Seamen

All ten crew members are Ukrainian citizens. They were rescued by a Turkish ship passing nearby.

Cat Eleonora became part of the crew of a small boat of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

In Izmail, on the territory of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company, they want to open a modern training center for training shipmasters.

In the port of Murmansk, due to complaints from Russian sailors, the tanker Unity under the flag of Lesotho, which is part of the so-called “shadow fleet” of Russia, was detained.

Moscow has said it does not recognize the decision of the UN tribunal, which is considering Ukraine’s claim over the 2018 incident.

Relatives are still trying to find out the fate of four sailors from the landing craft “Stanislav”, which sank in the Black Sea as a result of being hit by a Russian missile.

The Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine has appealed to shipowners and managers with recommendations on the right of Ukrainian seafarers to refuse to work in war zones.

Six Ukrainian seafarers are on river vessels on the Danube without valid employment contracts and without salaries.

At the end of June, a number of deputies introduced the bills “On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine Regarding the Special Taxation Regime of Seafarers” and “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts Regarding the Special Taxation Regime of Seafarers”. Among the initiators was Yulia Tymoshenko, who recently reminded us of herself with a passionate speech from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada in defense of the elimination of the independence of the NABU and the Special Anti-corruption prosecutor’s Office.

The Trade Union of Maritime Transport Workers of Ukraine analyzed the new draft law No. 13416-1 on taxation and deferral of mobilization for seafarers.