ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>10の続き “The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>10の続き “The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>10の続き “The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive inindividual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>10の続き ”The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive inindividual cases, he said.
”In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
”The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made ”the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
”We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, ”the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
ソース原文 nterManager to tackle scourge of seafarer criminalisation John McLaughlin - 金曜日 6 3月 2009
INTERMANAGER is preparing to launch a major, industry-wide initiative aimed at confronting head-on the scourge of seafarer criminalisation.
V.Ships president Roberto Giorgi (pictured), who was recently elected to head the international shipmanagers’ grouping, argued strongly that criminalisation could be the issue on which the industry finds a voice loud enough to match its economic weight.
He said a major lesson of the Hebei Spirit affair was “how powerful this industry is when it comes together around an issue.”
South Korea’s Supreme Court bailed the master and chief officer of the vessel on January 15 after an unprecedented and concerted campaign on their behalf across the maritime industry. Perhaps most significantly, the campaign included threats that South Korean ships would be boycotted at ports around the world, and potentially severe implications for the country’s trade with India.
Mr Giorgi added: “When everyone is aligned, this industry has the ability to stop a nation’s trade. If it is intent on proving its case, it can back its argument with muscle.”
That was a powerful asset, particularly in a recession, he said.
V.Ships’ industrial relations manager Brian Martis is to set up a working group on criminalisation within Intermanager. He hopes to have it up and running within 10 days.
It is likely to address a number of key issues, including the need for a single, watertight international legal standard for the treatment of seafarers in such cases.
This is a crying need. Mr Martis cited the disparities between the new European Union directive on ship-source pollution and prevailing regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
“The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive in individual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>10の続き “The EU directive uses phrases like ‘serious negligence’, which is open to wide interpretation by member states. It has to be remembered that seriousness of pollution and seriousness of negligence do not always go hand in hand,” Mr Martis said.
Securing agreement on a common approach from the P&I clubs would also be critical. Clubs had been very supportive inindividual cases, he said.
“In the Prestige case, they advanced funds to bail the captain. This is not yet standard practice.”
He said that agreement from the clubs was necessary before Intermanager approached the IMO with this initiative, but he was hopeful they would participate.
“The clubs are also mindful of unfavourable precedents being set. This is in everyone’s interest.”
As for the Hebei Two, who are now awaiting an appearance before South Korea’s supreme court, Mr Giorgi said the court made “the right move” in allowing them out on bail.
“We believe the court will come out with a judgement that is fair and right,” he said.
However, he warned that if the two seafarers were not released, “the show of muscle will be unprecedented.”
>>250 Shipping set to show more muscle after Hebei Two case John McLaughlin - ??? 9 3? 2009
JASPRIT Chawla and Syam Chetan, better known as the Hebei Two, have already done the shipping world an immense favour.
It is now 15 months since the fully laden Hebei Spirit was holed while at anchor by a runaway Samsung barge, leaking 10,500 tonnes of oil into South Korean waters.
Their ordeal since then, hauled through the courts and jail...
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TWO seafarers stuck in South Korea over the Hebei Spirit tanker oil spill lied and manipulated voyage data recorder information, according to the country’s most senior shipping official. ↓ TWO seafarers stuck in South Korea over the Hebei Spirit tanker oil spill lied and manipulated voyage data recorder information, according to the head of the country’s shipping register.
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Misunderstanding over comments on Hebei Two Thursday 26 March 2009
From Oh Kong-gyun
SIR, The article “Treatment of Chawla and Chetan was regrettable”, published in Lloyd’s List (March 25, 2009) contains a statement I’d like to correct.
The article suggests that it was my view that the master and chief officer of the Hebei Spirit were jailed because they had been found guilty of manipulating information. I made this comment in the overall context of explaining that there were a number of misconceptions surrounding this unfortunate case, particularly in Korea. I was simply trying to relay these as I understood them and it was not my intention to state them as my personal view; they are not.
As an ex-seafarer, I sympathise deeply with the plight of the two officers and I have been doing all I can within Korean government and industry circles to ensure that all seafarers are treated fairly and that changes to relevant l aws are made so that such a situation never occurs again. I apologise to the two gentlemen and their families if the article caused concern.
