human onboard and ashore will evolve interventions required,’ Mr operationally and legally, as will the Poulsson added. ‘This will inevitably skills required. Reviewing and change the functions seafarers understanding change is essential perform onboard ships, and the whenever technology is introduced, required skills and training.’ altering how we work. The result The owners also want to see better needs to improve upon today, not processes for enforcing STCW step backwards.’ requirements around the world. Mr Nautilus professional and Poulsson said the ‘so-called STCW technical offi cer David Appleton whitelist’ of nations that have given commented: ‘Nautilus agrees with the IMO evidence of compliance the comments of Mr Poulson ‘now serves very little real purpose regarding the STCW Convention and as it includes everyone, and no one the IMO whitelist. Whilst the is deleted.' industry is getting carried away He added: ‘ICS would not wish to with talk of the imminent arrival of tear up the whitelist without a autonomous or semi-autonomous suitable replacement, but there has ships, recommendations from to be a more transparent and robust accident reports show that shipping monitoring system of national has not yet got to grips with training implementation to ensure that people properly on how to use Simulator training at City of STCW continues to deliver equipment that has been around for Glasgow College. The IMO is being competent and quality seafarers.’ over 20 years. urged to ensure that the STCW Convention refl ects advances in Mr Poulsson said the owners ‘Mandatory training training and technology, such as appreciate union concerns over the requirements introduced since the the increased use of simulators potential impact of automation on last major revision have tended to seafaring jobs. But, he added, ‘we be reactive, and invariably place secures its relevance and future. ‘Global challenge any perception that the onus on the seafarer to obtain supply of quality seafarers, and their shipping will no longer need to a certifi cate to allow them to availability to the world merchant fl eet, recruit and retain skilled and continue their employment,’ he depend on it,’ he warned. ‘Regional capable persons – in fact, we think added. ‘What the industry needs is requirements constantly threaten global the truth is quite the contrary. not only a complete overhaul of standards. Shipping companies and the syllabi to ensure that they seafarers cannot afford for this threat to remain relevant to modern be realised.’ shipping, but also a mechanism to Owners also want to head off the recent allow colleges to update their trend for some new training programmes training programmes in response to be driven by manufacturers and to industry developments without maritime training institutions, the ICS having to wait for amendments chairman said. through the bureaucratic IMO He argued that the STCW regime must committee structure. be revised in a way that ensures it keeps ‘If these changes were up with the rapid pace of technological implemented in conjunction with developments, including increased a system that not only monitors automation of ship systems, equipment apparent minimum compliance and operations. ‘It should provide a with the convention – as is structure of suffi cient fl exibility and currently the case with the adaptability to “hit the moving target” of whitelist – but also recognises a changing world fl eet, and may need to International those administrations that offer develop a more modular approach to Chamber higher quality training, then we of Shipping training and competency accumulation chairman could ensure the supply of and certifi cation,’ he continued. Esben Poulsson competent seafarers for the future addresses the ‘We can certainly anticipate increasing CrewConnect and that quality standards are authority for decision-making by systems conference constantly driven upwards.’

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MAKING THE GRADE IN GENOA We often cover British and Dutch recruitment on maritime personnel from developing countries. and training in the Telegraph, but how do other Since its launch, the academy has European nations go about maintaining a trained more than 360 officers from 96 different countries as part healthy supply of maritime professionals? of the IMO’s global programme to JEFF APTER visited Italy’s largest nautical raise standards of safety and to promote the effective exercise of college to hear how things are done there… flag, port and coastal state jurisdiction. IMSSEA works closely with the taly has a long and runs a wide range of courses and Italian government and regional proud maritime claims to be not only Italy’s biggest authorities to promote seafaring as I tradition, and the seafarer training facility but also a career choice. Academy president International the only one that can take cadets all Eugenio Massaolo says cadet Maritime Safety Security the way to captains. numbers have remained fairly Environment Academy (IMSSEA), The academy usually takes on up stable over the past decade, despite established by the country’s to 120 deck and engineer cadets a the slump in maritime government a decade ago, is at the year and helps to find them jobs employment following the 2008 heart of efforts to ensure there is a after qualification. Its facilities economic crisis. new generation of seafarers for the include eight multimedia Italian maritime unions report national fleet. classrooms, a navigation simulator, Right: IMSSEA The non-profit maritime six ECDIS stations and 20 radar cadets Angelo education and training centre runs stations. Masil and Laura Della Valle on private-public partnership lines, IMSSEA’s focus is not just on with its shareholders including 38 domestic seafarer supply, however. IMSSEA president Eugenio Massaolo of the country’s leading shipping It was established under the companies, the classification auspices of the International society RINA, the Genoa port Maritime Organisation (IMO) and authority, and transport unions. is one of three specialist education Housed in a 19th century palace and training centres around the near the port city of Genoa, IMSSEA world that deliver courses focused

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Image: iStock/Jungle Image: top of the profession, but it is very difficult. You have to be very good to be a captain and not everybody is capable of making the grade. But I’ve felt no discrimination as a woman, and hope I can manage it.’ IMSSEA also provides training for around 200 higher rank officers every year, including many experienced officers undergoing updated STCW courses. Mr Massaolo says the academy is awaiting the transport ministry’s decree for the electro-technical officer certificate of competency, and for other modern certificates including LNG and the Polar Code. strong demand for domestic Cagliari, Sardinia, embodies those For the IMSSEA president, the seafarers, with the introduction of traditions. ‘As a youngster, I liked Genoa old town biggest challenges include training and harbour the country’s international ship sailing and wanted a maritime on new issues such as managing register and associated tax breaks career,’ he says. ‘My father was in data, cyber security, the increasing in 1998 having helped to bolster the the maritime profession as a size of ships, automation, and LNG. country’s merchant fleet, which coastguard and supported my big ‘We are trying to adapt to train currently totals some 1,474 ships. decision to go to sea. I don’t know officers in the best way,’ he says. Although there are deep where I will be in the third year, but Controversial delays affecting divisions among Italian if possible I would seek to remain Italian compliance with the STCW shipowners over the use of with the same cruiseship operator, Convention’s ‘Manila amendments’ foreign crews on domestic ferries, Costa Crociere.’ have now been resolved, Mr there is still a strong tradition of It takes between 30 and 36 Massaolo adds. ‘Problems with seafaring in areas such as Sicily, months to train cadets to OOW STCW started in 2010. It was messy southern Italy and the northern level, Mr Massaolo explains. at the beginning and the main Liguria region, which includes Classroom-based training is problem was that the amendments Genoa, Mr Massaolo says. Recent interspersed with two periods of were not organised to adapt to the statistics show there are around seatime which add up to 12 months. new situation. And nobody was 14,000 Italian shipmasters and Around 40% of cadets get their sure what updates – for example, officers, and the job is regarded as experience on ferries and most of refresher courses – were needed. It being a good one, he adds. the others serve on cruiseships. took time, but all has been back on Angelo Masil, a cadet from Mr Massaolo says it costs around track since 2016. €18,000 to take an Italian cadet to ‘We will be ready for 2020 and their first certificate. Cadets are the staff know when certificates responsible for their need to be reorganised,’ he accommodation at an agreed cost promises. ‘The mindset of officers of €16 per day during the three needs to change, because the modules at the Academy. While at original certificate was for life but sea, they receive a stipend of €650 officers must accept that newer per month plus €7 per day. courses and training to raise safety Around 7% of IMSSEA’s annual and security are necessary to attain cadet intake is female. Laura Della a safer maritime environment Valle says she became interested in worldwide.’ nautilusint.org 46 December 2018 December 2018 47 nautilusint.org

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Saving Jack By David Hurrell and Alexander Campbell Published in a limited edition by The Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest Available from the QVSR charity for a suggested £10 donation: email [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 7987 5466

aving Jack Perhaps the crimps were hostel for homeless Londoners QVSR’s times of trouble, is a story of the lowest of the low-life: they and armed forces veterans as and there have been several S seafarers, would befriend the sailors well as merchant seafarers. occasions in its history docks, the freshly ashore on leave – The QVSR also now manages where the charity was Methodist church and above those who had wages from port welfare facilities through forced to reinvent itself or all, the East End of London. a full voyage in their purse Tilbury Seafarers’ Centre. die. Containerisation (along This beautifully-presented – and these they would drug This diversiﬁ cation is with a general increase in history of The Queen Victoria or cosh and leave crippled nothing new. Although vessel sizes) was one notable Seamen’s Rest celebrates 175 and penniless. In the early primarily a maritime charity, challenge in the 1970s, years of work by a maritime Nineteenth Century, a popular the QVSR has always been leading to the demise of charity deeply rooted in its saying was that God had left there for local people – over the old London Docks and local community, providing Wapping. the years offering well- a move of port operations accommodation and practical The Wesleyan Seamen’s attended church services, downstream to the Thames support to ‘Jack Tar’ – the Mission was set up in 1843 to running a community centre, Estuary. Working practices archetypal seaman – and to tackle this sorry situation, and setting up various social have changed too, with other homeless people. and is still going today in the and cultural clubs such the old press-gang and As a Christian charity, the form of the Queen Victoria as the Boys’ Brigade and a casual labour systems QVSR also offers spiritual Seamen’s Rest. Saving Jack brass band. Many of these thankfully long gone, but guidance, or what used to be follows the Mission through developments were recorded other challenges appearing known as ‘saving souls’, and its decades of Victorian on camera, and in Saving in their place, such as port Saving Jack explains how philanthropy, its role in the Jack we are given access turnarounds too short for Victorian Methodists felt war-torn 20th century and to a wonderful archive of seafarers to take a break called to bring light to the onward to the present day. photographs, often showing ashore. Through it all, the dismal environment of the Current chief executive the same places in different QVSR has endured, and Port of London. Alexander Campbell takes guises, with our forebears after enjoying this rich and It was a place where up the story at this point, looking steadily out at us in fascinating story, readers despicable characters preyed recounting his efforts to lead the costume of their day. will doubtless wish the upon seafarers, explains renovation work and assure Campbell and Hurrell charity well for another 175 author David Hurrell: the organisation’s future as a do not shy away from the years.

