Who can join Maritime Super?

All employers operating in the stevedoring, seafaring or maritime-related industries are eligible to apply for participation in the Fund. However, there are certain eligibility conditions that must be satisfied in order to become a Participating Employer.

Generally, only employees of Participating Employers can join Maritime Super, although once they have been accepted as a member, they can remain in the Fund after leaving the industry. This is because Maritime Super is not open to the general public. Members can also nominate family members to join in certain circumstances, although in the Seafarers a Maritime Super divisions this is limited to the spouse and children of existing members.

Stevedores division      Seafarers division      Maritime Super division

Employer participating types - Stevedores division

Full Participating Employers

The type of employer participation open to employers who operate in the stevedoring (or related) industries, have permanent (part-time or full-time) employees, who apply for membership and are accepted by the Trustee.

Employers who join as Full Participating Employers have an obligation to contribute to Maritime Super in respect of employee members and are eligible to participate in the Full Participating Employers Group.

Full Participating Employers can apply to enrol employees in the following categories in the Stevedores division:

• Accumulation Plus – generally limited to permanent employees who are members of the Maritime Union of Australia or who work in the stevedoring (or related) industry as a full-time occupation; and
• Accumulation Basic – open to casual and other employees.

Please note that Full Participating Employers can also apply to join as a Contributory Employer for employees who are not employed in a stevedoring or related occupation.

Participating Employers

This type of employer participation is open to employers who operate in the stevedoring or related industries and only employ stevedores on a casual basis (or are otherwise accepted for Participating Employer sponsorship of Maritime Super by the Trustee).

Employers who join as Participating Employers have an obligation to contribute to Maritime Super in respect of employee members but have no rights to participate in the Full Participating Employers Group.

Participating Employers are only able to enrol stevedoring employees in the Accumulation Basic category of the Stevedores division of Maritime Super

Please note that Participating Employers can also apply to join as Contributory Employers for employees who are not employed in a stevedoring or related occupation.

Employer types - Seafarers division or Maritime Super division

Participating Employers

The type of employer sponsorship is open to employers who operate in the maritime industry and are accepted by the Trustee upon completion of an Employer Application to either the Seafarers or Maritime Super division.

Employers who join as a Participating Employer have an obligation to contribute to Maritime Super in respect of employee members and are eligible to vote in employer Nominated Director elections.

New Participating Employers can apply to enrol employees in the following membership categories to the Seafarers division:

• Contributory Accumulation – for seaman, stewards, integrated ratings, leading hands, deckhands, cooks, chefs, IR caterers, pipe or crane operators, greasers, fitters or coxswains. In this category, employers and working members are required to make contributions (at a minimum of 13% and 5% of Fund Benchmark Salary respectively).
• Accumulation – for masters, ships officers, deck officers, mates, engineers, electricians, radio operators, shipwrights or pursers for TT Line or on-shore in administration or management. In this category, employers are required to make contributions at the level required to meet their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) obligations.
• SVITZER Accumulation - employees of the Participating Employer to the Seafarers division, SVITZER.
• Inco Sub-fund - for employees of the Participating Employers to the Seafarers division, Inco Ships, Nighturn or CSL Australia.

New Participating Employers can apply to enrol employees in the following membership categories to the Maritime Super division:

• Teekay Accumulation - for permanent (full-time or part-time) employees of Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd.
• Trident Accumulation - for permanent (full-time or part-time) employees of Trident LNG Shipping Services Pty Ltd.
• Accumulation Advantage - For masters, ship officers, deck officers, mates, engineers, electricians, radio operators, shipwrights, pursers or onshore administration or management. Furthermore, casual employees of Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd or Trident LNG Shipping Services Pty Ltd. Maritime Super must alse be nominated as your default fund for those employees you nominate for membership. In this category, employers are required to make contributions at the level required to meet their Superannuation Guarantee (SG) obligations. Employees are automatically provided with two (2) units of Basic Death and Total Permanent Disablement cover.

Non-Participating Employers

If you do not operate in the maritime industry, but have an employee that is a Retained Benefits, Spouse Account, or Children’s Account member in the Seafarers division or Maritime Super division and you would like to make employer contributions on their behalf, you can contribute to the Fund as a Non-Participating Employer.

Please contact Member Services for more information.