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Shipping Reform: Minister announces new ALP shipping policies, download here;
RED ENSIGN CAMPAIGN
The AIMPE Federal Executive has decided to launch a new campaign to Rebuild Australian Shipping. The focus over coming weeks will be the Australian Red Ensign – the official flag of the Australian Merchant Navy. When the Rudd government was elected there were hopes that the negative policies of the previous decade would be over turned and Australia would see a Government committed to Rebuilding Australian Shipping. That did not happen. After the 2008 Parliamentary Inquiry there was a report entitled Rebuilding Australian Coastal Shipping – but there has been no policy action since. So AIMPE has commenced a new campaign to seek positive policies for the Australian Merchant Navy. Members will receive Red Ensign postcards with the next edition of On Watch – for a preview click on the RED ENSIGN CAMPAIGN page in the left panel. Please send these to the new Prime Minister as soon as possible. Members will also receive a bumper sticker to put on the car or wherever – again preview the sticker at the RED ENSIGN CAMPAIGN page. AIMPE will take the lead but we urge members to get on board with the campaign and get involved. There is more material on the RED ENSIGN CAMPAIGN page and this will grow as the campaign unfolds. Members are invited and encouraged to use this material to raise debate and discussion everywhere. Write to your local Federal MP – see the list on the RED ENSIGN CAMPAIGN page. Write to your local newspaper. HELP TO REBUILD AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.
AIMPE has made a submission to the re-write of the Navigation Act, view it here
AIMPE has a vacancy for a National Organiser based in our Brisbane office; for details please click this link... Help put an end to piracy, click the image to sign the international petition The latest (2009) Svitzer towage agreement can be viewed by clicking on Industyry Sectors, Towage in the left panel. AIMPE's new rule "Life Membership" can be viewed by clicking on "News, Reports & Publications - AIMPE Rules" in the left panel. Rule changes re gender issues and Rules 16 & 22 can also be viewed here. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau [ATSB] has a confidential incident reporting system known as REPCON. For more information click You can go directly to the ATSB reporting site by clicking HERE
Rio Tinto Marine is flogging the Queensland 'permit' system known as Restricted Use Flags or RUFs. This is similar to a Single Voyage Permit (SVP) however the RUFs apply only to intra-state voyages like the Weipa to Gladstone bauxite trade. Under the RUF system foreign flag vessels can carry cargoes between two Queensland ports without Australian crews and without complying with Australian laws and Rio are flogging the RUF system for all it's worth. Click on 'News, Reports & Publications' - 'Rio Tinto and the Qld bauxite trade' in the left column to download letters and information about this issue.
New ruling on refrigeration & air conditioning licences for marine engineers....
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