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This certainly doesn’t win any was smaller than the Black Hole After a traditional deck apprenticeship prizes for the snappiest book Book of of Calcutta, and the death of as with Common Brothers, Joseph Thuillier title of the year – but don’t the month many as 124 workers when the served at sea before moving ashore to let that put you o . The Burns This title is available steamer Daphne sank straight work in Kuwait, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Laird Family Interests in at a special discount after launching into the Clyde Bahamas and the UK. He has drawn from in the Nautilus the Formation of Coast Lines is Bookshop in 1883. that wide-ranging experience to produce much more than a straightforward There’s also a reminder that this gripping thriller mixing shipboard life corporate history, as criminalisation of seafarers with global politics, terrorism, espionage it ranges across many is not a new thing – with and dodgy business dealings. important themes and the captain of the G&J Much of the action is set onboard a formative decades within Burns vessel Orion being tanker being used by the sinister Overseas its pages. sentenced to 18 months in Cooperation Institute to take dubious The book is the third prison and the second advantage of the part of a trilogy tracing the mate transported for opportunities o ered evolution of Coast Lines – a seven years following by the opening up of company which dominated the grounding of the the Arctic shipping British coastal trades for ship in 1850. routes. The author’s much of the 20th century The book is background means – and the authors have lavishly illustrated there is a vivid realism clearly done a sound job with some excellent to these sections as in researching the subject, old photos and they describe duties providing excellent historical and industrial engravings, and an appendix gives such as checking for context to the rise and fall of the Burns and a potted history of some 200 ships cracks in the ship’s Laird companies. that operated in the eets of both double skin, loading It’s a story that takes in such wider companies. cargo and planning matters as the transition from sail to steam, the voyage with electronic charts, as well the Irish Troubles and the First World War. The Burns and Laird Family Interests as exploring the tensions of shipboard There is a recurring theme of safety, and the in the Formation of Coast Lines life, relationships between crew, and the book recounts some shocking cases, such as By Nick Robins and Malcolm McRonald demands placed upon the lonely master. the death of 72 steerage passengers as they Coastal Shipping Publications, £16.00 The unfolding plot, set in the near-future, ed from the Irish famine, in a hold that ISBN: 978 19029 53908 also brings in maritime issues such as seafarer training standards, automation, accountability and ags of convenience. The Buy December’s book of the month in the Nautilus narrative its between the Philippines, the NAUTILUS Bookshop at www.marinesocietyshop.org/nautilus- UK, the Bahamas, the US and other points bookshop and support a great maritime charity! Hosted around the world, as various characters BOOKSHOP by the online Marine Society Shop, the Nautilus Bookshop converge and tension builds up to a sort of stocks books reviewed in the Telegraph each month, and Cold War scenario with the tanker right at any pro ts from sales go towards the Marine Society’s the heart of it all. To say much more would educational work for seafarers. run the risk of having to provide a spoiler alert – but rest assured, the well-written • Go to www.marinesocietyshop.org/nautilus-bookshop story runs to a satisfying conclusion after a to purchase reviewed titles online and browse a rollercoaster ride. selection of recent releases. One of our reviewed titles is designated ‘book of the month’, and will be available at Bosun’s Daughter a special discount. By Joseph Thuillier • You can also call the Marine Society Shop team on: £11.99 paperback, £3.99 Kindle e-book +44 (0)20 7654 7012 to order titles over the phone with ISBN: 978 17884 60590 (paperback) a debit or credit card. Available from www.amazon.co.uk

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SHIPS OF THE PAST By Andrew Linington

rought into service in June 1964, Methane nitrogen that was delivered to the ship by road tankers. Princess carried the world’s fi rst commercial Crew members had to carry out regular inspections in the B cargo of LNG and was one of the world’s fi rst ballast space to check for cold spots that would indicate two purpose-built LNG carriers – helping to cracks in the insulation. lay the foundations for the safe and effi cient carriage of Methane Princess featured steam turbine propulsion, natural gas at sea. with installed power rated at 12,500ship at 107rpm. The The order for Methane Princess and sistership Methane ship also used methane boil-off as additional fuel for the Progress was made in 1962 following successful trials of main engine via a compressor – the fi rst of its kind to be LNG carriage from the US to the UK, using the converted used in shipping. cargoship Methane Pioneer in 1959. Methane Princess was Another novel feature was a comprehensive data-logging constructed at the Vickers Armstrong yard system covering some 300 points in Barrow-in-Furness and Methane around the ship, including extensive Progress was built by Harland and Wolff temperature monitoring of the inner in Belfast, and each vessel cost around Methane Princess and hull and cargo tanks, and the ship was £4.75m (more than £93m at today’s also one of the fi rst to use Marconi’s prices). Methane Progress were ‘self-plotting’ Predictor radar. Both Both ships were managed by Shell popular with crew members, systems, however, were described by Tankers and deployed on a service with good accommodation crew members as ‘temperamental’ between Arzew in Algeria and Canvey and needed fairly frequent attention. Island in the UK, running a 12-day and draught beer in the bar Both ships proved very successful round trip at speeds of up to 17.5 knots. – despite a few problems with fatigue The ships had a cargo capacity of 27,400 cu m and together cracking in the inner hulls and cracks in the insulation they delivered the annual equivalent of 10% of total UK – and they were popular with crew members, with good gas demand at the time (equivalent to around 1.3m tons of standards of accommodation and draught beer in the bar. coal). Between them, they completed around 1,000 voyages Methane Princess delivered its fi rst cargo to Canvey before going into lay-up in the river Fal in the early 1980s. Island on 12 October 1964 and the regasifi ed LNG was then Methane Progress was scrapped in 1988, while Methane carried through a 250-mile Gas Council pipeline to eight Princess was reactivated later that year to carry eight gas boards in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. cargoes on charter to British Gas before going back into Of 189m loa, Methane Princess was fi tted with nine lay-up. The vessel was eventually broken up at Alang in aluminium Conch-type cargo tanks, which were insulated 1997 after it was determined to be no longer economically with prefabricated balsa wood panels, plywood and fi bre viable, given the muc h larger and more effi cient tonnage glass. Cargoes were chilled to around -165C with liquid by then in service.

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ARBEIDSVOORWAARDEN Nautilus International en FNV Metaal blij met handhaven boete Oasis of the Seas

