05417nam 2200793 a 450 991080936460332120240417021524.01-84964-056-40-585-42559-0(CKB)111056486518378(EBL)3386340(SSID)ssj0000520414(PQKBManifestationID)12162092(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520414(PQKBWorkID)10508444(PQKB)10409480(SSID)ssj0000268553(PQKBManifestationID)12064344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268553(PQKBWorkID)10235656(PQKB)11766277(OCoLC)50816513(MiAaPQ)EBC3386340(Au-PeEL)EBL3386340(CaPaEBR)ebr10479871(CaONFJC)MIL987587(OCoLC)923332426(EXLCZ)9911105648651837820000808d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVoyages of abuse seafarers, human rights and international shipping /A.D. Couper ; with C.J. Walsh, B.A. Stanberry and G.L. Boerne1st ed.London ;Sterling, Va. Pluto Press19991 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7453-1540-2 0-7453-1545-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-191) and index.""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 ""An account of horrific human rights abuses in international shipping, arguing for the rights of seafarers, and international regulation.Merchant marineSafety measuresShipsSafety regulationsMerchant marinersLegal status, laws, etcHuman rightsMerchant marineSafety measures.ShipsSafety regulations.Merchant marinersLegal status, laws, etc.Human rights.331.7613875Couper A. D249133Walsh C. J1674551Stanberry B. A1674552Boerne G. L1674553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809364603321Voyages of abuse4039476UNINA