Oh Kong-gyunChairman and chief executiveKorean Register of Shipping
>>592 私の方は、やっと V.Ships says it is adamant that these statements are manifestly untrue.
までってとこです。 ちょっと遅れてるねー
とりあえず今、こっちが訳したとこまでの訳文を出すとこんな感じでやってます。
March 27, 2009
V. Ships slams Hebei Two accusations by Korean Register chief (V.Ship社は韓国船舶登録長の言いがかりを酷評した)
V. Ships has responded to what it terms a "very regrettable article" appeared on Tuesday 24, in Lloyds List quoting the Chairman of the Korean Register, who is also the current Chairman of IACS, Mr. Oh Kong-gyun. (24日の火曜日にV.Ship社は、ロイズリストが韓国船舶登録長であり、IACSの議長も兼任するMr.Oh Kong-gyunの言葉を引用した記事 について「非常に遺憾な記事」であるという呼び方で応じました。)
V. Ships says that Mr. Oh made a number of most damaging and deplorable accusations against the Master and Chief Officer of the Hebei Spirit, Captain Jasprit Chawla and Chief Officer Syam Chetan, who remain in country detention in Korea after 15 months. (V.Ship社はMr.OhによるとHebei Spirit号の船長と一等航海士である、Jasprit Chawla船長とSyam Chetan一等航海士に対して、 でっちあげられた多くの法的に不利であり、なげかわしい言いがかりを背景として15か月もの間、韓国に拘留されているのだと 言いました。)
V.Ships says, that faced with his own statements and the damage they could cause, Mr. Oh canceled a scheduled trip to Washington and made a personal apology to the president of V.Ships stating that there had been some misunderstanding and that he was only trying to convey misconceptions held in Korea. (V.Ship社は、彼らヘの拘留が彼ら自身の声明と彼らがもたらした損害にに直面すると言います。 MrOhはワシントン行きのスケジュールをキャンセルしてV.Ship社の社長の下へと、 なんらかの誤解にがあって韓国では誤った考えによる拘束があったと伝えようと個人的な謝罪を述べに行きました。)
V.Ships believes that the accusations were so injurious to the cause of the two Hebei officers that a clear and forthright response is required. (VShipsは、罪名がHebei Spirit号の2人船員への訴訟に非常に有害であったので、 明確で率直な応答が必要であると思っています。)
"We welcome Mr. Oh's admission that the treatment of the Hebei Two was "regrettable" and applaud his efforts to gather support to change the laws in Korea "to make sure this kind of ill treatment of seafarers does not happen," said Mr Bob Bishop, CEO of V.Ships. (「私たちはMr.OhがHebeiの両名への常の対応について”遺憾だ”と認めたことを歓迎します。 そして、”この船乗りたちへの劣悪な待遇などについて発生させたりしない”として、 彼が韓国の法を変えるために支援を集めることに努力してることに対して賞賛します」 とV.Ship社CEOのMr.Bob Bishopは言いました)
"We are however, horrified by the quoted assertion that the Hebei Two were arrested because 'they did not tell the truth when they were investigated by the judicial branch of the Korean Court system' and 'hid some information that was revealed to be untrue and they manipulated some VDR information.'" (「しかしながら、私たちは、Hebei号の両名にたいして ”彼らが韓国裁判所のシステムでの調査で真実を言わなかった”のであり ”司法府の調査でVDR情報を操作して何らかの情報を隠蔽したことが明らかとなった”、 という主張を引用したことに対して、ぞっとしました」)
V.Ships says it is adamant that these statements are manifestly untrue. (V.Ship社はこれらの声明が明らかに虚偽であると断固として主張します。)
"we had the distinct impression at times that these investigations, 我々はたびたび、これらのことが取り調べものまねのように感じることがある。
which began as a genuine attempt to establish the facts of the case -- a 'fact finding' exercise -- changed as time went on into a 'fault finding' exercise bordering on a 'fault making' exercise with what appeared to us to be deliberate attempts by the KMP to find ways to 'trip up' the two crew.
