Australia is taking a proactive approach to ensuring that shipowners live up to their responsibilities under the Maritime Labour Convention, detaining two Chinese-owned bulkers over the past week due to crew wage claims.
A third is currently under their microscope.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) yesterday detained Fortune Ocean Shipping’s 34,500-dwt bulker Xing Jing Hai (built 2015) in Brisbane over crew allegations of non payment of wages.
