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Crew of MPV Everest must receive immediate support rather than being quarantined
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has urged the WA Government and maritime safety agencies to ensure the crew of the MPV Everest are allowed to leave the vessel and receive industry-specific support services once the vessel docks in Fremantle this afternoon.
While expeditioners onboard Australia’s temporary Antarctic resupply vessel are expected to depart once it docks, there are fears international seafarers – who have been operating the ship since last year – will be forced to remain on board or go into quarantine.
The ITF said that the crew, who successfully extinguished a major engine fire on board the vessel last Monday, were in desperate need of appropriate support services to deal with the traumatic emergency they had just been through.
Maritime Union of Australia
The Maritime Union of Australia has welcomed the imminent safe arrival of Australia’s temporary Antarctic resupply vessel, MPV Everest, in Fremantle, but says serious questions need to be answered about what contingency plans were in place for emergency situations such as a fire.
Support vessel Go Spica finally reached the damaged ice-breaker late yesterday, a week after a major fire burnt through an engine room on the MPV Everest and damaged two vessels on deck. The MPV Everest is due to dock in Fremantle at 3pm.
The union said the Australian Antarctic Division and the Federal Government had serious questions to answer about their contingency plans for the MPV Everest, particularly if the fire had left it unable to continue under its own power, requiring the 109 crew and expeditioners to be rescued at sea.