German owner Johann MK Blumenthal (Bluships) has told TradeWinds its bulker Puma is being unloaded as scheduled in Rotterdam.
The company said it was not aware of any problems after Dutch media and the FNV Havens union said dockers had refused to unload the 35,000-dwt ship (built 2017) due to an ITF inspector being denied access.
Bluships confirmed the vessel had arrived in the Dutch port on Wednesday night.
It did not respond to TradeWinds' enquiry as to whether ITF inspectors were being given access to its fleet.
The company was made the subject of an ITF inspection campaign this week.
The move followed the detention of the 58,000-dwt Anna-Elisabeth (built 2008) in Australia for breach of Maritime Labour Convention standards.
The union said it wants to open a dialogue with Bluships’ chief executive Matthais K Reith on improving conditions on its fleet.
