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INDUSTRY OPINION A maritime vision Aspirations to revive Australian-flagged shipping need to be married with commercial reality, writes Llew Russell THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, include obligations to pay wages, for Bill Shorten has committed Labor to example, in accordance with employment “making Australia a seafaring nation contracts, which normally are those again”. The statement made in late recommended by the International February was short on detail. Reference Transport Federation. There are about was made to building a national strategic 1,650,000 seafarers in the world engaged reserve with many more Australian ships. in international shipping and the majority A little more detail was contained in the of ratings come from the Philippines being Maritime Union of Australia news release just over 20%. In terms of all ranks, China of 11 March. The union welcomed Labor’s takes the lead, then comes the Philippines, commitment to creating a government- Indonesia, Russia, Ukraine and India and owned national fuel reserve to meet then many nationalities of much smaller Australia’s obligation of 90-day fuel stocks percentages. in accordance with International Energy The 2015 BIMCO/ICS manpower report Agency requirements as well as creating a found there was a shortage of 16,500 national strategic fleet that will include oil officers worldwide but an oversupply of tankers and gas carriers. 117,000 ratings. This trend was expected to continue into the future. DEFENCE OUTLOOK The International Collective Llew Russell, AM There is no mention in these statements Bargaining Agreement between employee as to how such policies would fit within (the International Transport Workers four ro-ro vessels in Adelaide capable of our current defence strategic outlook. Federation) and employer representatives carrying around 1200 TEU. Such vessels History tells us that in regional conflicts for 2019-2020 sets out the recommended would have flexibility to service countries there have been no problems with minimum wages. These include US$1602 in a civil emergency, for example, without requisitioning foreign-flagged vessels to per month in total for an able seaman fully established port infrastructure. There maintain supply to our forces. During and US$6536 per month for a master. could be extra accommodation for cadet the East Timor conflict, for example, the While low by Australian standards, to put sea training and for naval officers to obtain significant majority of vessels chartered these wages in perspective, a doctor in the experience in cargo handling. Decks also by the Commonwealth to deliver supplies Philippines would earn a similar wage to an could be strengthened to accommodate to Dili harbour were foreign-flagged. The able seaman under this agreement. Nearly tanks etc. The vessels could be employed issue goes deeper, even leaving aside the all of the seafarers from the Philippines in a clockwise rotation on the Australian potential drain on the public purse. If our send most of their wages to their families. coast giving a fortnightly frequency and fuel supplies were put at risk by major avoiding the difficult west to east leg across economic or geopolitical disruptions how FLESH ON THE BONES the Great Australian Bight with its minimal would Australian-flagged vessels escape the I recall meeting with a group of demand for full containers. obvious forces impacting foreign-flagged young naval officers on an industrial An important aspect would be the tankers in terms of continued supply? familiarisation course many years ago when content of a binding agreement between we discussed the decline of the Australian the government and a commercial shipping LABOUR CONDITIONS flag and what could be done to remedy operator, selected by open tender. The The subject of labour conditions was briefly the situation. An officer came up with an shipping company would be expected to raised during a debate on an episode of idea that the government build vessels for insure, maintain and meet all operating the ABC series The Drum in March, when the Australian coastal trades that could expenses while the vessels are under their a journalist from The Guardian stated that be operated by a commercial shipping control. All the crew would be Australians. foreign seafarers were “paid a pittance” and company but with built-in design elements The service should be very competitive, this justified more Australian seafarers in to meet defence requirements; and could be given there would be no need to cover international trades. This is incorrect in requisitioned by the Commonwealth, with capital or leasing costs. This is just one nearly all cases and especially on vessels notice, to meet emergencies. idea but a failure to link Labor’s maritime visiting Australia as the government Putting some flesh on those bones, it is aspirations with commercial viability, trade takes seriously its obligations under the recommended the government commission facilitation and providing real value for the ILO Maritime Labour Convention. These a feasibility study into, say, building taxpayer, will be unsustainable. SAL 24 May 2019 thedcn.com.au
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