The same approach was repeated by the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST) which went to extreme lengths to find fault with the actions of the Hebei Two. (同様の働きかけは、Hebei号の両名の行動のあらさがしのために極端な期間において韓国海上安全裁判所(KMST)でも繰り返された)
The KMST reports have attracted wide-spread international condemnation as a result, and also for the way in which the KMST conducted their investigations in complete disregard of the relevant IMO Regulations." (KMSTレポートは結果として、KMSTおよび関連IMOの規制を完全に無視して彼らが行った調査方法のために、広範囲の国際的非難を呼び 集めることになりました」)
V. Ships says that the hard drive from the VDR of the Hebei Spirit was subjected to close examination by computer experts from the manufacturers of the VDR in Denmark, and in the presence of representatives from the Korean authorities and the vessel's P&I Club. This examination confirmed that the VDR had not been tampered with in any way,
The reason for the absence of any data covering the time of the collision was simply that Captain Chawla had omitted to activate the back-up facility on the day of the collision--perhaps due to his giving priority to saving the ship,
stopping the leaking oil as the Samsung crane bounced along the hull of the Hebei Spirit-- from bow to stern; an omission he readily confessed to the Korean authorities.
Despite this, says V. Ships, the lawyers for Samsung (the owners and operators of the crane barge that caused the damage to the oil cargo tanks) have continually focused on this issue "in a malicious, misguided, and unsuccessful attempt to convince the Korean Courts that there has been some foul play. ( 油漏れへの充填剤のように、サムスンクレーンがHebei Spirit号の船首から船尾へと船体に沿って移動したのと同様に慌ただしく 動いたのだ。;彼はすぐに、韓国当局には、不作為であることを告白している。 V.Ships社は、これにもかかわらず、サムスン(油の貨物タンクへの損傷をもたらした起重機船の所有者とオペレータ)の弁護士が 「何らかの反則があったとして、韓国の法廷に納得させる悪意があるとして、見当違いの、そして不出来な試みでこの問題に絶えず 焦点を合わせていた」と言います。)
In doing so, they have afforded yet another example of the extreme lengths certain organizations in Korea are prepared to go to in their efforts to secure the convictions of two innocent and exemplary ship's officers." ( そうすることで彼らもまた、2人が無実であり、模範的な船乗りたちであることの確信を保証することが彼らの骨折りの中で 用意され、韓国の組織が確信させられる極度の範囲の、異なる実例を提供することになりました。)
"Mr. Oh said the western media 'were not fully appraised of all the facts of the case. ( Mr.Ohは「西側メディアは事件の真実の全てについて評価していない」と言った。)
This is because managers and owners of the Hebei Spirit have largely refrained from commenting in any great detail about all that has gone on during the investigations and criminal proceedings in Korea. ( これはHebei Spirit号のマネージャと所有者が韓国での調査と刑事訴訟手続きの全てに関してどんな大きな詳細にも主にコメントを 控えていたからね )
"We have instead, quietly placed our trust in the independence and integrity of the Korean judicial system, which - until the lamentable decision of the Korean Appeal Court had given us no serious cause to complain.
ところで 『過失調査』 のとこだけど、 a 'fault finding' で 『あらさがし』ってのがでてきたりしますw なので私の方はここの changed as time went on into a 'fault finding' exercise bordering on a 'fault making' exercise with what appeared to us to be deliberate attempts by the KMP to find ways to 'trip up' the two crew. を、上の方にだした訳の形にしてたんだけど、この辺とかやっぱりちょっと訳なれしてる人とじゃちがってくるものなんですね
海運企業団体は、タンカーHebei Spiritを統率するそれぞれ船長と一等航海士であるJasprit ChawlaとSyam Chetanの継続的な拘留における 「活発な共同抗議」を発行する海運組合とInternational Group of P&I Clubs に加わりました、とネヴィル・スミスは報告します。
ということで 性懲りも無くつづき・・・ 判決が出る前に National Union of Seafarers of India と Maritime Union of India が ボイコットに動き出してます ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- インドの組合は、Hebei Two拘留に対するボイコットを求めます