Sailor Austral Merchant sails with ARMASUR guild standard "to give life if necessary"

Sailor Austral Merchant sails with ARMASUR guild standard "to give life if necessary"
PUBLIC DECLARATION: "TOWING OF POISONOUS SUBSTANCES FROM CHONCHI TO TALCAHUANO"

With stupefaction we learned that the Wellboat SEIKONGEN, from the company CPT, which carried 200 tons of salmon, converted into hydrogen sulfide, and 67 thousand liters of oil. It goes from its place of sinking in Chonchi to the Port of Talcahuano since the night of Tuesday 7, towed by a vessel and another of similar characteristics from a distance to support in case of an emergency. Also an Navy ship, which all Chileans pay, involved in matters that are between private and insurance companies.
Our stupor is related to the working conditions in which the authorities allowed the departure of the tugboats, so as not to enter into the discussion of the serious technical shortcomings in terms of stability, cargo safety and compliance with IMO standards for these cases. In terms of work, the Ministry of Labor, Health, Transport, and DIRECTEMAR have violated several labor standards, starting with the hours in which the daily work is distributed on the bridge and the machine with only two officers, where at least three should be contemplated in each department to comply with the eight working hours and also with the minimum and uninterrupted rest of another eight hours. And, lack of support, with more professional staff, in the various departments of the tugboats, considering the weight of responsibility before such deadly burden to make timely and efficient decisions that can safeguard the physical integrity of all the rest of the crew.
Neither did an induction, to the crew of the tugboats, on possible contingencies and emergencies in front of a transport as lethal as the hydrogen sulfide carried by the sinister ship, nothing of explanations and comments, everything is secret to protect the company and in case of tragedy blaming the crew for human error, a response that has been recurrent in the summary investigations of DIRECTEMAR, to hide the truth about non-compliance with labor legislation, which results in fatigue due to long hours of work and poor quality as little time to rest. The work in the major and minor ships that operate from Puerto Monttt is NOT done with an international standard, due to the abuse, mistreatment, blacklisting, with a blind eye on the authorities.
We demand transparent responses to state agencies on the handling of the present emergency from the day it occurred.
DEPARTMENT MARÍTIMO CUT LLANQUIHUE