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First of two dock strikes hits French ports

 The new minimum employment standards that came into effect on Monday will be good for maritime workers - all Australian workers -  and are a major step forward from WorkChoices.

After a fire ripped through the living quarters of a Hong Kong flagged ship in the early hours of the morning 16 crew were rushed to hospital.

Since 2006 470 Filipinos have died at the hands of pirates. Anti piracy training will now be mandatory, a significant move says MUA's Paddy Crumlin.

In the first six months of last year 78 ships were boarded, 75 ships fired upon and 31 ships hijacked with some 561 crew taken hostage, 19 injured, seven kidnapped, six killed and eight missing.

Australian labour laws will now cover foreign seafarers, guest workers, on ships trading Australian domestic cargo on our coast, in a major victory for Australian shipping and both Australian and i

The IMO has declared 2010 Year of the Seafarer.

A delegates training course was held in Townsville from December 9-11 with Chris Doyle presenting a class of 12.

Study tour to Timor Leste

Australian and Denmark fall out over cause of death for seafarer as MUA marks first anniversary of the death of delegate Trevor Moore