Voyages of abuse : seafarers, human rights and international shipping / / A.D. Couper ; with C.J. Walsh, B.A. Stanberry and G.L. Boerne

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809364603321
• Autore: Couper A. D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 1999
• ISBN: 1-84964-056-4; 0-585-42559-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WalshC. J; StanberryB. A; BoerneG. L
• Disciplina: 331.7613875
• Soggetti: Merchant marine - Safety measures; Ships - Safety regulations; Merchant mariners - Legal status, laws, etc; Human rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-191) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents ""; ""Tables and Figures ""; ""List of Tables ""; ""List of Figures ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""1. 'Us Poor Seamen' ""; ""Changing Conditions ""; ""Structure of the Book ""; ""Those Involved ""; ""The Database ""; ""The Case Study ""; ""2. International Shipping ""; ""The Globalising Processes in Shipping ""; ""The New Economic Environment ""; ""Cutting Crew Costs ""; ""The Structure of World Shipping ""; ""The Shipowners ""; ""The Institutions of Shipping ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""3. Seafarers and Employment ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Recruitment ""; ""Training of Seafarers ""; ""Nationality and Cultural Diversity """"The Divided Ship ""; ""Good and Bad Ships and Shipowners ""; ""Wages ""; ""Victualling/Nutrition""; ""Hazards of Seafaring ""; ""The Family ""; ""Conclusions ""; ""4. Failures, Frauds and Abuses ""; ""Causes of Company Collapse ""; ""Tidal Marine""; ""Colocotronis ""; ""Saleninvest ""; ""Sanko ""; ""Regency Cruises""; ""The Baltic Shipping Company ""; ""Unimar Maritime Services ""; ""Dragonix""; ""Consequences to Seafarers from Company Collapse and Neglect ""; ""The Diversity of Complaints ""; ""Abandonment""; ; ""Repatriation Refusals""; ""Cheating on Wages and Intimidation """"Sexual Harassment ""; ""Political Pressure ""; ""Refusal of Medical Treatment ""; ""Victimisation ""; ""Poor Food ""; ""Unfair Dismissal ""; ""Unfair and Dishonoured Contracts ""; ""Employment Agency Illegal Practices ""; ""Unseaworthy Ships ""; ""Survey by MORI for the ITF ( 1996) ""; ""5. Adriatic Tankers I: A Short History of the Company ""; ""Greek Shipowners and Shipping ""; ""The Origins of Adriatic Tankers ""; ""The Growth and Characteristics of the Fleet ""; ""Quality of the Fleet ""; ""The Seafarers ""; ""The Fall ""; ""6. Adriatic Tankers II: Management and Finance """"Ownership ""; ""Flagging Policies ""; ""Management Structure and Style ""; ""Commercial Management ""; ""Financial Opportunities ""; ""Sources of Finance for Adriatic Tankers ""; ""The Effect of Zissimatos' Personality on the Loans ""; ""Asset-based Lending on Adriatic's Ships ""; ""Financial Problems Leading to the Collapse ""; ""Re- financing and Re- entry ""; ""Reactions on the Market ""; ""7. Adriatic Tankers III: The Tale of Two Ships ""; ""Introduction ""; ""The Lourdas""; ""Adriatic Tankers Takes Over ""; ""Appeals for Help""; ""Isolated On Board """"Abandonment Ashore""; ""The Fate of the New Crew of the Lourdas ""; ""The end of the Lourdas""; ""The Kyoto I""; ""A New Crew ""; ""Legal Action ""; ""A Time of Desperation ""; ""Repatriation by the ITF""; ""Escape of the Ship""; ""8. Seafarers and Their Families and Allies ""; ""The Seafarers' Allies ""; ""International Transport Workers Federation ""; ""Wider Functions of the ITF ""; ""Relations with Adriatic Tanker Company ""; ""Help from the Christian Missions ""; ""Actions by the Seafarers ""; ""9. The Legal Rights of the Abused and Abandoned Seafarer ""; ""Introduction ""
• Sommario/riassunto: An account of horrific human rights abuses in international shipping, arguing for the rights of seafarers, and international regulation.