The ITF (International Transport Workers is giving a warm welcome to the major new Maritime Labour Convention provisions on crew abandonment that come into force tomorrow. ITF president Paddy Crumlin ...
MLC abandonment provisions coming into force: ITF comment
Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensure better protection to seafarers and their families
ILO member States have confirmed the amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensuring better protection to seafarers and their families in case of abandonment, death, and long-term ...
Secretary-General promotes Maritime Ambassador scheme in Guatemala
Source: IMO What's New IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu on Tuesday (24 March) continued his central America tour with a visit to Guatemala, where he met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador ...
El Salvador signs technical cooperation agreement with IMO
Source: IMO What's New A new agreement on supporting the Republic of El Salvador to implement IMO treaties was signed in San Salvador on Monday (23 March). IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, who is ...
IMO launches online surveys on ballast water management systems
Source: IMO Press Briefings All stakeholders involved in the testing, approval, fitting and operation of ballast water management systems (BWMS) are being invited to complete online surveys, as a ...
Call for papers: ShipArc 2015
Source: IMO Press Briefings International Conference on Safe and Sustainable Shipping in a Changing Arctic Environment (ShipArc 2015), 25-27 August 2015, WMU, Malmö, Sweden The International ...
Ship routeing measures to protect Australia’s Coral Sea agreed
Source: IMO Press Briefings International Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), 2nd session, 9-13 March, 2015 New ships routeing measures aimed at protecting ...
IMO-IOM discuss joint database on unsafe mixed migration by sea
Source: IMO What's New As a follow up to the outcomes of the inter-agency High-level Meeting to Address Unsafe Mixed Migration by Sea held at IMO Headquarters, London last week (4-5 March), Mr. Irfan ...
UN agencies to deliver as one on mixed migration by sea
Source: IMO Press Briefings Several United Nations agencies have agreed to establish a mechanism to enhance existing inter-agency communication with respect to the maritime aspects of mixed ...
UK Launch – Open for Maritime skills
The Shipping Minister, John Hayes, launched a new pamphlet ‘Open for Maritime Skills’ at Trinity House, together with Maritime UK Chairman Jeffrey Evans and UK Chamber staff. The pamphlet is the ...
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