Nautilus vice-voorzitter Sascha bescherming. Illegale Meijer: ‘Uit de pers hebben wij ‘Zeevarenden tewerkstelling en vernomen dat de boete in de hebben onderbetaling moeten zaak van het bekende cruiseschip ook recht op worden aangepakt, Oasis of the Seas kennelijk niet bescherming.’ ook in deze sector.’ wordt ingetrokken door Minister Koolmees van Sociale Zaken Onenigheid over boete en Werkgelegenheid. Nautilus Al enkele jaren was er achter de International en FNV Metaal schermen onenigheid over een juichen dit besluit toe. Minister boete die de Arbeidsinspectie Koolmees houdt dus terecht zijn (nu Inspectie SZW) had opgelegd rug recht en staat achter zijn aan de eigenaar van het grootste arbeidsinspectie (Inspectie SZW). cruiseschip ter wereld: The Oasis Dit ondanks de opgelegde druk of the Seas. van reders en scheepbouwers, waaronder met name Damen Geen vergunning Shipyards, waar het cruiseschip De Amerikaanse rederij Royal in reparatie lag. Vanuit de Caribbean koos in 2014 een werkgevers in de scheepsbouw droogdok van Damen Shipyards in werd steeds gezegd dat er sprake versoepeling van de spelregels. Op minimumloon en toegang tot de Rotterdam om dit schip een inke zou zijn van een ongelijk speelveld de lange termijn zou dit desastreus arbeidsmarkt als in Nederland. opknapbeurt te geven. Om kosten ten opzichte van onze buurlanden. zijn voor de maritieme sector De nationale inspecties van onze te besparen diende de renovatie in De concurrentiepositie van in Nederland. Daarom zijn wij buurlanden handhaven die regels twee weken tijd te gebeuren. Heel Nederland zou verslechteren. Maar tevreden met dit besluit.’ ook. Dit blijkt nu ook duidelijk uit Rotterdam liep uit om het enorme de resultaten van het vandaag het rapport ‘Toezicht op arbeid schip te zien. naar de Tweede Kamer gestuurde Rapport ‘Toezicht op arbeid door door werknemers op, aan en rapport door de ministeries van werknemers op, aan en rondom rondom zeeschepen.’ Boete voor werknemers zonder I&W en SZW over de situatie in zeeschepen’ is duidelijk De opdrachten aan werkvergunning Nederland en onze buurlanden FNV Metaal bestuurder Albert Nederlandse scheepswerven Maar het tij keerde toen de bevestigen dit beeld niet. Wanneer Kuiper: ‘Zoals in Nederland is drogen overigens niet op. Recent Arbeidsinspectie besloot een kijkje Nederland geen grenzen meer zou het werken op zeeschepen ook werd bekend dat Royal Caribbean te nemen op het schip. Inspecteurs stellen en deze grenzen niet langer in onze buurlanden aan regels van plan is om weer drie schepen tro en 124 mensen aan, a omstig zou handhaven waar het betreft gebonden. In Duitsland, België te laten bouwen op Nederlandse uit de Filipijnen, die zonder werken op en rondom zeeschepen, en Frankrijk vallen werknemers scheepswerven. Ook andere werkvergunning druk waren met wordt uitbuiting van werknemers op scheepswerven en aan boord reders blijven niet achter. de verbouwing van het schip. Ze gestimuleerd. Bovendien zal van zeeschepen gelukkig evenmin Sascha Meijer: ‘Zeevarenden legden nieuwe vloerbedekkingen, de instroom van Nederlandse buiten de boot. In veel gevallen hebben, net als andere schilderden de hutten en knapten vakkrachten opdrogen bij gelden soortgelijke regels over werknemers, recht op de douches op.

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52-59_nl_SR checked.indd 52 14/11/2018 17:05 DIENSTVERLENING VAKBONDEN HERSTELLEN VAN EEN SOLIDAIRE FNV CONTRIBUTIEREGELING demonstratie op De Dam Al sinds jaar en dag ziet de administratie echter moeilijk te de rederijen, alsmede het opbouw van het Nautilus controleren. En het merendeel gemiddelde carrièreverloop voor een sociaal contributie-gebouw er min van onze leden staat daar van onze leden kan met enige Nederland of meer hetzelfde uit en zijn bij het oplopen van hun zekerheid worden gesteld er weinig tot geen klachten. inkomen ook niet echt bij stil. dat verreweg de meeste Op zaterdag 10 november organiseerde de Uitgangspunt was en is nog Begrijpelijk, echter hierdoor leden van 27 jaar en ouder FNV, waarbij Nautilus ook is aangesloten, altijd dat de opbouw van de loopt Nautilus noodzakelijke meer verdienen dan €3.000 een manifestatie op De Dam in Amsterdam. contributies zodanig dient te inkomsten mis, wat ten koste per maand. De nieuwe Ruim 8.000 leden demonstreerden hier zijn, dat de sterkste schouders gaat van vakbondswerk voor contributieregeling houdt in, voor een socialer Nederland. Na toespraken de zwaarste lasten dragen. onze leden. En hierdoor gaat dat die leeftijd van 27 jaar en van onder meer FNV voorzitter Han Busker ook een belangrijk deel van de ouder ook wordt aangehouden vertrok de stoet naar het Museumplein. Solidariteit herstellen solidariteitsgedachte van de voor indeling in de hoogste Uit recent onderzoek is ons contributie-regeling verloren. contributieklasse. Hierdoor Sterk en solidair echter gebleken dat deze Om dit probleem nu op de wordt ons inziens het solidaire Welk Nederland geven we door? Als het aan solidariteitsgedachte in de juiste wijze aan te pakken is karakter van de regeling ook in de FNV ligt een sterk en solidair Nederland. praktijk deels niet zo goed zorgvuldig gekeken naar de de praktijk hersteld. Een land waar werknemers zekerheid werkt. praktijk van alle dag en is er Inmiddels is deze nieuwe hebben over hun inkomen en daar goed Iemand wordt bijvoorbeeld een oplossing gevonden die aanpak geaccordeerd door het van kunnen leven. Een land waar mensen op jonge leeftijd lid van Nautilus wij uitgetest hebben door hoogste orgaan ( the Council ) de tijd krijgen om hun vak goed uit te en betaalt op dat moment middel van een representatieve binnen Nautilus International. oefenen, maar waar ook tijd is voor het de contributie die voor hem/ steekproef onder onze leden. Mocht u kunnen aantonen gezin en voor vrienden. Waar zelfstandigen haar geldt. Tot de leeftijd van dat gezien uw leeftijd en eerlijke tarieven betaald krijgen. En waar, 23 jaar stijgt de contributie, Nieuwe aanpak inkomen deze hogere als het even tegenzit, een sociaal vangnet waarna de reguliere contributie Deze nieuwe aanpak, waar een contributieklasse niet voor u is voor mensen die hun baan verliezen, ziek van toepassing is. De hoogte overgrote meerderheid van de van toepassing zou moeten worden of met pensioen gaan. Dit alles van deze reguliere contributie geënquêteerden zich in zegt te zijn, dan zullen wij uiteraard de zou vanzelfsprekend moeten zijn, maar dat voor leden ouder dan 23 jaar is kunnen vinden, houdt in dat we hoogte van uw contributie aldus is het niet. De werkdruk stijgt, het aantal afhankelijk van of iemand een nu de hogere contributieklasse aanpassen. onzekere contracten neemt toe en het maandelijks brutoloon ontvangt allereerst afhankelijk maken sociale vangnet wordt uitgekleed. van méér of minder dan van de leeftijd. Uitgaande Nautilus International, €3000. van de gemiddelde loon-en Charley Ramdas Dit valt voor onze arbeidsvoorwaarden van Hoofdbestuurder GEEF UW MENING Vorige maand vroegen wij: CONTRIBUTIE 2019 Zou u cabotagebeperkingen in de De Council van Nautilus International heeft besloten om de contributie licht te verhogen. kustwateren van uw land willen zien? Poll-resultaten worden hieronder Hieronder vindt u de per 1 januari 2019 geldende contributiebedragen: weergegeven. Categorie Contributie per maand 23 jaar tot 27 jaar < € 3.000 €18.90 27 jaar en ouder €21.15 aspirant (incl. swz) €3.70 % 0 Pensioen €8.15 e e

