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Crew aboard Oasis of the Seas were overworked and lacked residence papers

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<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Crew aboard Oasis of the Seas were overworked and lacked residence papers</h2><p><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Oasis_of_the_Seas.jpg" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/Oasis_of_the_Seas.jpg" alt="Crew aboard Oasis of the Seas were overworked and lacked residence papers" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><br></span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">SIngapore: Royal Caribbean Cruises faces being fined after inspectors in the Netherlands found crew aboard the Oasis of the Seas worked excessive hours and lacked proper residence papers.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">At least 48 crew members did not have proper Dutch work permits; most of them hail from the Philippines, the rest came from South America. Inspectors found that, in some cases, crew worked up to 16 hours per day.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Ten inspectors from the Dutch inspectorate of Social Affairs and Labour visited the ship on October 8. The number of shortcomings they found warranted a second visit by 45 inspectors.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Royal Caribbean Cruises will be made to pay at least €600,000 in fines. The inspectorate may levy a €12,000 fine per violation. An investigation is now being conducted to establish specific violations.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Royal Caribbean was warned in advance that it must comply with Dutch labour regulations when the Oasis docked at Keppel Verolme in Botlek, Rotterdam, for repairs and maintenance last month.</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">The Oasis, the worlds biggest cruise ship, left Rotterdam on October 15 and has arrived in Southampton, UK.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></p>
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