In a summary of the meeting of the IMO Legal Committee, 108th session (LEG 108), 26-30 July 2021, the Committee noted the alarming increase in the numbers of reports of abandoned seafarers, ...
IMO expresses concern over increase in abandonment of seafarers
What the industry is doing
The lack of a framework to adequately protect abandoned seafarers has been frustrating – but positive change is happening. Amendments to the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006) ...
Top ten warning signs
When a crew on a merchant ship is abandoned in a foreign port, a familiar pattern of events often unfolds: Fuel for generators runs out. Salaries stop being paid. Shore leave is denied. ...
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