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52-59_nl_SR checked.indd 53 14/11/2018 17:05 NL NEWS Onderhandelings- PENSIOENEN resultaat Thyssenkrupp Akkoord bereikt over Veerhaven opnieuw Koopvaardij pensioen afgewezen Op 21 september jongstleden hebben Nautilus overleg zijn aanvullende afspraken gemaakt op het Juni jongstleden hebben de leden en de werkgeversverenigingen Vereniging van Basisakkoord Pensioenen 2015. Deze afspraken zijn werkzaam bij Thyssenkrupp Veerhaven Werkgevers in de Handelsvaart en Sociaal Maritiem vastgelegd in een addendum op het pensioenakkoord. het onderhandelingsakkoord van mei Werkgeversverbond een akkoord bereikt over De afspraken behelzen alsnog een afspraak over de in ruime meerderheid afgewezen. De aanvullende afspraken op het Basisakkoord Pensioenen aanwending van het verwachte premieoverschot 2018 reden hiervoor was dat het loonbod te 2015. van 2,5 miljoen euro . Dit bedrag zal voor de helft (1,25 mager werd bevonden. Ook de afspraken Zoals bekend verkeerden partijen sinds begin miljoen euro) worden aangewend voor storting in een over duurzame inzetbaarheid werden als van dit jaar in een patstelling met betrekking tot de bestemmingsdepot bij het BPFK. Het depot zal worden onvoldoende beoordeeld. aanwending van het verwachte overschot van zo’n 2,5 gebruikt om toekomstige tekorten op de premie op miljoen euro in het afgesproken premiebudget over te vangen, zodat de opbouwpercentages van het Eindbod werkgever 2018. Reders wilden dit overschot met name inzetten ouderdomspensioen en/of het nabestaanden pensioen Nautilus cao onderhandelaar Bert Klein: voor het terugsluizen van het voorziene overschot in dat geval niet behoeven te worden verlaagd. De ‘Eind juli en begin september hebben wij naar werkgevers en werknemers. Met als argument de andere helft van het overschot zal gebruikt worden voor opnieuw gesproken met de werkgever slechte economische situatie in de koopvaardij. een verlaging van de premie over 2019. Deze wordt om een oplossing te zoeken voor de verlaagd van 25,9% naar 25,3% van de grondslag. Per ontstane situatie. De werkgever bracht Nabestaandenpensioen 1 januari 2020 herstelt de reglementaire premie van toen een verbeterd loonbod uit, maar met Nautilus heeft, met steun van de leden, ingezet 25,9%. betrekking tot de overige afspraken kon op aanwending van dit overschot ten behoeve van geen verbetering worden afgesproken. een gedeeltelijke reparatie van de eerder gekorte Aanwending premieoverschot 2019 De aanbieding met betrekking tot het opbouw van het nabestaandenpensioen. Ook stelden Het verwachte premieoverschot voor 2019 van 1,5 loonbod werd gewijzigd van 2% in 2018, reders toen de 5% forfait regeling ter discussie. Deze miljoen euro zal worden aangewend voor verhoging van 2019 en 2020 in 2% in 2018, 2,25% in regeling voorziet er in dat actieve diensttoeslagen tot het opbouwpercentage van het nabestaandenpensioen. 2019 en 2,25% in 2020. De 2,25% in 2019 een maximum van 5% per jaar van de maandgage, Het opbouwpercentage van het partnerpensioen zal en 2020 kunnen nog een keer verhoogd plus vakantietoeslag, in de pensioengrondslag worden verhoogd van 24% naar 33%. worden tot maximaal 2,5% indien de wordt verwerkt. Leden hebben toen aangegeven prijscompensatie boven de 2,25% in deze niet van deze regeling af te willen, omdat er geen Opting out mogelijk voor het 5% forfait jaren uitkomt. Voor de werkgever was dit problemen in de uitvoering zijn (een voorwaarde Als laatste zijn afspraken gemaakt over het 5% forfait. een eindbod en dit werd als zodanig aan uit het pensioenakkoord 2015 om tot een mogelijke Aan CAO partners wordt de mogelijkheid geboden om de leden voorgelegd. De leden hadden tot aanpassing over te gaan). Bovendien betekende met ingang van 1 januari 2019 het 5% forfait niet meer 22 oktober 2018 de gelegenheid om hun afschaffing een verlaging van de pensioengrondslag toe te passen. De nadelige gevolgen voor de zeevarende oordeel kenbaar te maken. En opnieuw voor de betrokken groep zeevarenden die onder deze worden gerepareerd middels CAO afspraken. Dit houdt hebben de leden deze aanbieding regeling valt. in dat per CAO compenserende maatregelen worden afgewezen!’ Omdat er geen overeenstemming werd bereikt afgesproken indien CAO partijen opteren voor het niet tussen sociale partners bleef de pensioenregeling, zoals meer toepassen (opting out) van het 5% forfait. De Hoe nu verder? deze bestond in 2017, gehandhaafd. Dit hield in dat het leden die vallen onder die CAO hebben inspraak of de Bert Klein: ‘Nu opnieuw de uitgebrachte overschot in het premiebudget in het pensioenfonds compenserende maatregelen passend zijn. stemming een ruime afwijzing oplevert, bleef. Want zolang er geen overeenstemming was Als laatste is nog te vermelden dat de afspraken moeten wij ons in overleg met onze leden tussen de sociale partners, was inzet van het overschot een aanvulling zijn op het pensioenakkoord 2015. Het gaan beraden over de te ondernemen ten behoeve van gedeeltelijke reparatie van het pensioenakkoord van 2015 blijft dus in stand. stappen. Immers voor de werkgever partnerpensioen niet mogelijk. Het extra geld bleef op was deze aanbieding een eindbod, deze manier in het pensioenfonds en maakte het fonds Onder voorbehoud uitkomst ledenvergadering waarmee zij aangeven niet opnieuw wel sterker (qua dekkingsgraad). En droeg daarmee bij Het Nautilus bestuur was van mening dat een passend aan de onderhandelingstafel te willen aan het indexatiepotentieel van het pensioenfonds. resultaat is afgesproken dat aansluit bij de eerdere plaatsnemen.’ Ook het 5 % forfait bleef in stand. besluitvorming van de ledenvergadering op 9 maart Bij het ter perse gaan van dit nummer jongstleden en heeft op 12 november een toelichting was nog geen reactie van de werkgever Aanwending premieoverschot 2018 geven. Daarna was het woord aan de leden om zich uit ontvangen. Wij zullen u op later moment Tussen werkgevers en Nautilus heeft op 21 september te spreken. De leden waren tevreden met de gemaakte van de verdere ontwikkelingen op de jl. opnieuw overleg plaats gevonden. Tijdens dit afspraken en hebben ingestemd met het resultaat. hoogte stellen. Wordt vervolgd dus.

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52-59_nl_SR checked.indd 54 14/11/2018 17:05 Van FNV/Menzis naar AZVZ..? Zorgcollectief FNV/Menzis stopt per 1 januari FNV/Menzis vervallen per 1 januari. FNV- 2019. leden kunnen ervoor kiezen om verzekerd De afgelopen 13 jaar werkten de FNV- waarbij te blijven bij Menzis. Medio november ook Nautilus/FNV Waterbouw is aangesloten- ontvangen zij een nieuwe polis, waarna zij en zorgverzekeraar Menzis nauw samen in zelf kunnen bepalen of het voorgestelde het Zorgcollectief FNV/Menzis. Zo kwamen pakket passend is, ze het pakket willen werk en gezondheid bij elkaar en konden aanpassen of opzeggen. De FNV adviseert leden van de FNV profiteren van voordeel. leden om goed te onderzoeken welke Per 1 januari 2019 komt er een einde aan zorgverzekering en pakketten bij hen deze samenwerking. Het Zorgcollectief FNV/ passen. Dit kunt u nog tot 31 december 2018 doordat wij collectieve overeenkomsten Menzis houdt op met bestaan! aangeven. met maritieme sectoren hebben gesloten, Dat heeft gevolgen voor alle verzekerde profiteren verzekerden van gunstige premies FNV-leden en hun eventuele gezinsleden. Verzekeren bij AZVZ? en voorwaarden. Zij ontvingen de afgelopen jaren korting Veel Nautilus leden zijn verzekerd bij AZVZ. op hun basisverzekering een aanvullende Iets voor u ook? Voor wie? verzekeringen. Daarnaast profiteerden zij van Vanaf 1 januari 2011 is AZVZ een label • Zeevarenden en voormalig zeevarenden exclusieve zorgservices die ondersteunen om van zorgverzekeraar Zorg en Zekerheid in • Opvarenden in de binnenvaart gezond te leven en vitaal te blijven. Leiden. Het label AZVZ richt zich specifiek • Zeegaande waterbouw op maritieme bedrijven en op maritieme • Walpersoneel van rederijen Voor 31 december a.s. beslissen werknemers en hun gezinsleden. • Gezinsleden van bovenstaande groepen Deze voordelen van het Zorgcollectief AZVZ heeft geen winstoogmerk en Zie ook: www.scheepvaartnet.nl ENQUETE OVER VOORTZETTEN BUITENLANDOVEREENKOMST Onlangs heeft FNV Waterbouw aan alle leden bij om met de vrijwillige aansluiting voor het Stop ‘verdeel en heers’ Van Oord en Boskalis een enquête over het al dan pensioen (deze geldt voor medewerkers die buiten FNV Waterbouw krijgt de laatste tijd van niet voortzetten van de Buitenlandovereenkomst Nederland werken) het solide pensioenfonds meerdere leden, die onder een Vlootstafcontract gestuurd. Waterbouw te verlaten. Om zich vervolgens vallen, hardnekkige signalen dat zij sinds Al meer dan 20 jaar sluiten Van Oord en Boskalis per 1 januari 2019 aan te sluiten bij PGB (het 2016 met hun buitenlandstukloon stil staan. een Buitenlandovereenkomst met de vakbonden, pensioenfonds voor de Grafimedia). Bij PGB hebben Terwijl zij aangeven dat andere collega’s wel FNV Waterbouw en CNV af. FNV Waterbouw en CNV geen bemoeienis meer loonsverhogingen en/of bonussen hebben gehad. In deze Buitenlandovereenkomst met de vrijwillige pensioen aansluiting van Er zou dus onder de medewerkers met worden afspraken gemaakt over loon- en medewerkers uit de Waterbouw. Nu FNV een Vlootstafcontract sprake zijn van arbeidsvoorwaarden voor medewerkers die buiten dreigt een situatie te gaan ontstaan Waterbouw willekeur. Om dergelijke situaties Nederland werken. waarbij FNV Waterbouw en CNV ook is erg bezorgd te voorkomen, is het beter om Het is gebruikelijk om, direct na de bij de Buitenlandovereenkomst op over deze medewerkers met een individueel cao onderhandelingen (deze geldt voor afstand worden gezet. Dit vinden gang van Vlootstafcontract onder elkaar medewerkers die in Nederland werkzaam wij verontrustend. Waar gaat deze zaken niet uit te laten spelen. Met een zijn), de onderhandelingen voor de ontwikkeling eindigen? collectieve regeling(contract) voorkom Buitenlandovereenkomst te starten. Dit jaar echter je dat er ‘verdeel en heers’ plaats vindt. hebben zowel Van Oord als Boskalis de vakbonden, Waterbouw CAO is basis voor Voor het hebben en houden van goede loon – voor het eerst in 20 jaar, gemeld vooralsnog geen Buitenlandovereenkomst en Vlootstafcontracten en arbeidsvoorwaarden in de Waterbouw is het Buitenlandovereenkomst af te willen sluiten. Straks rest alleen nog maar de cao Waterbouw. dus uitermate belangrijk dat niet alleen de cao, Zelfs na herhaaldelijke oproepen van FNV Deze cao vormt een belangrijk fundament maar zeker ook de Buitenlandovereenkomst, met Waterbouw en CNV wensen beide werkgevers daar voor de loon en arbeidsvoorwaarden in de vakbonden afgesloten blijft worden. Graag geen gehoor aan te geven! de sector. Het is immers zowel de basis wil FNV Waterbouw nu via een enquête onder de voor de Buitenlandovereenkomst als de leden bij Van Oord en Boskalis ook hun mening Vakbonden buiten spel gezet Vlootstafcontracten. Bij van Oord is het vernemen over de situatie die hierboven is FNV Waterbouw is erg bezorgd over deze gang Buitenlandcontract onderdeel van de beschreven. De enquête kan worden ingevuld tot van zaken. Eerder besloten Van Oord en Boskalis Personeelsgids voor vlootstafmedewerkers. begin december 2018. nautilusint.org 54 December 2018 December 2018 55 nautilusint.org

