Captain Saydur Rahman (14N) at the IMEC AGM & Conference at Southampton UK

IMEC AGM & Conference at Southampton UK on 26-27th April.

Captain Saydur Rahman (14N) attended IMEC ( International Maritime Employers Council ) as Bangladesh representative, Bangladesh government appointed Captain Saydur Rahman as the representatives of local employment council / committee member of different welfare and training etc. He gave a presentation in the seminar regarding Bangladeshi seafarers urging the shipowners to employ Bangladeshi seafarers.

IMEC is an organisation of the international shipowners. International Bargaining Forum (IBF) was set up as a process in which maritime employers, represented by the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG), and seafarers unions, represented by the International Transport-Workers’ Federation (ITF) could negotiate over the wages and conditions of employment of seafarers serving on ships to which ITF Special Agreements apply.

The JNG consists of IMEC, the International Mariners Management Association of Japan (IMMAJ), the Korean Shipowners Association (KSA) and the Taiwanese company Evergreen and allows for the coordination of the views of employers from across the world.

IMEC also coordinates the application of IBF agreements on behalf of its members through local negotiations.