Voyages of abuse : seafarers, human rights and international shipping
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Voyages of abuse : seafarers, human rights and international shipping
Pluto, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book details the deplorable conditions that exist in a minority sector of international shipping operating mainly, although not exclusively, under flags of convenience. In a horrific account of human rights abuses that would be little tolerated in the countries of the ship owners, the authors demonstrate that governments often pay little attention to cases of robbery, abandonment, deprivation and even death perpetrated by these ship owners or on vessels bearing their national flag. The financial and shipping institutions that support substandard ship owners are also prepared to ignore the plight of the individual seafarer serving on the ships under their tenure.
The authors draw on case studies to illustrate the issues, including a perspective on Adriatic Tanker Company of Greece and examples of incompetent management and the reckless finance provisions in merchant shipping. The authors also examine the plight of seafarers' families, who are particularly vulnerable, and the legal rights of abused and abandoned seafarers. They conclude by arguing for a global governance of shipping.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction: Us Poor Seamen
2. International Shipping
3. Seafarers and Employment
4. Failures Frauds and Abuses
5. Case Study: Perspectives on S. Adriatic Tankers
6. Case Study: Management and Finance
7. Case Study: The Tale of Two Ships
8. Families Seafarers and their Allies
9. The Legal Rights of Abused and Abandoned Seafarers
10. Towards Global Governance of Shipping
Appendix 1: Flags of Convenience and Second Registries, June 1997
Appendix 2: Ship Losses by Flag 1996
Appendix 3: Examples of Flag of Convenience and Second Registry Enactment of Maritime Laws Giving Effect to ILO Recommendations and Conventions on Repatriation and Wages
Glossary
Notes
Index
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