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GASTLESSEN DIENSTVERLENING Nautilus te gast op Nautilus Urk en in Vlissingen Op 9 oktober was Nautilus op International en bezoek op de zeevaartschool Urk, onderdeel van ROC Friese Poort. Nautilus FNV Waterbouw communicatieadviseur Hans Walthie verzorgde er twee In deze rubriek worden steeds zich die lagere kostendruk in een korting gastlessen voor 2e, 3e en 4e vakbondszaken belicht, waarin Nautilus van 10% op de basisverzekering en een jaars koopvaardij studenten en FNV Waterbouw een actieve rol korting van 65% op de aanvullende MBO. Nautilus vlootbezoeker spelen ten behoeve van onze leden. verzekering. Peter Jager was eveneens als gast aanwezig. Peter bezoekt de maritieme vakbond en waar Dit keer gaat het over: Van werk naar werk maandelijks tal van schepen in deze voor gaat en staat. Platform Maritiem De afgelopen jaren besprak het allerlei Nederlandse havens. En Tevens werd er, evenals op Bestuurders van Nautilus NL nemen Platform Maritiem de reparatie door ook op Urk is hij goed bekend, Urk, via een rollenspel een vier keer per jaar deel aan het Platform sociale partners van de bezuinigingen vertelde hij zijn geboeide cao-onderhandelingstraject Maritiem. Dit is een overleg over op de WW van het vorige kabinet. gehoor. nagebootst. Volgens sommige sociale zekerheid, arbeidsmarkt en Evenals de sectoren regiopilots over leerlingen kon het salaris zorg. Deelnemers zijn onder meer ‘van werk naar werk’ en ‘regie WW’. Stage adviezen wel met 100 % omhoog. vertegenwoordigers van de werkgevers Beide zaken waren gebaseerd op Via een levendige interactieve Anderen hielden het wat in de zeevaart, de waterbouw en landelijke afspraken uit het Sociaal discussie kwamen de studenten lager en begrepen dat de de visserij, medewerkers van het Akkoord van 2013, waarvoor de FNV in aanraking met de maritieme werkgever ook nog wel wat UWV en de Stichting Scheepvaart en zich hard heeft gemaakt en waar dus vakbond en waar deze voor moet kunnen verdienen. Ook vakbondsbestuurders van CNV en ook Nautilus de ambitie heeft om gaat en staat. Ook kregen werd uitgebreid ingegaan op Nautilus/FNV Waterbouw. hier invulling aan te geven. Ook de studenten advies bij het de individuele dienstverlening Overleg over duurzame inzetbaarheid opstellen van een goed CV en van Nautilus inzake het bijstaan Varende professionals sociale en leeftijdsfasebewust hoe je te presenteren in een van (jongeren)leden, dus ook In het overleg worden zekerheid, personeelsbeleid, stage sollicitatiegesprek. van stagiairs, als deze in een door het UWV recente arbeidsmarkt belangrijke onderwerpen eventueel conflict aan boord ontwikkelingen in en zorg voor varende professionals, Maritiem en Logistiek College De geraken. de sociale zekerheid staat op de agenda. Ruyter toegelicht. We bespreken of Met de landelijke afspraak Op 25 oktober was Nautilus op 24/7 service vakbond deze specifieke aandacht vragen voor om extra banen te creëren voor bezoek bij Scalda in Vlissingen. Tot slot werd op beide onze sectoren. De bijzondere werken arbeidsgehandicapten, in relatie tot Scalda is een school voor scholen de meerwaarde leef situatie van varende professionals de specifieke kenmerken van onze middelbaar beroepsonderwijs uitgelegd van het speciale vraagt vaak aanpassingen in beleid of sectoren. (mbo) en volwasseneneducatie studentenlidmaatschap uitvoering. Ook bespreken we lobby- en verzorgt toegankelijk en tegen een sterk gereduceerd onderwerpen die we gezamenlijk onder Implementatie Maritiem Arbeidsverdrag veelzijdig onderwijs. Dat gebeurt tarief (3,50 euro per maand, de aandacht van de overheid brengen. Verder is het Platform Maritiem de vanuit dertien kleinschalige, inclusief toezending van de Zo zijn enige jaren geleden met succes plek waar van uit sociale partners vakgerichte colleges en tevens vakbladen de Telegraph en bijzondere voordelen geregeld voor overleg voeren om tot gezamenlijke vanuit Maritiem en Logistiek SWZ Magazine). Dit is ook de deelnemers aan onze sectorale standpunten te komen voor College De Ruyter. inclusief de 24/7 service die ziektekostenverzekering AZVZ. Dit overleg met de overheid over de Nautilus International al zijn omdat zeevarenden net als zeevissers implementatie in Nederlandse Rollenspel cao-onderhandeling (studenten)leden wereldwijd en baggeraars een groot deel van het wetgeving van internationale Nautilus communicatieadviseur biedt. jaar buiten Nederland verblijven en dus regelgeving, zoals het belangrijke Hans Walthie verzorgde in minder risico op geneeskundige kosten Maritiem Arbeidsverdrag/MLC. Ook de Vlissingen twee gastlessen Ook lid worden van Nautilus? in Nederland hebben. De kosten in amendementen op dit verdrag worden voor 4e jaars MBO zeevaart Na afloop gaven enkele buitenland komen voor rekening van door het Platform Maritiem met de studenten, die vlak voor hun 2e studenten aan lid te willen de reder, die hiervoor is vrijgesteld van overheid besproken. stage zitten. Via een eveneens worden van Nautilus. Iets voor de werkgeverspremie in de Zvw premie Kijk voor meer informatie op: levendige discussie kwamen jou ook? Meer info: www. (6,75%). Voor de zeevarenden vertaalt www.scheepvaartnet.nl de studenten in aanraking met nautilusint.org/nl/word-lid

