Black Sea MOU released the report in CIC Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreement under the
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) conducted from 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024.
A total of 28 questionnaires had at least one non-compliance to any of the requirements, resulting
in 5.06 per cent of CIC inspections. The overall average per cent of nonconformities was 0.74 which
means that the “unsatisfactory” answer was given to any question under this CIC.
The most common non-compliances were related to the absence of signed Seafarer Employment Agreements (SEA) (42.2%) and delays in wage or salary payments exceeding monthly intervals (24.4%).
The majority of CIC inspections were bulk carriers with 206 inspections (37.3%), followed by general cargo/multi-purpose ships with 149 inspections (26.9%), oil tankers with 74 inspections (13.4%) and oil/chemical tankers with 69 inspections (12.5%), which comprises 498 total CIC inspections with a rate of 90.1%. All detained 4 ships with CIC-related deficiencies in the Region were general cargo/multipurpose ships.
During the campaign, vessels registered under the flags of 44 different States were inspected under the CIC scope. Vessels flagged by Panama with 138 inspections (25.0%), Liberia with 77 inspections (13.9%) and the Marshall Islands with 39 inspections (7.1%) underwent the highest number of inspections. Detentions linked to CIC-related deficiencies involved vessels flagged by Belize, Cameroon, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Vanuatu.
Notably, older ships, particularly those 25 years and older, comprised the three-fourths of detentions, while no detentions were observed among ships younger than 15 years old and no non-compliant CIC inspections were recorded for new ships aged 0-5.
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