Day: 12 June 2006

International report on crew abuse highlights abuse in New Zealand waters

As the Mar­itime Union fights for the rights of sea­far­ers in New Zealand waters, a new report from the Inter­na­tion­al Trans­port Work­ers’ Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) to the Unit­ed Nations paints a dis­turb­ing pic­ture of abus­es of human rights at sea.
The report names the case of the ‘Sky 75’ in New Zealand waters as one of “ruth­less exploita­tion of fish­ing crews.”
The New Zealand ITF and Mar­itime Union took action when 10 Indone­sian crew left the Kore­an reg­is­tered fish­ing ves­sel ‘Sky 75’ in the Port of Nel­son in Sep­tem­ber 2005.