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The Ukrainian Seafarers' Union calls on shipowners not to embark Russian personnel
In the port of Mariupol a merchant ship was hit by a bullet and caught fire
April 5, 2022
With the letter the MTWTU invites shipowners and companies to all over the world to follow the example of the United Kingdom that - remember Grygoriuk - "was the first nation to approve a law prohibiting all ships with any connection to the Russia to enter British ports' and asks shipowners to stop hiring Russian seafarers and to prioritise to the Ukrainian workforce.
"As part of the global maritime industry," he said. Grygoriuk in the letter - we are fully aware of the difficulties and the shortage of qualified officers on the world maritime market. However, we believe that it is the duty to every shipping company and every ship manager socially responsible for avoiding giving priority to the use of Russian seafarers on board their ships. We urge you - he wrote the president of the MTWTU - to cease as soon as possible the use of Russian seafarers on board your efficient ships and to give priority to Ukrainian officers and sailors, giving they have the opportunity to support their families and financially support Ukraine's resistance against Russian aggression. We emphasize - concludes Grygoriuk - that the use of Russian labor together with the payment of their wages will make a contribution to the economy of Russia and, as a consequence, to the killing of Ukrainian citizens: children, women and elderly'.
Meanwhile tonight in the port of Mariupol, during a bombardment from the sea by the Russian naval forces, the merchant ship for Various goods Azburg of Dominican flag was hit by a bullet that caused a fire in the hall machines and the wounding of a crew member. Seafarers in on board were evacuated while the fire continued to flare up given the impossibility of saving the ship under the constant bombardment. The Azburg has arrived in the port Ukrainian, coming from Bulgaria, last February 23, the day before the Russian invasion, with 12 members on board of the crew, including a woman.
The Ukrainian Navy has announced that in the port of Mariupol there are still five foreign commercial ships that fly flags of Jamaica, Liberia, Malta and the Dominican Republic and whose seafarers are of Bulgarian, Azerbaijani nationality, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian.
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With the letter the MTWTU invites shipowners and companies to all over the world to follow the example of the United Kingdom that - remember Grygoriuk - "was the first nation to approve a law prohibiting all ships with any connection to the Russia to enter British ports' and asks shipowners to stop hiring Russian seafarers and to prioritise to the Ukrainian workforce.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
