Encounter on the adaptation of the certifications of the marine ones to the Stcw convention



Friday to Rome, near the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports, has held an encounter in order to analyze to the main still existing criticalities in the conclusive phase of adaptation of the certifications of the marine workers in compliance with the Stcw convention (Amendments Manila 2010). To the reunion they were you anticipate the representatives of the shipowning associations Confitarma and Fedarlinea and of the national secretariats of the Filt-Cgil unions, Fit-Cisle Uiltrasporti. Successively encounter with USCLAC-UNCDIM, UGL has held a second Sea and other independent labor organizations.

Confitarma and Fedarlinea have announced that particular attention has been revolt to the requirement to allow with all the marine ones to obtain the adaptation of the certificates of competence in the established times, also to the aim to avoid managerial problems to the companies of navigation, let alone to the problematic important concerning the directive obligatory nature of the course. The two shipowning associations have specified that, according to the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports, every solution will have to be in compliance with the international norm taking into consideration the reliefs evidenced during the last few years from the EU commission.

With respect to the unavoidable necessity to adapt to the certificates of all the marine ones in the established times, in the course of the encounter clarifications for the corrected application of the last which emanated from circulars are supplied the Ministry.

For how much it concerns remarkable the grindstones of job for the adaptation of the certifications, Confitarma and Fedarlinea have expressed appreciation for the acceptation by the Ministry and of the General Command of the Harbour offices of the demand to upgrade ulteriorly the engaged Harbours-office more and than to allow with the centers of formation to increase the number of the course and the participants. Moreover, with regard to the obligatory nature of the course for the officials of directive level, Confitarma and Fedarlinea have specified to have positively estimated also the availability of the Ministry of rimodulare, after on January 1°, 2017, the programs and the currently previewed hours of formation, holding in the debita consideration the professionality and the competences possessed from the already qualified commanders, chief engineers and first officials. The two shipowning associations have announced that to such scope, in sight of the next reunion of the technical table in December, they will introduce own proposals times to lighten the how much more possible impact than said obligatory nature on these marine workers.