The Seafarers' Union of Russia (SUR) and Stolt Tankers B.V. shipping company confirmed the  course  towards providing the decent  social guarantees  for seafarers. The both sides signed a collective agreement for  2019-2021 which is  in line with the ITF requirements. The SUR vice-chairman Nikolai Sukhanov and  the SUR  Far Eastern Regional Organization inspector  Vitaly Miroshnichenko, for  one  part, and the HR manager Igor Segeda and  the fleet manager at Asia-Pacific region Valentins Baburgs, for  the part of  Stolt Tankers B.V,  took part in the talks. Vladimir Nikitenko, the chief executive  of Primtanco crewing agency, visited a working meeting. Through the  negotiations the parties  discussed the  performance of previously signed agreement  2015-2018 and  come  to the  mutual consent that it has been realized without breaches. A master's wage  is over USD13,000  and  a seaman is paid approximately USD2,000. Today there are over 400 seafarers from the Russian Far  East region working at Stolt Tankers B.V.