BSL's Demise Put Seamen Out of Jobs

The National Union of Seamen (NUS) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Monday appealed to Parliament to expedite action in passing the Ghana Merchant Bill which is before it.

Mr Ebenezer K. Ackah, Deputy General Secretary of the Union, said many seamen have remained unemployed after the 14 Blackstar Line vessels were sold.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview, Mr Ackah said most of them are selling their property to earn a living while their wives are deserting them.

Mr Ackah said after 10 years of the sale of the ships no company had come forward to take over the Line and the passing of the Bill would enable Ghanaian companies that wish to register any foreign company in Ghana to do so.

This, he said, would enable the companies to fly the Flag of Ghana and that would empower them to recruit from the country.