Australia Bans Bulk Carrier Over Repeated Falsification of Crew Rest Records
gCaptain · Mike Schuler ·
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier from Australian ports for 90 days after inspectors discovered that crew work and rest records had been deliberately falsified to conceal excessive working hours.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier from Australian ports for 90 days after inspectors discovered that crew work and rest records had been deliberately falsified to conceal excessive working hours.
The ban against the Wooyang Venus follows an October 29 port State control inspection in Newcastle prompted by a complaint under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). Inspectors found that the vessel’s records did not accurately reflect the hours worked by its crew.
It marks the third detention of the vessel in Australian waters in less than three years, with previous inspections uncovering similar problems.
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