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ORCA SHIPPING AND TRADING LTD

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SEAFARER’S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT PR-15-K
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SEAFARER'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT


This Employment Contract is entered into between the Seafarer and the Owner/Agent of the Ship (hereinafter called the company): ORCA SHIPPIN

THE SEAFARER Contract No : f81efec5-f62c-47e2-a687-3e859322bf7c


Name Surname: Full home Adress ,,
Nationality: Contact Numbers :

Date of birth / Place / Passport no

Position: Seaman's book no:

Estimated time of taking up position: Medical Certificate Exp. Date :

Port where position will taken up Destination Of Repatriation

THE EMPLOYER
Name: ORCA SHIPPING AND TRADING LTD

Address:

THE SHIP

Name: LPG ORCA S IMO No 9050187


Port of Registry
Flagı : PANAMA Sicil limanı PANAMA
TERMS OF THE CONTRACT
Period of Employment Wages from and including: Basic hours of work per week: O.T Rate: G.O.T -Hours-:

Hours/Week
05** Months /Ay xxxxxxx 48 Saat/hafta
xxxx USD/hr
Basic monthly wage Monthly overtime: Seniority / Senyorita Leave Pay 7 days /month: Bonus for completion of Con

xxxxx USD xxxxx USD 0,00 USD xxxx USD 0,0000 USD***
Social Security Subsistence allowance / Month
Total Monthly Pay xxxx USD
xxx USD xxx USD
1. This Seafarer s Employment agreement Terms shall be considered to be incorporated into and to form part of this employment contract. (Attached Annex A)

2. The Owner company may vary the terms and conditions of the applicable this Agreement from time to time. Terms and Conditions as so varied shall form part of this Contrac
Variation in place of the Terms and Conditions current imme

CONFIRMATION OF THE CONTRACT


This Contract prepared according to MLC 2006 Standart A 2.1.4
Date 14.Haziran.2014 / Agreed to be effective from: 14.Haziran.2014
Signature of Employer Signature of Seafarer /

** Duration of the contract may vary according to the specified conditions in Appendix A Article 6.
*** Upon completion contract will be be earned.
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ANNEX A / EK-A
SEAFARER’S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT TERMS / GEMİADAMI İŞ AKDİ KURALLARI
Art. 1- PLACE OF WORK

The employer has the liberty to employ the seaman, without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in this agreement, on all the vessels which are owned, and/or will be owned, and/or
chartered, and/or will be chartered by the employer, and/or on all the vessels in which the employer has a partnership, and/or on all the vessels owned by employer’s all company groups. The
seaman accepts, agrees and guarantees to work under these circumstances and not to terminate this agreement due to those reasons and not to demand any compensation on this account.
Social securtiy rights such as medical care, unfitness of a seaman will be provided by P&I club according to related regulations during his duty on board. The employer contributions are shown
on the salary section in this contract.

Art. 2- DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE

The seaman shall work in the vessel as declered duty on “Seafarer’s Employment agreement” .The seaman accepts that such service will be performed against the standard monthly salary in
accordance with the responsibilities under the internal regulations of the vessel and in accordance with the orders of its superiors to be given according to the maritime practices in relation with
the special conditions of the vessel and journey , and that it (seaman) shall perform, when necessary, in a subordinate level as long as the aforementioned conditions require so.
The seaman shall be obliged for the damages to occur due to its wilful acts, neglect or carelessness and also shall be responsible and obliged to compensate all the damages on the tools,
machinery accounted to or used by itself and all the relevant damages to occur on the accessories, parts of the vessel and on the cargo being carried by the vessel.

Art. 3- BEGINNING OF EMPLOYMENT

After the conclusion of this Seafarer s Employment agreement , should the seaman not arrive to the vessel on time or not perform the given mission after arrival and readiness informing or
perform acts during the service which may breach the safety of persons or commodities, then the emp loyer or its representative or the ship master shall be unilaterally entitled to terminate the
contract immediately without a need for a notification and employ another replacing seaman. Accordingly, the seaman in advance accepts and undertakes to pay a compensation for all the
expenses made by the employer to the seaman about the time lost and damages incurred due to vessel not starting the journey for said missing position of the seaman in the crew

Art. 4- REMUNARATION AND WORKING HOURS

This amount includes the gross salary, weekend holiday, extra hours, paid holiday and journey premiums. The seaman shall demand no extra payment for respective extra hours and for
Saturday and Sunday works. The payment for such periods have been included in the salary and (in fact) they have been included previously to such salary with surplus calculations.
Should the seaman requested to perform works other than its original mission, then additional payment or extra hours will be paid to the seaman.

