Fiji Times Wednesday 27 September 2017 Panama flagged bulk carrier DL Carnation has been barred from Australian waters for 12 months after the vessel was discovered keeping two sets of wage accounts, covering up the underpayment of the crew.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said it acted on a complaint received on Friday, September 8, via the International Transport Workers’ Federation alleging discrepancies in the payment of wages for the ship’s crew.
An AMSA surveyor attended the vessel in Gladstone and found that the ship was operating with two sets of wage accounts on board. One set of accounts showed the amount of pay the crew should have been receiving in line with their Seafarer Employment Agreements and the other showed what the crew were actually receiving, AMSA said.
A comparison of the accounts showed the crew were being underpaid in excess of $US17,000 ($F34,434) per month with records found reflecting this back to at least April of this year.
The vessel was immediately detained for breaching the Maritime Labour Convention. Read more…
