ITF media release: Seafarers finally return home after 17 months in Ajman, UAE

 

 

Andy Khan-Gordon

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The International Transport Workers' Federation

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Seafarers finally return home after 17 months in Ajman, UAE

26 January 2018

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is pleased to announce that the eleven crew of the Panamanian flagged 'Agean Princess' have finally been able to return home to India and Myanmar, after a dispute between their ships operator and owner saw them held in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, for 17 months. However, the crew are still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid wages.

ITF inspector, Mohamed Arrachedi, has been helping the crew since they were abandoned in June 2016: "This has been a difficult case, and in the end we were helped to conclude it by UAE Federal Transport Authority [FTA].

"The ITF and the FTA have been working closely to end abandonment in UAE waters, and these seafarers have seen the benefit of this. As the UAE moves towards fully complying with the Maritime Labour Convention all seafarers will enjoy the greater protection they deserve when working there.

"In this case we also had the cooperation of the flag state of the vessel - Panama - that helped to resolve the issue.

"But this is not the end of this sad story, the seafarers are owed wages going back to 2015, totalling over USD 916,000. There is never an excuse for seafarers to be abandoned like this, it is a scourge that has to stop, and it has to stop now".

See more about the work of the ITF and the UAE FTA here: https://goo.gl/xZboEt

ENDS

For more information contact

Mohamed Arrachedi
ITF Arab World network coordination
+34 629 419 007
arrachedi_mohamed@itf.org.uk

Photos of the crew are attached. Two are from Myanmar, nine are from India.

 

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BACK TO THE POSTFUTURE | the PhotoPhore exhibitions

 

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ITF statement: UAE's new protection for seafarers

ITF statement on UAE's new protection for seafarers
18 January 2018

ITF statement in response to the circular issued by the UAE Federal Transport Authority – Land And Maritime, requiring all UAE flagged ships trading internationally and all ships operating in UAE waters to have a contract of insurance to protect seafarers.

David Heindel, chair of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), seafarers' section, said: "We are strongly behind the mandate issued by the Federal Transport Authority - Land and Maritime, for the financial protection of seafarers operating in the waters of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"Basic rights are being violated on a daily basis by companies operating in this region who not only fail to pay wages, but also fail to provide safe working conditions and enough food and clean water for their seafarers.

"This mandate makes clear that ship owners must provide financial protection against abandonment, death or injury.

"This is a huge step forward in a region where, historically, ship owners have been allowed to repeatedly abuse the rights of seafarers. This has to stop and it has to stop now."

ENDS
 

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