Art. 5- PAYMENT OF WAGE

The salary of the seaman shall be paid at latest 20th day of the following month after the accrual; to a bank account of seaman or to the bank account of its (seaman’s) financial representative (if
any). No salary payment may be made on board. Should the seaman not notify a bank account to the company, then the salaries shall be kept with the company and be paid to the seaman in the
central office of the company against the signed receipt at the end of the contract. Any transfer and transaction fees demanded by the bank for the salary transfers to the account of the seaman
shall be deducted from the said net monthly salary of the seaman.

Should the seaman detect an error or mistake in paid salaries against given service periods, compensation deductions and other deductions from its salary or on accounts and records held for the
seaman, it shall notify the situation to the employer or employer’s representative in written form within 7 (seven) days after the collection of its advance, salary or all sorts of related payments
by itself or by its financial representative. Should such written notification not made by the seaman or its financial representative in said period, it shall be regarded as the seaman has released
the respective accountings, payments and records made/executed by the employer irrevocably and retrospectively.
When disembarkment of seaman, Employer may pay advance for his/her basic transportation /accomadition. The amount of this advance is always on intiative of employer.The seaman’s
remaining balance shall be paid within first 15-20 days of the following month to the mentioned account or shall be paid at company office by hand in same period.The seaman shall not
demand to receive remaining balance on board.

Art. 6- PERIOD OF THE CONTRACT

a) The first 2 months starting from the date of the seaman beginning to work is the trial period. The employer may terminate this agreement without showing any reason during trial period.
b) .If the vessel is in journey at sea out of BlackSea/Meditrenian Sea waters or in a foreign country port on the ending date of the contract, it shall end in the first conveniant port to be
arrived safely, not to exceed one month in any case, with the notification of termination to the seaman by the employer or its representative; or if this (arrival to a Conveniant port in one
month) is not possible or the seaman avoids receiving such notification of termination, then the contract shall end under a minutes recording the situation. However, assumed the
contract ends on the first port arrived but no replacing seaman can be found for to continue the missions of the seaman under this contract, then for preventing the vessel’s journey to be
interrupted and/or material conditions on the arrived port not be suitable and/or legal obstacles exist, the contract shall end at the end of journey or at the first port arrived having
suitable conditions for safety and replacement.
c) But the employer, reserving his rights to compensation in the amount stated in the article 12/ c of this agreement, may terminate this contract without any prior written notice and
without paying no indemnity to the seaman, for If the seaman commits one of the acts banned in the article 11 of this agreement.

Art. 7- BONUS FOR COMPLATION CONTRACT

If this contract is not terminated after the seaman fulfilled his duties of during contract period and if he keeps on working on the vessel, he will be granted to a contract bonus at the end
contract period which meintoned on employeer contract . Annual leave right mentioned herein shall only accrue by approval of the captain / chief engineer.
If the seaman leaves the vessel before fulfilling his duties of 6 months for any reasons and if the agreement is terminated due to reasons set out in article 11 he shall not be entitled to any bonus
pay

Art. 8- HEALTH

The seaman declares that he does not have any specific illness at the moment of signing this contract. He also declares that he did not have gastric bleeding, any lung illnesses, any surgical
operations. If his declarations are not true, the employer may terminate this contract and the seaman shall not be paid any compensation. The seaman accepts and agrees to compensate all the
journey expenses, which will occur because of his return to the country he resides and the arrival of the seaman instead of him.

Art. 9- EQUIPMENTS IN THE VESSEL

The seaman is responsible for the equipment placed at his disposal (cabin, catering, working and ship’s equipment). In the case one of these equipments be damaged, the loss will be
compensated by the seaman. The seaman undertakes to advise immediately such damages or losses to his superior who in turn notifies the captain.

Art. 10- WORKING DUTIES AND DISCIPLINE

a) The seaman is obliged to comply with any and all instructions as may from time to time be given to him by the captain and/or superiors on the Vessel, and to perform any duty imposed
on him.
b) When the vessel is anchored or in port (loading or discharging) the seaman is entitled to leave the vessel only with the permission of the captain and/or his superior.
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c) Claims of the seaman are to be submitted first to his superior, then to chief mate or first assistant engineer / technician and chief engineer and finally to the captain. Claims can also be
addressed in writing to the employer or representative of employer upon the permission of the captain.
d) The seaman shall conduct himself in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner and shall be at all times diligent in respect of these duties.
e) Any written notice required to be given under this “Agreement of Employment”, shall be given by letter, if not possible then by telex or cable.

