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Broken up at Nakhodka 05/2023
Detained freezer to sail again with new crew
The "Nikolai Kasatkin" which had been detained in Velsen-North since Nov 30, 2016, could be released after the owner has flown a new crew to the ship. A part of the old crew was still on board because they refused to abandon ship. Trade unionist Gijs Mol of the International Transport Workers Federation has advised the crew to go home. They have been already paid the fees until mid-October. Also captain Alexander Strachovitsj disembarked on Jan 4, 2016. He threatened last week to call the police if the crew would not unload the cargo. Around christmas they had unloaded a part frozen crab of 70 tonnes taken aboard from five Russian fishing vessels unloaded in the hope that they would get their salary. Some had received no wages for months. The new captain expected that the ship departs between 10th and 15th January after all requirements of the Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) have been satisified. The ship had been detained because of deficiencies in security reasons and a malfunctioning radio. Dutch report with photo: http://www.ijmuidercourant.nl/regionaal/ijmond/article28917033.ece/Nieuwe-bemanning-lost-Russisch-schip_?lref=L3
Ship barred from sailing due to unpaid wages and security violations
The authorities of the port of Amsterdam have barred the "Nikolay Kasatkin" with its crew being on strike from leaving the port, a senior trade union official said on Dec. 2, 2016, after an inspection discovered trade law and security violations on board. The ship’s owners owe the crew $90,000 in wage arrears. Inspectors also found out that the crew’s labor contracts contained numerous violations, their health certificates were invalid and safety rules on board the vessel were often neglected. The crew, which was currently on strike demanding wage arrears to be paid, was running out of food. The ship’s owner informed the trade union that “the crew’s demands are not justified,” because de-facto the company owed its workers only one month in wage arrears and had to withhold the payment “for objective reasons.” Transport investigators in Russia’s Far Eastern Sakhalin region has launched a probe into the case.
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