Aden and Western Arabian Sea and as a
consequence thereof, Indian seafarers have also suffered at the hands of
the said pirates. Ten Indian seafarers ... said vessel sunk off on 7th - 8th July,
2013, but one Indian seafarer is reported to be safe. The Indian crew
members were employed
ensure that no fees or other charges for recruitment or placement of seafarers are borne directly or indirectly or in whole or in part ... seafarers; (ii) ensure that adequate machinery and procedures exist for the investigation, if necessary, of complaints concerning the activities of recruitment and placement services
discharge issued under this Part. [99-A. Prohibition of engagement of seafarer without seafarer's identity document. (1) No person shall engage or carry ... seafarer in any ship, unless the seafarer is in possession of seafarer's identity document. (2) The seafarer's identity document under sub-section
provision of an expeditious and
effective financial security system to assist seafarers in the event of their
abandonment.
2. For the purposes of this Standard ... seafarer shall be deemed to
have been abandoned where, in violation of the requirements of this
Convention or the terms of the seafarers' employment
recruited and placed
through respondent nos. 4 and 5 to work as Seafarers on tugboat Jupiter-6
carrying the flag of Saint Vincent ... from the manning agents of the ships in India who
recruited the seafarers as required by clause 5(a) and (b) of M.S.
Notice
provisions of the Convention concerning the Prevention of Occupational Accidents to Seafarers adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation on the 30th
time of the loss or abandonment. National Welfare Board for Seafarers
meaning assigned to it in the Merchant Shipping (Continuous Discharge Certificate-cum-Seafarer's Identity Document) Rules, 2001 made under the Merchant Shipping
Standards of
Training, Certification and Watch
Keeping (STCW) Code for Seafarers,
are illegal ... International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 (hereinafter
referred to as “the STCW Code”).
8.The Institutes were
National Union Of Seafarers Of India ... vs The Union Of India (Uoi), Rep. By Its ... on 13 June, 2005
Author: P.K. Misra
Bench ... present writ petition has been filed by National Union of Seafarers of India (MDS), represented by its General Secretary for issuing a writ of certiorari
