About Romanian Ports Welfare Committee

Romanian Ports Welfare Committee – national level - born on December 2003, once C.163 ratified by Romania and implemented on national legislation. This is a proposal of Romanian Seafarers Free Union coming from 1995-1996 when a lot of Romanian flag vessels, with Romanian crew, abandoned all over the world and many charity organization like Seamen’s Mission help them.

From this Committee take part Romanian Seafarers Free Union, Port Workers Union, Port Authorities, Agents, Welfare Organizations, International Transport Workers Federation.

Ports Welfare Committee establish general terms of Seamen’s Clubs activity in maritime ports, develop the strategy for welfare activity, lobbying for better support of welfare services to be applied to all seafarers, no matter of sex, nationality, religion, etc., nominate members of Welfare Board Committee.

Welfare services for seafarers on board and in ports is an important complementary union’ activity and is in a good cooperation with all national port actors and with international organization, like ITF and ISWAN.

From the beginning, Romanian Ports Welfare Committee:

• Nominated the Welfare Board Committee;


• Made agreements with all ports agents in order to apply C.163 and national legislation;


• Contacted Port Authorities every year in order to insure that Seamen’s Club workers and volunteers are allowed to the port facilities and on board of the vessels;


• Participated to the annual international meetings on Seafarers Welfare Services as members of ICSW or ISWAN;


• Promoted our experience and model to others organizations in the Black Sea Region (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Baltic States) or internationally (India, Italy);


• Takes part to International, ILO meetings to promote C.163 on international level (Roma - Italy, Chennai – India).

Contact

Want to contact us? Just send us an e-Mail or call us at telephone +40 723 000-555 (for Constanta and Midia-Navodari) or +40 723 218-090 (for Agigea).

Welfare Committee	Headquarters: #62, Traian Street, bl.K4, Ground Floor, 900716 Constanta - CT +40 241 584-800 office@seamensclub.ro

Constanța and Midia-Navodari	Seamen's Club - Constanța Administrator: Valentin Dumitru: +40 723 000-555 valentin.dumitru@seamensclub.ro Office: +40 241 584-800 office@seamensclub.ro

ITF Romania	ITF Romania ITF Inspector: Adrian Mihălcioiu +40 722 248-828 mihalcioiu_adrian@itf.org.uk Office: +40 241 618-587 +40 241 601-282 +40 241 616-915 (fax) sln@sln.org.ro

Agigea	Life International Seafarers' Center - Agigea, Constanța Administrator: Florin Gârbea: +40 723 218-090 Anton Emanuel: +40 721 087-671 Office: +40 241 737-157 lifeoffice@seafarerscenter.ro

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