Teh Crew Union in praise of Cost line taking care of the crew!

:D

HERE...HERE Costa......good to see you step up to the plate!

Crew Union Praises Costa Post-Concordia Tragedy

Michelle Otero Valdés, the aegis of the Maritime Miami Group on FOB writes:

Tradewinds reports in their February 3rd edition that the local transport union Federazione Italiana Transport ("FIT") has praised Costa Cruises for their handling of the crew's welfare following the COSTA CONCORDIA tragedy. It has been described as "exemplary." FIT reports that Costa has a Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") in place, which provides for compensation payments to deceased crew's family with a further EUR 60,000 (US $79,000) compensation payment to be made to families of the deceased from the union's welfare fund.

FIT also reports that Costa is applying the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 and have signed the Social Accountability standard 8000. This means that Costa is reportedly managing the situation in line with its obligations under the CBA and international crew welfare conventions. After the accident, the rescued crew were reportedly placed in hotels with pocket money provided by the company. A consolidated salary, paying crew up to the end of their employment contract, was also paid. Crew will also be paid up to another $3,570 for their personal losses and have been offered post-trauma stress counseling at the cruise line's expense. The cruise line has also paid for family of the injured crew to visit them in the hospital.

All but approximately 20 of the rescued crew have been repatriated back home. Three crew were found dead, while two more remain missing.

There has been some discussion in the local bar about the potential for crew involved in this tragedy bringing claims against Costa in the United States. Discussion of jurisdiction, choice of law and forum non conveniens defenses aside, reports such as this one should assist Costa in repelling some of the substantive arguments within individual claims of crew which may find themselves choosing to sue here in the United States. miamipandi@comcast.net

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Courtesy Maritime Advocate Online a weekly digest of news and views on the maritime industries, with particular reference to dispute resolution. To contact the editor Bevis Marks, send an e-mail to: editor@avoarchive

This is wonderful news, and puts Costs in a better light.

Do you know how old this article is? It says 2 crew remain missing. I thought there were only 2 souls still unaccounted for, and they haven't identified the 5 they recently recovered from the ship. So how would they know the last 2 missing are crew?

Just wondering...:confused:

This is wonderful news, and puts Costs in a better light.

 

Do you know how old this article is? It says 2 crew remain missing. I thought there were only 2 souls still unaccounted for, and they haven't identified the 5 they recently recovered from the ship. So how would they know the last 2 missing are crew?

 

Just wondering...:confused:

This is from the TRADEWINDS, its a international Maritime magizine and it was in their Feb-3-12 issue so the count of missing would be behind.

I do agree..it does show Costa in a better light!

AKK

:D

 

HERE...HERE Costa......good to see you step up to the plate!

 

 

 

Crew Union Praises Costa Post-Concordia Tragedy

 

Michelle Otero Valdés' date=' the aegis of the Maritime Miami Group on FOB writes:

 

Tradewinds reports in their February 3rd edition that the local transport union Federazione Italiana Transport ("FIT") has praised Costa Cruises for their handling of the crew's welfare following the COSTA CONCORDIA tragedy. It has been described as "exemplary." FIT reports that Costa has a Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") in place, which provides for compensation payments to deceased crew's family with a further EUR 60,000 (US $79,000) compensation payment to be made to families of the deceased from the union's welfare fund.

 

FIT also reports that Costa is applying the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 and have signed the Social Accountability standard 8000. This means that Costa is reportedly managing the situation in line with its obligations under the CBA and international crew welfare conventions. After the accident, the rescued crew were reportedly placed in hotels with pocket money provided by the company. A consolidated salary, paying crew up to the end of their employment contract, was also paid. Crew will also be paid up to another $3,570 for their personal losses and have been offered post-trauma stress counseling at the cruise line's expense. The cruise line has also paid for family of the injured crew to visit them in the hospital.

 

All but approximately 20 of the rescued crew have been repatriated back home. Three crew were found dead, while two more remain missing.

 

There has been some discussion in the local bar about the potential for crew involved in this tragedy bringing claims against Costa in the United States. Discussion of jurisdiction, choice of law and forum non conveniens defenses aside, reports such as this one should assist Costa in repelling some of the substantive arguments within individual claims of crew which may find themselves choosing to sue here in the United States. miamipandi@comcast.net

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Courtesy Maritime Advocate Online a weekly digest of news and views on the maritime industries, with particular reference to dispute resolution. To contact the editor Bevis Marks, send an e-mail to: editor@avoarchive

Thanks for posting Skipper!

It is nice to see this happening.

This is from the TRADEWINDS' date=' its a international Maritime magizine and it was in their Feb-3-12 issue so the count of missing would be behind.

 

I do agree..it does show Costa in a better light!

 

AKK[/quote']

 

I clicked on the link, but a date didn't jump out at me, so thanks for the reply.

 

Well, this makes sense now.

 

I saw a list of the 7 remaining missing people when they found the most recent 5, and it looked like it was 3 couples and a person alone, so I'm guessing the last 2 still unrecovered are one of the couples.

 

Karen

Well done Costa.

I doubt this will be widely reported though because the Media only want to print bad news

Thanks for posting Skipper. Interesting to hear the various points of view.

Thanks for posting Skipper. Interesting to hear the various points of view.

You mean where supposed to have different points of view on a blog?......LOL.......