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In tijden waarin bomen niet tot aan de hemel groeien, betekent een verkoop van een bedrijf dat mogelijk de werkgelegenheid in gevaar komt. Voor onze leden werkzaam als Noordzeeloods bij de Koninklijke NWEA voorzitter Hans Timmers (links) en communicatieman Erik van Diest voor de NWEA Dirkzwager een beangstigend gevoel. Helaas heeft de stand. koper Redwise daar gebruik van gemaakt… Met het buitenspel zetten van Nautilus (de Internationale belangstelling huisadvocaat van Dirkzwager zou de overstap naar de nieuwe werkgever oppakken) en het onder druk voor Nederlandse Offshore zetten van de loodsen is een verkoop gerealiseerd aan Wind aanpak Redwise. Op 22, 23 en 24 oktober jongstleden Wind op Zee. Voor hoe wij als overheid Overgang van onderneming..? vond in de Rai in Amsterdam de Offshore en windenergie sector samenwerken. Nautilus bestuurder Daan Troost: ‘Een gebruikelijke Energy 18 beurs en conferentie plaats. Men ziet ons als een soort standaard stap in deze situaties, de regeling ‘overgang van Hier toonden ruim 600 exposanten inmiddels.’ onderneming’, werd botweg opzij gezet. Overgang hun producten en diensten aan meer van onderneming (Ovo) zou betekenen dat de loon- en dan 10.000 bezoekers met zo’n 90 Nieuwe versnelling arbeidsvoorwaarden volledig worden overgenomen nationaliteiten. Tal van internationale ‘Dat betekent echter niet dat we nu door de koper. Al rap bleek echter dat handhaving deskundigen, besluitvormers, inkopers, stil gaan zitten’, vervolgt een bevlogen van de Ovo zou betekenen dat de koop niet doorging. verkopers en beleidsmakers in de olie- en sprekende Hans Timmers. ‘Integendeel, Een volgende voorwaarde diende zich aan: minstens gas-, energie-, offshore-, offshore wind we staan aan de vooravond van een 13 loodsen moesten de overstap maken! Zo niet, dan en E&P- industrie waren aanwezig. De nieuwe versnelling. Ook gestimuleerd door ging de koop niet door! In de gedachte van behoud van Telegraph was er ook bij. onze nieuwe Nederlandse klimaatdoelen werkgelegenheid een tweetal wurgende argumenten!’ uiteraard. Wel moeten we ons ‘Veel energie en veel mensen’ realiseren dat de huidige gerealiseerde Afronding Eveneens met een stand aanwezig was kostenreducties niet eenzijdig door de Juni dit jaar lieten de koper en verkoper aan de SER de Nederlandse WindEnergie Associatie windenergiesector blijvend kunnen weten dat partijen besloten hadden tot koop en (NWEA). worden opgebracht. Daar zijn samen verkoop. De tot dat moment nog altijd onbekende (NWEA) is de branchevereniging van met de overheid te ontwikkelen ‘grotere loon- en arbeidsvoorwaarden waren al geaccepteerd bedrijven en organisaties die werken aan plaatjes’ voor nodig. Aan de andere kant en niets restte meer dan overgaan tot verkoop. meer duurzame windenergie op land en is onze Netcapaciteit ook eindig. Daar Daan Troost: ‘Een te late melding naar onze mening, op zee. NWEA verenigt de windsector en zullen we ook gezamenlijk aan nieuwe waarbij wij als Nautilus niet meer in de gelegenheid versnelt de omslag naar een hernieuwbare oplossingen moeten werken.’ waren vragen te stellen aan de mogelijke koper van energievoorziening door bedrijven Dirkzwager’s DCP. Wij deponeerden een officiële en overheden te bewegen sterk op Tekort aan vakmensen klacht bij de SER, waarop op 10 oktober jongstleden windenergie in te zetten. ‘En dan ligt er nog een grote uitdaging op voor de klachtencommissie een bemiddelingsgesprek NWEA voorzitteår Hans Timmers, het gebied van de werkgelegenheid. We volgde. Beide partijen, Redwise en Dirkzwager, eveneens moderator tijdens de dag er hebben nu al een tekort aan vakmensen. erkenden volgens de SER dat aan de formele kant van voor gehouden Offshore Wind conferentie, Alleen al Van Oord zoekt op korte termijn het fusietraject de Fusiegedragsregels niet geheel gevraagd naar zijn beurs bevindingen: 200 nieuwe mensen voor zijn Offshore juist waren nageleefd. Tijdens de zitting zijn enkele ‘Heel veel mensen, veel energie en er Wind sector. Technici in alle beroepen afspraken gemaakt, onder andere over de toezending komt steeds meer aandacht voor Offshore zijn met de aantrekkende economie, ook van het bedrijfsreglement, zoals overeengekomen. Wind. Dat zie je ook op de beurs hier. Je op land, zeer in trek. Daar moeten we als Recent is deze toezegging nagekomen. Daarmee is de ziet meer en meer synergiën en netwerken Offshore Wind sector ons dus heel goed ongemakkelijke en weinig respectvolle route, gekozen ontstaan. Ook internationaal is er veel profileren, zodat we daar straks geen door Redwise, na veel gedoe tot een afronding belangstelling voor onze routekaart voor tekort aan hebben.’ gekomen.’ nautilusint.org 56 December 2018 December 2018 57 nautilusint.org

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De belastingservice LEDEN EN HUN WERK van Nautilus Nautilus staat gaat per 1-1-2019 veranderen! voor u klaar Een moment van volledige stuurt u uw VOLLEDIGE Werken bij een buitenlandse werkgever dat, omdat zij nog behandeld wordt verandering is aangebroken: gegevens niet meer naar Regelmatig krijgen wij vragen door een psycholoog. En nu..?.. zult u de pensionering van de de Schorpioenstraat of het vanuit de Zeevaart, Waterbouw en zich afvragen. invuller betekent dat een postadres Postbus 8575 de Binnenvaart over het werken Per aangetekende brief hebben andere werkwijze is gezocht maar naar: bij een buitenlandse werkgever. In wij de nietigheid van het ontslag én gevonden: BELASTINGSERVICE FNV het buitenland geldt in de regel de ingeroepen en gedreigd met T.A.V. ILSE CLARIJS Nederlandse wetgeving niet. rechtsmaatregelen. Tot op heden is De FNV Belastingservice POSTBUS 8696 Binnen de EU zit het meestal wel goed het stil gebleven. Wij zullen alles doen staat voor u klaar 3009 AR ROTTERDAM met de Loonbetaling en de hoogte wat in onze mogelijkheden ligt om ons Met ingang van 1 januari van het loon, de loonbelasting en de lid bij te staan. Met behulp van onze 2019 gaan de collega’s van Volledige gegevens Sociale Zekerheid. Hier liggen EU- vakbondscollega`s over de grens zullen de FNV Belastingservice betekent dat een en ander verdragen aan ten grondslag. Maar of wij het er niet bij laten zitten. de werkzaamheden panklaar moet zijn. Gereed alle risico`s hiermee gedicht zijn? overnemen. Collega’s om toe te voegen aan uw Verstrekkende gevolgen van de FNV die al jaren aangifte. De volledige lijst Luxemburgse Binnenvaart rederij Gaat u in het Buitenland werken op deskundige en van gegevens vindt u in Merel Steinsel* werkt bij een dan kan dit verstrekkende gevolgen verantwoorde wijze de januari op de website van Luxemburgse Binnenvaart rederij als hebben. Het arbeidsrecht is niet aangiften van 300.000 de Belastingservice FNV. stuurman sinds 1 juli 2017. In januari zoals in Nederland. Daar komt bij: leden invullen en waar Maar in ieder geval moet u 2018 wordt zij arbeidsongeschikt in Nederland is duidelijk hoe een nodig de nazorg leveren die aanreiken: met psychische klachten. Merel ontslag aan te vechten of een regeling nodig is. krijgt van het UWV in Nederland een te treffen ter afwikkeling van het 1. Aangiftebrief, de brief E-115 verklaring, waarin staat dat dienstverband. Ook zijn de regels over Deze nieuwe situatie biedt u waarin u gevraagd wordt zij arbeidsongeschikt is tot een niet loonbetaling tijdens ziekte (kort- of twee mogelijkheden: vóór 1 mei aangifte te doen. nader te bepalen datum! Het Caisse langdurige arbeidsongeschiktheid) vrij 2. Machtigingscode, een Nationale de Santé (CNS) in Luxemburg duidelijk in onze wetgeving. A. U maakt een afspraak jaarlijkse code die u mee betaalt het ziekengeld aan de Binnen de EU gelden verdragen in de bij de FNV Belastingservice. moet sturen of als u de werkgever. De werkgever betaalt het Sociale zekerheid, zodat de werknemer U kunt dan in uw omgeving code niet ontving, zelf moet loon tot gedurende 13 weken. Hierna verzekerd is, maar het wordt voor ons een locatie kiezen waar aanvragen. betaalt het CNS het loon 100% (tijdens niet makkelijk onze leden bij te staan de aangifte samen 3. Kopie van uw laatste ziekte) rechtstreeks aan de werknemer. als het niet goed gaat. met een collega van de aangifte; voor de invuller Het CNS verklaart ons lid weer De belangrijkste reden om een FNV Belastingservice van groot belang om uw arbeidsgeschikt per 24 juli 2018, schip via Luxemburg te exploiteren wordt ingevuld. bijzonderheden voor de ondanks dat Merel nog steeds is vanwege de lagere loonkosten Vanaf 1 februari 2019 aangifte te kennen. ziek thuis zit. Tevergeefs hebben in Luxemburg ten opzichte van de maakt u een afspraak. Doe 4. Alle gegevens van belang wij bezwaar gemaakt tegen de loonkosten voor de exploitant van dat snel, want vol=vol! voor de aangifte. betermelding van het CNS. Omdat zij een binnenvaartschip in Nederland. In min of meer gedwongen wordt weer bovenstaande situatie schetsten wij B. U stuurt, zoals u in Natuurlijk zijn deze aan het werk te gaan - ze zit anders het gevolg van het aangaan van een de achterliggende jaren spelregels voor u en uw zonder inkomsten - heeft zij na ‘de dienstverband in de Binnenvaart in gewend was, uw gegevens partner van toepassing! betermelding’ een week gevaren en Luxemburg. op. Wij verzoeken u vooraf zijn er verdere afspraken gemaakt om uitstel aan te vragen. Wij verwachten dat uw afloswerk te doen. Krijgt u ook een contract aangeboden met aangifte in 2019 en hopelijk een niet-Nederlandse werkgever (binnen LET OP: NIEUW ADRES! nog vele jaren daarna op Ontslagbrief de EU of daar buiten)? Neem dan contact het adres waar uw gegevens een goede en vertrouwde Totdat er een ontslagbrief komt van de met ons op via: [email protected] naartoe gestuurd mogen manier wordt behandeld Luxemburgse werkgever. Zij wordt per of tel.: +31 (0) 10 4771 188. worden gaat veranderen! en samengesteld door de 1 september 2018 ontslagen, omdat zij Vanaf 1 januari 2019 Belastingservice FNV. niet beschikbaar zou zijn. Op zich klopt *Een gefingeerde naam.

