Seacurus Provides Industry First
Specialist marine insurance intermediary Seacurus launched a new insurance policy to indemnify seafarers in the event of the financial default of their employers which, for the first time, offers recompense in respect of unpaid crew wages. The policy will enable all employers of seafarers to meet their regulatory obligations under the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC), which enters force on August 20, 2013. The new policy, CrewSeacure, provides up to $10 million of cover in the event of an employer’s financial default.
Statement from SOS SaveOurSeafarers
Following Tuesday’s conference on Somali piracy organised by the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and held at the IMO’s London headquarters, Giles Heimann, Chair of the SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign, said, “We welcome the acknowledgement of the importance of the continuing partnership between the shipping industry, the naval forces and governments, and their ongoing commitment in tackling the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia. We look to reinforce these relationships.
CEOs Targeted by Anti-Piracy Campaign
www.SaveOurSeafarers.com (SOS), the international anti-piracy initiative backed by 30 of the world’s largest maritime organisations, is to lobby support from business leaders to increase international pressure on Governments to take firmer action against Somali piracy. This violence and hostage-taking is costing the world economy an estimated $12 billion a year. SOS SaveOurSeafarers Campaign Chair Giles Heimann, said: “These criminal gangs are holding the world economy to ransom.
Philippine, British Governments Announce Support for SaveOurSeafarers
Seafarers’ organisations, shipping companies together with business leaders and the biggest ever grouping of shipping industry associations, which have joined forces to campaign against Somali piracy, have received a welcome boost from the British and Philippine Governments confirming their support for the global SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign. In the UK, correspondence between members of the SOS campaign and the British MP Henry Billingham, Minister for Africa, the UN, Overseas Territories and Conflict Issues…
SaveOurSeafarers Campaign Responds to Piracy Threat
62 seafarers have died in the past four years as a direct result of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, through deliberate murder by pirates, suicide during the period of captivity, death from malnutrition and disease, death by drowning, or heart failure just after the hijacking. This figure has prompted the shipping industry’s SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign to give even greater emphasis to its worldwide call for government action to tackle the issue. “During this same period…
IBF Revises Transit Corridors in Gulf
Following a meeting of the JNG/ITF Secretariat in London on Tuesday 13 January and agreement reached between the parties of the IBF on 26 January, the International Bargaining Forum has agreed to amend the "High Risk Area" covering the major part of the Gulf of Aden by adopting the revised UKMTO Transit Corridors. From 1 February 2009 all ships entering the "High Risk Area" are directed to transit the Gulf by following the new East and West bound transit lanes, which have been adopted following the increase in number and re-positioning of warships in the region. The new two lane system will also assist in preventing possible collision scenarios.
