The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been called on to protect at least two seafarers who have allegedly been bashed onboard the BP Chartered "Britto" for refusing to sign a sub-standard industrial agreement from the ship’s Korean owners. It was further reported that other crew were threaten to be thrown overboard by the ship’s master if they did not comply.
The Panamanian registered FOC tanker had been working on the Australian coast, servicing BP’s domestic fuel trade under an ITF International Minimum Standards Agreement for its Filipino, Bangladeshi and Korean crew.
"This is the real cost of Flag of Convenience (FOC) shipping in our domestic trade – unpaid wages, stand over tactics and crews living in fear of persecution," said ITF Australia National Coordinator Dean Summers.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has been called on to protect at least two seafarers who have allegedly been bashed onboard the BP Chartered "Britto" for refusing to sign a sub-standard industrial agreement from the ship’s Korean owners. It was further reported that other crew were threaten to be thrown overboard by the ship’s master if they did not comply.
The Panamanian registered FOC tanker had been working on the Australian coast, servicing BP’s domestic fuel trade under an ITF International Minimum Standards Agreement for its Filipino, Bangladeshi and Korean crew.
"This is the real cost of Flag of Convenience (FOC) shipping in our domestic trade – unpaid wages, stand over tactics and crews living in fear of persecution," said ITF Australia National Coordinator Dean Summers.
