The Shipowners’ association and the different seafarers’ employee unions in Finland have agreed on the terms of employing seafarers from non-EU countries on Finnish-flagged vessels. The aim is to secure the supply of competent seafarers on Finnish and Åland cargo vessels.

The share of foreign employees in a shipping company may not exceed one
third of the total number of ship personnel and they may be employed in
all positions on board. They are employed on a temporary basis and the
salaries are agreed on for each vessel separately according to the
traffic area.

Source: Shipgaz

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• To stop imprisoning our sailors

    The Round Table of shipping associations has called on governments to stop imprisoning seafarers without charge claiming that that the spread of criminalisation and unfair treatment will only jeopardise the global recruitment and retention of seafarers.

• PROPOSED CHANGES TO Jones Act already having an impact SEAMEN

    The impact of proposed changes to the Jones Act and the use of foreign flagged vessels in the US offshore sector is already being felt by seafarers according to international shipping recruitment agency Faststream, with companies rushing to replace their… Read at PROPOSED CHANGES TO JONES ACT ALREADY IMPACTING SEAFARERS

• USA and the Philippines Convention for the Suppression of Piracy

    The US and the Philippines have agreed to work together to tackle the issue of piracy as attacks continue to threaten US vessels and put the lives of Filipino seafarers in danger. US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood met with… Read at US and Philippines Agree to Fight Piracy

• To provide EU-led welfare facilities for seafarers and their families in India

    Indian seafarers and their families stand to benefit from two new welfare schemes in 2010, thanks to an initiative by an ITF-affiliated seafarers’ union. The two schemes, initiated by the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI), will provide much needed financial help and assistance to seafarers and their families

• Indian trade unions lobby shipping minister about the criminalization of seafarers

     Seafarers’ unions have called on the Indian government to support their campaign against the criminalisation of seafarers and help secure the release of the practice’s latest victims. The Indian Seafarers’ Federation – representing the ITF-affiliated unions, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) and the Maritime Union of India (MUI) – met

• Latvian seafarers at sea again as recession bites

    Latvia has suffered more than most from the economic ravages of the current global recession but its difficulties has lit a light of hope for crew managers as larger numbers of its ex-seafarers are now returning to sea in search… Read at Latvian seafarers returning to sea as recession bites

• ICS Executive Committee meets in London

    The Executive Committee of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which is the principal international trade association for international merchant shipowners, met in London this week. CO2 Emission Reductions In the run up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Copenhagen in December,  the Committee expressed satisfaction with the real progress already

• ISF concern SWINE FLU ACTION

    The International Shipping Federation (ISF), together with the UK’s Association of Port Health Authorities, Hamburg Port Health Center and Germany’s Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, has responded to what it see as an over-reaction by some port health authorities the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic. The ISF accepts that seafarers

• Norwegian shipping company to hire more seafarers

    NORWEGIAN shipping firm Torvald Klaveness Group (TKG) said it will continue to hire hundreds more Filipino seafarers in the coming years as the company expands its fleet on expectations that the world economy to recover. Chairman Tom Erik Klaveness said on Wednesday the company will prioritize the employment of Filipino seafarers

• Update BIMCO and ISF manpower study in 2010

    It has been 20 years since BIMCO and ISF first decided to conduct the original 1990 BIMCO/ISF Manpower study and both parties have recently decided to launch a 2010 update.

• While govt, the shipping charges are against arming crews, seafarers are increasingly a

    SHIPS’ crew are civilians – even though this statement may bring a wry smile to the faces of officers who did their initial training at certain nautical establishments. It may be true that the professional discipline required for life at sea, and culture imbued into recruits at many colleges, are in

• Improvements for seafarers

    Ongoing international negotiations between maritime employers and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have resulted in improvements in seafarers’ working conditions despite the current economic downturn. Sixty delegates from 17 countries representing international maritime employers and the ITF, known as… Read at Improvements for seafarers

• Enhanced Yoga ship

    Shipowners should consider encouraging their seafarers to perform yoga onboard ship as a remedy to possible diseases and ailments and as a way of introducing exercise onboard, the Chairman of the Shipping Corporation of India has suggested. Speaking at the 10th International Symposium of Maritime Health in Goa, Sabyasachi Hajara said

• Nigeria loses N150b for foreign seafarers

    Nigeria is losing over N150 billion annually to foreign seafarers due to dearth of manpower in the shipping sector. The hint was dropped at a two- day seminar on the role of seafaring in a nation’s economy at the Administrative Staff College, Topo, Badagry in Lagos. Sources said no fewer

• Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. – Delivery of vessel no. 17

    Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (the “Company”) yesterday took delivery of the suezmax vessel that the Company agreed to acquire in early October 2009. The double hull suezmax vessel has been named Nordic Mistral.