Should seafarers pay repatriation fees? According to the provisions of Articles 33 and 34 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Seafarers' Regulations, the crew repatriation expenses shall be paid by the crew's employer. Repatriation expenses include the transportation expenses of the crew, reasonable accommodation and medical expenses during the trip, and transportation expenses of 30 kilograms of luggage. Where the repatriation rights of the crew members are infringed, the civil affairs department where the crew members are located or the consular office of People's Republic of China (PRC) abroad shall provide assistance to the crew members. If necessary, the crew can be repatriated directly. The crew employing unit shall promptly return the fees paid by the civil affairs department or the China people's consular offices abroad. However, according to the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, if seafarers are repatriated due to serious dereliction of duty or the application of collective bargaining agreements, employers may require seafarers to bear the repatriation expenses.

What is the cost of crew repatriation? Repatriation expenses: Repatriation expenses refer to the expenses paid for repatriating crew members to China or other places, including travel expenses, baggage transportation expenses and other related expenses.

What can the crew reimburse? As far as I know, crew members don't need to buy a lot of things, and the subsidy standard for travel expenses provided by the ship has been implemented since March 20 1 1. According to the highest standard, the all-in travel expenses of crew members will be raised to the second-class level of EMU trains, and the base of road compensation in all-in travel expenses will be raised from 40 yuan to 100 yuan. The accommodation standard for crew members except ship leaders was raised from 80 yuan to 180 yuan, which was raised by125%; The accommodation and food subsidy is increased from 20 yuan/day to 50 yuan/day; The standard of travel expenses for ship leaders has also been significantly improved. The captain, political commissar and chief engineer can receive all the travel expenses, or take economy class planes, high-speed trains and other means of transportation to reimburse the travel expenses. Except for Shanghai Port, the accommodation standard for ship leaders is 300 yuan/day/person.