ITF queries pay and conditions on ship tied up at Newcastle

THE INTERNATIONAL Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is investigating claims that seafarers aboard a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier berthed at the port of Newcastle are being subjected to extreme working conditions.

The ITF has alleged that the crew of 15 Filipino, one Bulgarian and one Ukrainian were in some instances working more than 40 hours without a break while the wage of some seafarers was below the international minimum of $US1000...

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