Art. 11- TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT ,BANNED ACTIONS

If the contract is terminated in any Turkish port, save the situations in the Article 8 of this contract, then the seaman shall be returned to the port, or if the vessel may not return to such port
due to its journey then all the travel expenses of the seaman shall be paid to the seaman for its return to the port where the contract is concluded.
If the contract is terminated in a foreign port, save the situations in the Article 8 of this contract, then the seaman shall be returned to the port of contract conclusion however shall be given
the suitable eating/drinking/residing conditions on board till such return, or if the vessel may not return to such port due to its journey then all the travel expenses of the seaman shall be paid to
the seaman for its return to the port where the contract is concluded.
The seaman has to protect his health. He shall act with great care while working, and he shall use safety equipments given to him in order not to cause himself or others to have an accident .
Should the seaman breach the conditions of this contract, vessel internal regulations or service schedule prepared by the employer or its representative, this contract may be terminated by the
employer or its representative unilaterally at any time.Furthermore the seaman already agrees and undertakes not to do the following banned acts and acts against moral and good manners,
business manners and similar acts.

A.1. if the seaman not returns and starts service on board in any port before the departure of the vessel or not returns at all
A.2. if the performance of seaman’ s services become impossible due to its arrest, custody or ban from maritime profession etc.
A.3. if the seaman acts against the employer or its representative breaching the maritime rules, practices or moral/ethic values
A.4. if the seaman acts against the employer or its representative breaching the codes, service contracts and other service and working conditions
A.5. if the seaman becomes insufficient for to perform its duties stated in Article 2
A.6. if the acts of seaman moves the vessel in danger or interrupts the command chain
A.7. if the seaman makes illegal strike and/or leaves and returns from/to the vessel without any permission
A.8. if the seaman commits one or more of the following crimes,
A.8.1.rejecting to perform any maritime mission ordered by its superior
A.8.2. using or keeping alcoholic beverages, drugs, narcotics, arms, arsenal or other hazardous materials
A.8.3. wilful breach of the rules of the respective country and/port
A.8.4. breach of rules, directives, instructions and policies of the company
A.8.5. wilful damage and/or harm on the vessel, cargo
A.8.6. gambling, human smuggling etc. illegal acts
A.8.7. annoying behaviours on board as terminating the peace and working environment with acts of non discipline and non ethics
A.9. if the seaman not stays on its duty during the service period and leaves its place of work without permission
A.10. if the seaman is not present in the work place written in the service contract and not on duty assigned; and if the seaman assigns its duty and watch to other persons
A.11.if the seaman performs other works while on its duty
A.12.if the seaman not performs its duty properly and neglects its duty
A.13. if the seaman not obeys the orders of its superiors to be given in accordance with the codes, maritime conventions, traditions and practices
A.14. if the seaman not gets along well with other seaman and causes problems
A.15.if the seaman not immediately informs its excuse for not coming to the work, not arriving to the duty without a permission obtained previous day or if the seaman arrives to the work/duty
late
A.16. if the seaman, on any reason, requests/takes money for the work and uses excuses and grounds to accomplish such collection
A.17. if the seaman avoids, prevents any searches and investigations and controls to be made on board and on other maritime vehicles
A.18. if the seaman acts/speaks in a manner to degrade the honour, prestige and reputation of the employer
A.19.in relation with the moveable and immovable assets given to the seaman or given under its protection for the professional purposes; if the seaman steals cash, leases for private purposes,
causes leases, operate for private purposes, uses for personal purposes, debits against own account, or if the seaman misuses the trust of the company
A.20. if the seaman avoids work with false sickness
A.21.if the seaman produces murmurs which may damage the reputation of the employer, distributes untrue news and discloses the information of the employer
A.22. if the seaman wilfully causes the loss of the documents of the employer or terminates such documents under will; gives the originals and copies of such documents to the unauthorised
persons or frauds on such documents in any manner.
A.23. if the seaman makes acts and behaviours against the moral values and moral requirements
A.24. if the seaman frauds in buying/selling transactions, makes smuggling or assists to persons dealing in smuggling.
A.25.if the seaman accepts guest to the cabins on any
Reason and manner.
A.26.To breach the order of the vessel.
A.27.To provoke other employees against the employer.
A.28.Not to show the productivity, which he has to as a natural result of this contract and lack of sufficient performance
A.29.To smoke at forbidden places.
A.30.To sleep on duty.
A.31.Not to obey or act contrary to the instructions and orders given by the employer, employer’s representative or the master.
A.32.To embezzle by misconduct of duty.
A.33.To give pecuniary or intangible damage to the employer, crew or to vessel intentionally or by negligence.
A.34.To infringe the disciplinary rules.

