Seamen
A scheme to extort money from sailors was exposed in Ukraine
The criminal group demanded money for obtaining seaman’s qualification documents. Over 100,000 hryvnias were earned on the scheme.
Seafarers will be able to monitor the status of verification of their documents
Seafarers’ service centers of Morrichservice in Odesa, Izmail, Kherson and Mariupol will be able to monitor the status of verification of the seafarer’s documents.
Maritime services in Ukraine started working, but in test mode
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine restored the operation of maritime services. The services will work in test mode for the next month.
The vessel, on which seafarers from Crimea were working, was not allowed into the port of Pivdenny
The border guards of the Odesa branch of the State Border Guard Service did not let 12 seafarers with Russian passports issued by the occupying authorities of the Crimean Peninsula.
The Ukrainian crew on the vessel has been delayed with salary payments for five months
The crew of the tanker GAS ATHENA has not received salaries for five months. All requests from the team to the management remain unanswered.
Odesa yachtsmen, convicted in Georgia, have been dismissed
Odesa yachtsmen Yuri Khomich and Vladimir Dyachenko were dismissed. Prior to that, the seafarers has spent 8 months in a jail, after which they were sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Life on a vessel: an overview of the cabins
A seaman’s work and life at sea is limited by the size of the vessel. And the cabin is the place where you have to live for several months in a row. The psyche of the sailor and, in many respects, the success of the voyage itself depends on how the cabin is arranged. It is good if the vessel is designed to a high standard, with large living quarters, seating areas and comfortable living conditions. However, there are a lot of vessels with small cabins, shared toilets and showers, where there are no additional amenities, for example, saunas, gyms, etc. What kind of seafarers’ cabins should be by standards and how are the things with living quarters on vessels in reality – in a review from USM.
Ukrainian seafarers will confirm their qualifications at CES tests
On September 1st, an experimental project will start – CES testing of sefarers. It will allow Ukrainian sailors to confirm their qualifications through computer testing.
Two new fire ignitions occurred at the burning MSC Messina
After a fire on the container vessel MSC Messina on June 25th, two more fire ignitions occurred on the vessel with a crew on board.
Ministry of Infrastructure wants to reform the field of certification of seafarers
The Ministry of Infrastructure, the Office of Simple Solutions and the Ministry of Digital Transformation have developed a plan to reform the seafarer certification field. The reform should simplify the interaction of seafarers with the state, while minimizing the human factor.