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Maandagavond 15 oktober ‘Autonoom Stagiair Maurits Brok: scheepten Nautilus bestuurder varen op de ‘Binnen 5 jaar Marcel van Dam en communicatie ferries komt autonoom varende adviseur Hans Walthie zich er aan’ ferries ‘ in Europoort in voor een HBO Marof student vlootbezoek op de P&O ferry (30 jaar); Hogere Pride of Rotterdam richting Hull. zeevaartschool Amsterdam Hier werd de volgende ochtend ‘Ik had al een technische MBO een officiële ledenvergadering opleiding, maar toen heb ik eerst gehouden, waarbij ook een aantal een tijdje in de hotelbranche bemanningsleden van de verderop gewerkt. Echter de techniek gelegen Pride of Bruges aanwezig trok me weer. Toen heb ik waren. me aangemeld bij de Hogere Zeevaartschool Amsterdam. Dat Voorstellen voor nieuwe cao was, zeker in het begin, best wel vastgesteld qua niveau een pittige overstap Marcel van Dam: ‘Belangrijkste Stagiair Martijn Schilstra voor me. Dit is mijn tweede stage. onderwerp van deze vergadering Stagiair Maurits Brok De eerste stage heb ik gedaan betrof het met elkaar bespreken bij Seatrade. Een totaal andere van de voorstellen voor de 50% parttime te ervaring ja. De wilde vaart. ‘Twee nieuwe cao. De huidige cao loopt werken, in het kader maanden op, twee maanden af’. van 1 januari 2017 tot en met van flexibilisering ook Daar heb ik hard werken geleerd. 31 december 2018. Binnenkort andere percentages Iets wat me hier op de Pride of beginnen de besprekingen met de van parttime werken Rotterdam overigens ook weer van werkgever inzake een nieuwe cao. mogelijk te maken; pas komt. Dit vind ik eigenlijk wat Wij hebben uitgebreid met onze • In het kader dynamischer allemaal. Je hebt te leden de belangrijkste speerpunten van duurzame maken met veel laden en lossen met elkaar doorgenomen. Op inzetbaarheid ontzie- op 1 dag. Dat geeft veel interacties. hoofdlijnen volgen wij het FNV maatregelen treffen machinekamer. Dit is mijn 2e Heel leerzaam allemaal. Ook qua Arbeidsvoorwaardenbeleid 2019 voor oudere werknemers die stage. De vorige heb ik gedaan op navigatie steek ik hier veel op. van de FNV. Meer zekerheid, meer hierom verzoeken. de Pride of Bruges. Ook bij P&O Maar de machinekamer trekt mij koopkracht en meer kwaliteit van ja. Dat beviel me zo goed, dat ik als technicus het meest.’ werk staan hierin centraal. Onze Cao onderhandelingen van start nu wederom gesolliciteerd heb P&O leden kunnen zich hierin Inmiddels is de voorstellenbrief naar een stageplek op de Pride SWAT-team bij calamiteiten ook goed vinden. Tevens bleek verzonden en zijn de cao of Rotterdam. Met name dat er ‘Hoe ik tegen (semi) autonoom dat tevens het 2 jaar geleden onderhandelingsdata gepland. veel Nederlandse bemanning aan varen aankijk? Nou, dat gaat afgesloten generatiepact nog In het volgende nummer meer boord is, bevalt me goed. Je wordt er komen. Ook bij de ferries altijd positief wordt beoordeeld. hierover. prima begeleid hier. Zowel door hier op de Noordzee. Weinig Inmiddels maken hier nu enkele mijn mentor, als door iedereen tot geen zeevarenden meer oudere werknemers gebruik van.’ Stagiair Martijn Schilstra: eigenlijk. En de sfeer aan boord is aan boord. En dan heb je ‘Je leert hier veel’ heel goed. Ik moet nog tot februari bijvoorbeeld bij calamiteiten Belangrijkste cao voorstellen op rij: HBO Marof student (24 jaar); en dan ben ik ook klaar met school. een SWAT-team aan wal klaar • Een jaarlijkse loonsverhoging van Terschellinger zeevaartschool En dan? Nou, het zou mooi zijn als staan, wat met een helikopter 5% waarin de prijscompensatie is (MIBW). ik hier ook echt aan het werk mag. snel aan boord kan komen. inbegrepen; ‘Ik heb het hier erg naar mijn ‘Twee weken op, twee weken af’, Dat moet toch binnen 4 á 5 • Mogelijkheid om buiten de zin aan boord. Ik leer er ook erg vind ik bovendien wel een mooi jaar mogelijk zijn om dat te bestaande mogelijkheid om veel. Zowel op de brug als in de vaarschema.’ realiseren, lijkt me.’ nautilusint.org 58 December 2018 December 2018 59 nautilusint.org

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The winner of this month’s cryptic crossword competition will win a copy of the book Saving Jack, by David Hurrell and Alexander Campbell QUICK CLUES 12 Slippery slime goes pop as reaction (reviewed on the books pages). Across to cold (5,7) To enter, simply send us the completed crossword, along with 1 Dental product (10) 15 Cookhouse the Queen named after 6 Have to (4) Horatio (9) your name and address, to: Nautilus International, Telegraph 9 Medication (10) 17 Re-25 cruel and filthy money (5) Crossword Competition, 1&2 The Shrubberies, George Lane, 10 Speech characteristic (4) 18 ‘No, -- --- builded far from accident’ 12 Traditional craft (7,5) (Shakespeare, sonnet) (2,3) South Woodford, London E18 1BD, or fax +44 (0)20 8530 1015. 15 Communion priest (9) 19 Flat mag (9) You can also enter by email, by sending your list of answers 17 Open (5) 20 Meandering ruts cut ahead of car race, 18 Leave forces (5) and your contact details to: [email protected]. in terms of the build (12) 19 Lucky (9) 24 Changed name, so be it (4) 20 Killing (12) 25 Show lack of respect for Closing date is Friday 7 December 2018. 24 Film excerpt (4) acknowledgment so deal out (10) 25 Marriage prelude (10) 26 Pay lip service to romantic attachment (4) 26 Wine debris (4) 27 Prime agent prepared to soak (10) 27 Generous (10) Down Down 1 Sentence from corrupted file (4) 1 Bus (4) 2 Leave out Scottish lake from edges and 2 Promise (4) street from centre of loom stitch (4) 3 Pipe (6-6) 3 Because award (mistake acknowledged) 4 Oak nut (5) and shilling go to study of space (12) 5 Term (9) 4 Wrap-around - wound perhaps (5) 7 Legislatively singular (10) 5 Cancel club for recyclable goods (5,4) 8 Print worker (10) 7 I’m muscular, a model of sorts (10) 11 Cold as it gets (8,4) 8 Put on list as little Reginald, first English 13 Related to university (10) then communist (10) 14 Churchill’s darling (10) 11 Two West Indies born cricketers, 16 Wealth (9) Gladstone and Michael, play on 21 Haul (5) farmland (5,7) 22 Hereditary unit (4) 13 Shirk man’s revision over Kenyan capital, 23 Leave as is (4) that is, shirk (10) 14 Cabin crew with hotpot on a 4 messed up (10) CRYPTIC CLUES 16 Element of tailed planet and one Across expression of hesitancy (9) 1 Sign average with half puddings 21 Performer in exact original (5) for big cat (10) 22 Cat turned up with a degree of mastery (4) 6 Another botched ruse to get addict (4) 23 Without wartime allocation, the family 9 Pass out suit but supposedly it never span shows hereditary blueprint (4) won fair lady (5,5) 10 When smoke and fog elide (4) Crossword answers are on page 66

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50 years ago 1. Roughly how many people around The MNAOA has concluded its first Independent analysis shows the UK- the world are expected to take a cruise in 2018? agreement for officers serving on owned fleet could fall from 13.5m dwt to container ships. The agreement covers as little as 5m dwt over the same period, 2. In 1978, what percentage of the world fleet, in gross tonnage officers serving on Overseas Containers he added — The Telegraph, December terms, was British-registered? Ltd Australia service and rates of pay 1993 3. Which company is presently the will be in excess of those applying in world’s biggest owner/operator conventional cargo liners — MN Journal, 10 years ago or bulk carriers? December 1968 Nautilus joined seafaring unions from 4. When and how did the phrase across Europe to stage a demonstration ‘coffin ship’ originate? 25 years ago in Brussels last month to call for action to 5. What percentage of total world Britain will have fewer than 4,000 officers end ‘social dumping’ in the industry and deadweight tonnage is owned or operated by US owners? and ratings in the year 2010 if present to revive plans for a directive to regulate 6. What was the name of Cunard trends continue, Chamber of Shipping pay rates on EU ferry services — The Line’s first ship? president Edmund Vestey has warned. Telegraph, December 2008 Quiz answers can be found on page 66.