In case of breach of above mentioned conditions the employer has the right to terminate this contract unilaterally, without a need for a notification and without any compensation. . The Seaman
whose contract is terminated for such reasons, He/She already agrees and undertakes to give 30 days salary as compensation The seaman accepts and agrees to compensate all the expenses
(travel, accomodation, food, agency, replacement, holiday costs etc.) which will occur because of his return to the country he resides and the arrival of the seaman instead of him

ART. 12- OTHER CLAUSES

a. The seaman shall comply with the common working regulations prescribed by the employer.
b. The seaman’s employment relation shall not be severed and his wage shall not be paid, unless he gets a written letter from his superior, indicating that his employment relation is severed.
c. In case the seaman leaves the vessel before the completion of his working period for any reasons, this contract shall be deemed terminated by the employer. The seaman already accepts
and agrees that he shall not be paid any compensation and he shall compensate all the repatriation expenses, which will occur because of his return to the country he resides and the arrival
of the seaman appointed instead of him.
d. The employer may terminate the contract if the seaman leaves the vessel without any reason or runs away when the vessel is on foreign seas or ports. The seaman shall not demand any
kind of rights in such a case and he already agrees that criminal action shall be taken against him. And the seaman accepts and agrees to compensate all the expenses that will occur
because of the arrival of the seaman instead of him and all the loss the vessel will suffer.
e. The seaman accepts to compensate and damages to be given by itself to the vessel, accessories and parts of the vessel and other items of the vessel (fuel etc.), tools of the vessel, cargo f
the vessel, passengers and other seamen; and also in advance accepts and undertakes that such damages shall be deducted and collected from itself (seaman).
f. Before disembarkmet of seaman,He/She agree and confirm to pay the amount of working clothes,safety shoes and the various equipment which were given before or after his/her
embarkment to vessel;as they mantioned in his/her joining certificate.
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Art. 13- DEATH / PROFESSION SICKNESSES AND WORK ACCIDENTS / PHYSICAL DISABILITY

a) If the seaman dies due to its service (including arrival and departure to/from the vessel) or due to a similar hazard (save the death upon a wilful act or the neglect of a third persons)
during the term of its service contract, the compensation (indemnity) amount to be calculated upon actuarial study caused by the employer shall be paid to the legal inheritors of the
seaman by the employer upon the waiver of such inheritors for all their legal remedies and rights before the court.
b) The seaman shall have the right of emergency treatment against the profession sicknesses and work accidents; if the seaman experiences a profession illness or a work accident then it
shall have sixteen (16) weeks, by the start of the illness and/or happening of injury, of medical treatment (including hospital stay) as all the expenses to be borne by the employer. The
seaman shall be paid half of its net salary during the treatment of profession sickness or work accident as not to exceed 120 days. For to have the right profession sickness or work
accident payment, all the medical reports shall be taken from Public Hospitals and presented to the employer. The payments made by the employer under this clause shall be deducted
from the compensation/indemnity amount to be calculated with actuarial study and to be paid by the employer upon the waiver of all rights and remedies before the court.
c) In relation with a seaman who has become disabled due to an accident during the service contract (including arrival and departure to/from the vessel) after its employment by the
employer or its representative, and accordingly lost its ability to work; a compensation/indemnity , besides its normal payment, amount shall be paid as to be calculated with actuarial
study and upon the waiver of all rights and remedies before the court.

Art. 14- APPLICABLE LAW

Flag States courts and court bailiff’s offices shall be entitled to settle all the disputes to occur during the performance of this contract.

This agreement has been drawn up and signed as two copies.

THE SEAMAN : ZAFER DAĞDEVİRENLER

THE EMPLOYER/THE
REPRESENTATIVE/
THE MASTER :

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