Second Fire Gives Ammunition to Union Set Against Foreign Flagged Vessels
National Interest Project Should Employ Resident Citizens Says MUA
AUSTRALIA – ANTARCTICA – The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has made no secret to its strong opposition to the chartering by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) of the supply ship
MPV Everest, which is owned by Luxembourg-based Maritime Construction Services (MCS) and registered in the Bahamas, placing the operation s management in foreign hands.
The crux of the union’s argument is two pronged, firstly that a national interest offering employment, such as the Antarctic work should essentially be held entirely within the country, and secondly that the standards aboard the incumbent vessel, employed when construction of the permanent replacement to the
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