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3. The Pre-employment Conditions of Chinese Seafarers

Author : Pengfei Zhang

Published in: Seafarers’ Rights in China

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The sea has been the world’s greatest highway and can be used by all countries. However, the power of the sea and the weather are still uncontrollable, and seafaring is one of the world’s most dangerous occupations (Ozcayir 2001, p. 35). First, working aboard a ship is unlike occupations on land. Seafarers are exposed daily to ‘an unusual hazardous situation, natural disasters, highly risky and dangerous working environment and poor living conditions’ (Dimitrova 2010, p. 32). In addition, seafarers are at a great distance from shore, it is therefore very difficult for them to obtain external assistance, and they have to rely primarily on themselves when the ship is in an emergency situation. Seafaring is therefore considered as one of the most dangerous professions ‘involving high fatality’, and seafarers are working in an ‘extremely complex and strenuous environment’ (Zevallos et al. 2014).

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Title: The Pre-employment Conditions of Chinese Seafarers
Author: Pengfei Zhang
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Seafarers’ Rights in China
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-43619-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-43620-3

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43620-3_3