SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, has applauded the decision by the first meeting of a joint International Labour Organization (ILO) – International ...
SRI Applauds New Measures to Address Abandonment
First Meeting of the Joint ILO-IMO Tripartite Working Group to identify and address seafarers’ issues and the human element, 13 – 15 December 2022
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI attended the first meeting of the newly created Tripartite Working group, which met between 13 to 15 December 2022 to discuss and adopt guidelines for ...
Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment
New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ ...
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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