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iet Doerflinger, the Union’s new ‘in a new expanding sector that needed Switzerland branch industrial developing’. P organiser, is an activist at heart. Piet has been specifically employed to He thrives on a challenge like help the next phase of the Swiss river cruise the Rhine’s booming river cruise sector and campaign, building upon the past three the problems of poor wages, long hours and years of work by Nautilus and the European unchecked levels of overtime among crew. Transport Workers’ Federation to tackle the Piet was born and grew up in Cape Town, South poor treatment of workers in the sector. While the Africa, but he didn’t agree with the apartheid industry’s rapid expansion has created lots of jobs, regime and left for Europe when he was 19. His PIET DOERFLINGER many of the workers are from eastern Europe and nautical background includes a ‘transitional’ stint HAS BEEN TASKED SE Asia and have suffered unacceptably low wages, as a navigating cadet on containerships, and while WITH TACKLING POOR excessive working hours, unpaid overtime, and he didn’t originally plan on settling in Switzerland, CONDITIONS IN THE appalling working or living conditions onboard. he has now made it his home for 33 years. RIVER CRUISE SECTOR The next phase will involve recruiting new Athough socially and politically active for members and a great deal of negotiating, most of his life, Piet has had a explains Piet, and he expects highly varied career. He trained his extensive campaigning as a psychiatric and accident & experience will stand him emergency nurse after moving ‘I won’t be fobbed off in good stead for the tough to Basel, where he worked in by companies with task of improving working hospitals and a psychiatric conditions for river cruise clinic before moving on to non-transparent workers and achieving the end campaigning work. business structures’ goal of collective bargaining Before joining Nautilus, Piet agreements. worked as a health sector organiser for the Swiss union Unia With a degree in business management for not-for-profit (whose navigation section transferred to Nautilus International organisations, Piet says he ‘won’t be fobbed off by companies to form the Switzerland branch in 2010). with non-transparent business structures’, and in his first three During his time at Unia, he honed his industrial organising months on the job, he has been researching the key players in skills and helped train and recruit lay representatives – a the industry and fine-tuning negotiations with other unions. tricky area, as lay reps in Switzerland have no legal protection Outside work, in his small village 25km up the Rhine from under the country’s weak labour laws and can be easily Basel, Piet is involved in supporting various charities and his dismissed for union activities. children’s school. He occasionally met Nautilus personnel who had offices He describes his induction into his new job as ‘simply in the same Basel building as Unia, and when the job at the wonderful’ and says he was made to feel very welcome by the Union came up he was keen to take the opportunity of working members he has been meeting.

PIET DOERFLINGER’S VARIED CAREER HAS INCLUDED A PIET IS ALSO A TRAINED PSYCHIATRIC AND HE HAS A DEGREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SPELL AS A NAVIGATING CADET ON CONTAINERSHIPS AND ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY NURSE FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

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cadet, college and company enquiries in relation to trainee officers and regularly Member meetings College visits each main nautical college.

and seminars contacts Cadet members are encouraged, if they have a need for any industrial support, Nautilus International organises regular meetings, forums and seminars Induction visits to contact Martyn on +44 (0)151 639 for members to discuss technical matters, maritime policies and legal See www.nautilusint.org 8454 or email [email protected] issues. Coming up in the next few months are: event section for dates of upcoming college visits by the The Union also facilitates a Young Professional & Technical Forum to Nautilus Council on the Nautilus recruitment team. Maritime Professionals Forum to provide Tuesday 4 December 2018 challenges facing women in For further information, email an opportunity for young members to from 13.30-17.00 at the the industry and encourages [email protected] engage in discussions on the specific Angel Hotel, Castle Street, female participation in Union or call Martyn Gray on challenges facing young workers in the Cardiff CF10 1SZ. activity. All female members +44 (0)151 639 8454. maritime profession. The forum deals with a range of welcome. To attend or register technical, safety, and welfare topics. your interest, call or email Industrial support for cadets For further information, members All full members are welcome. Lisa Carr: +44 (0)20 8989 6677 The dedicated strategic organiser should contact Danny McGowan at To register your interest [email protected] for all UK and Irish trainee officers [email protected]. and receive details of the venue, is Martyn Gray. Martyn deals with all contact Sue Willis: Young Maritime Professionals Forum +44 (0)20 8530 1671 End of March 2019 in central London [email protected] at a venue to be confirmed. For members under 35. Pensions Women’s Forum To attend or register your interest, End of March 2019 in central London call or email Danny McGowan: MNOPF member forums provide a focal point for members to discuss at a venue to be confirmed. +44 (0)20 8989 6677 and ask questions about the cross-industry maritime pension schemes. This forum provides guidance [email protected] Next MNOPF member forums in 2019: Invitations will be sent to Tuesday 14 May in Southampton members in the vicinity and Tuesday 19 November in Dover of the venue, and sign-up Contact Nautilus International – please register your interest. details will be available through the MNOPF website. Nautilus International welcomes contact from members at any time. At most forum meetings, tea and Please send a message to one of our offices around the world coffee is be served from 11am, with the Please register in advance (details below) or use the Nautilus 24/7 service in an emergency. main presentation starting at 11.30. online via www.mnopf.co.uk For other urgent matters, we can also arrange to visit your ship in a Following this, a light buffet lunch under ‘myMNOPFpension/ UK port. Please give us your vessel’s ETA and as much information as is served, where attendees have the member forums’ or from opportunity to meet and ask questions the home page under ‘Events’, possible about the issue that needs addressing. of the MNOPF vice-chair or call +44 (0)20 3150 0850. Head office France yacht sector office and members of the executive team. Nautilus International In partnership with D&B Services 1&2 The Shrubberies, George Lane 3 Bd. d’Aguillon, 06600 Antibes, France South Woodford, London E18 1BD Tel: +33 (0)962 616 140 Quiz and crossword answers Tel: +44 (0)20 8989 6677 [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)20 8530 1015 www.dandbservices.com – from our brain teasers on page 64 [email protected] Spain yacht sector office QUICK QUIZ QUICK CROSSWORD 1. Worldwide cruise passenger numbers Across: 1. Toothpaste; 6. Must; UK northern office In partnership with Sovren Crew are forecast to top 26m in 2018. 9. Antibiotic; 10. Lisp; Nautilus International (formerly Dovaston Crew) 2. In 1978, around 7.6% of global gross 12. Clinker boats; 15. Celebrant; Nautilus House, Mariners’ Park Carrer de Versalles 9A, 07015, tonnage was British-registered. 17. Overt; 18. Demob; Wallasey CH45 7PH Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3. COSCO is the world’s biggest bulk 19. Fortunate; Tel: +44 (0)151 639 8454 Tel: +34 971 677 375 carrier operator, with a fleet of more than 20. Manslaughter; 24. Clip; Fax: +44 (0)151 346 8801 [email protected] 360 vessels with a total capacity of some 25. Engagement; 26. Lees; [email protected] www.sovrencrew.com 33m dwt. 27. Benevolent. 4. ‘Coffin ships’ was a term that originated in the early 19th century to describe Down: 1. Tram; 2. Oath; Netherlands office Nautilus 24/7 vessels that were unseaworthy because 3. Hubble-bubble; 4. Acorn; • Postal address Out of European office hours, members they were too narrow and too deep. 5. Trimester; 7. Unicameral; Nautilus International of Nautilus International and the Nautilus 5. US owners own or operate 3.8% of 8. Typesetter; 11. Absolute zero; Postbus 8575, 3009 AN Rotterdam Federation unions can contact our world deadweight tonnage. 13. Academical; 14. Clementine; • Physical address round-the-clock assistance service by 6. Cunard Line’s first ship was Britannia 16. Affluence; 21. Heave; Nautilus International, Schorpioenstraat phone, text or online: (1840). 22. Gene; 23. Stet. 266, 3067 KW Rotterdam • Go to www.nautilusint.org and click Tel: +31 (0)10 477 1188 on the Nautilus 24/7 link to access our CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Fax: +31 (0)10 477 3846 Live chat instant messaging service. Each month, the cryptic crossword is a prize competition, and the answers [email protected] You’ll also find a list of freephone numbers appear in the following Telegraph. Congratulations to Nautilus member from 45 countries that you can use to call Tony Tibbott, who was first out of the hat in November. Here are the Switzerland office us free of charge. answers to last month’s cryptic crossword: Gewerkschaftshaus, Rebgasse 1 • Send an SMS text message to Across: 8. Franklin; 9. Loiter; Down: 1. Creative; 2. Gnat; 3. Sledge; 4005 Basel, Switzerland +44 (0)7860 017 119 and we’ll reply. 10. Salt; 11. Daisy chain; 12. Pirate; 4. Anxiety; 5. Claymore; 6. Dishabille; Tel: +41 (0)61 262 24 24 • Email us at [email protected]. 14. Trombone; 15. Rescind; 17. Tealeaf; 7. Lesion; 13. Accounting; 16. Nihilism; Fax: +41 (0)61 262 24 25 • Reach us via Skype (username 20. Capuchin; 22. Cheers; 23. Distillery; 18. Airbrush; 19. Entente; 21. Aviary; [email protected] nautilus-247). 24. Bore; 25. Drones; 26. Titmouse. 22. Coyote; 24. Blot.

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