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211917
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 08:21
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RF Sea Master-1 crew sails with relief for Kenya under NATO convoy.
VLADIVOSTOK, October 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian crew of the
freighter Sea Master-1 realizes the danger of Somali pirates, but keeps
sailing with the relief supplies from the Port Sudan (Sudan) to the Kenyan
port Mombasa on Monday. The Sea Master-1 freighter has four security
guards onboard and a NATO warship is convoying the bulk carrier, the
Russian sailors told the Far Eastern regional branch of the Russian Trade
Union of Sailors by phone on Monday.
The freighter is to arrive in Mombasa with the relief supplies (about
5,000 tonnes of wheat) on October 15-16. The Sea Master-1 crew is made of
20 sailors from the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka. Seven sailors demand
replacement from the shipowner in the port of Mombasa and the delivery to
the homeland, the rest of them did not make the foresaid demands.
Under the rules of the International Transport Workers' Federation
(ITF), in which the Russian Trade Union of Sailors is incorporated, the
sailing in the piracy-hazardous zone envisages a double salary for the
sailors, the chairman of the Far Eastern regional branch of the Russian
Trade Union of Sailors, Nikolai Sukhanov, told Itar-Tass by phone. The Sea
Master-1 crew did not receive the double salary. The Sea Master-1 crew is
entitled to other major payments in case of heavy aftermaths of the clash
with pirates, but the Russian sailors did not receive any compensations.
The sailors, who insist on the replacement from the ship, demand the full
remuneration for them on the ITF rates and the Russian trade union
supports these demands.
Sukhanov noted that an official of the Sea Master-1 shipowner was to
arrive in Nakhodka from Sudan in order to solve the crew's problems in the
country up to probable changes in the Sea Master-1 sailing routes. The Sea
Master-1 freighter is sailing in the Gulf of Aden, where the pirates are
rampaging. The pirates are keeping 15 ships, 277 sailors in captivity. The
pirates killed 15 sailors in the attacks on the ships.
freighter Sea Master-1 realizes the danger of Somali pirates, but keeps
sailing with the relief supplies from the Port Sudan (Sudan) to the Kenyan
port Mombasa on Monday. The Sea Master-1 freighter has four security
guards onboard and a NATO warship is convoying the bulk carrier, the
Russian sailors told the Far Eastern regional branch of the Russian Trade
Union of Sailors by phone on Monday.
The freighter is to arrive in Mombasa with the relief supplies (about
5,000 tonnes of wheat) on October 15-16. The Sea Master-1 crew is made of
20 sailors from the Far Eastern port of Nakhodka. Seven sailors demand
replacement from the shipowner in the port of Mombasa and the delivery to
the homeland, the rest of them did not make the foresaid demands.
Under the rules of the International Transport Workers' Federation
(ITF), in which the Russian Trade Union of Sailors is incorporated, the
sailing in the piracy-hazardous zone envisages a double salary for the
sailors, the chairman of the Far Eastern regional branch of the Russian
Trade Union of Sailors, Nikolai Sukhanov, told Itar-Tass by phone. The Sea
Master-1 crew did not receive the double salary. The Sea Master-1 crew is
entitled to other major payments in case of heavy aftermaths of the clash
with pirates, but the Russian sailors did not receive any compensations.
The sailors, who insist on the replacement from the ship, demand the full
remuneration for them on the ITF rates and the Russian trade union
supports these demands.
Sukhanov noted that an official of the Sea Master-1 shipowner was to
arrive in Nakhodka from Sudan in order to solve the crew's problems in the
country up to probable changes in the Sea Master-1 sailing routes. The Sea
Master-1 freighter is sailing in the Gulf of Aden, where the pirates are
rampaging. The pirates are keeping 15 ships, 277 sailors in captivity. The
pirates killed 15 sailors in the attacks on the ships.
