In SwedishTheme: Working Conditions WorldWide
Seamen at risk helped by ITF
Unpaid salaries, crews abandoned and worn ships. In merchant navies around the world there are many examples of seamen working under abysmal conditions, but Annica Barning, ITF inspector, explains that the absolute worst ships seldom come to Sweden.
Flags of convenience
The International Transport Workers Federation, ITF, lists 32 nations that have so-called flags of convenience. The basic criterion for a flag of convenience is when a ship sails under the flag of another country than that of the owner.
The flag makes all the difference
In this issue, 3 2009, of SAN News we have chosen to turn our gaze outwards and take a closer look at the conditions onboard ships in the world’s merchant navy. Which flags offer good working conditions and which are the worst? It is difficult to give categorical answers to such questions since conditions vary substantially between different ships sailing under the same flag.
