澳大利亚禁止aframax油轮AG Neptune 6个月，原因是该油轮未能全额支付船员工资，并违反了《海事劳工公约》(MLC)。

Australia has banned the aframax tanker AG Neptune for six months for failure to fully pay crew wages and other Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) violations.

6月17日，澳大利亚海事安全局 (AMSA) 在收到有关海员工资过低和其他福利问题的投诉后，在格莱斯顿港对这艘船进行了检查后扣留了该船。这艘 2013 年建造的油轮悬挂着利比里亚国旗，在新加坡由OCM Maritime Flyer拥有。

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) had detained the vessel after it was inspected on 17 June in the Port of Gladstone following a complaint on underpayment of seafarers and other welfare issues. The 2013-built tanker is flagged with Liberia, and owned in Singapore by OCM Maritime Flyer.

澳大利亚当局发现，船上21名船员被欠下12.3万澳元的工资，食物和饮用水的质量、数量和营养价值都不符合海员的需求。海员一再得不到定期领取工资，两名船员的雇佣协议已过期。

The Australian authorities found the ship’s crew of 21 were owed A$123,000 in underpaid wages, food and drinking water were not of appropriate quality, quantity and nutritional value for seafarers. Seafarers had been repeatedly not paid at regular intervals and two crew had expired employment agreements.

AMSA补充说，另据了解，一名海员在船上受伤后没有得到足够的医疗护理。

Adding to the catalogue of misery AMSA said it also was understood a seafarer had not been provided with adequate medical care after being injured onboard.

船东被要求支付欠船员的工资，并纠正其他缺陷，然后被禁止进入澳大利亚港口和水域6个月。

The owner was ordered to pay wages owed to the crew and correct other deficiencies before being barred from Austrlian ports and waters for six months.

“澳大利亚对船员工资不足持零容忍态度。这种行为是不道德的，违反了MLC。保护海员权利的国际公约非常明确，”AMSA行动执行主任迈克尔·德雷克(Michael Drake)说。

“Australia has zero tolerance for the underpayment of crew. This type of behaviour is unethical and in contravention to the MLC. The international conventions that protect seafarers’ rights are very clear,” AMSA’s Executive Director of Operations Michael Drake.

“访问澳大利亚港口的船舶需要注意，如果我们发现故意少付船员工资，他们可能会受到处罚。”

“Ships visiting Australian ports are on notice that if we find deliberate underpaying of crew they can expect penalties.”

澳大利亚经常禁止不遵守MLC和其他海事公约的船只。

Australia routinely bars vessels for failure to comply with the MLC and other maritime conventions. 

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