The fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) of the MLC concluded last week with some hard-fought achievements for seafarers, led in the negotiations by ITF Seafarers’ Section Vice ...
ILO DELIVERS ON KEY WORKER RIGHTS AND FAIR TREATMENT FOR SEAFARERS
InterManager urges shipping industry to share knowledge as it collates cases of seafarer criminalisation
The international trade association for the ship management sector, InterManager, is calling on shipping industry colleagues to contribute to a new campaign to highlight the issue of criminalisation ...
SRI examines use of the MLC, 2006 in the courts of jurisdictions
Taking place on 10 and 11 December, the third Symposium on the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 and related case law was successfully concluded. The event was jointly organized by the ...
New laws in the UK to protect seafarers
The UK government is intending to bring in new laws that would protect seafarers following the widescale sackings of P&O Ferries’ staff in 2022. The sackings led to protests at ports throughout ...
IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime Survey is open
This is the chance for you to make your voice heard – the survey will be open until 31 December 2024. Governments and industry are urged to take part in this global survey that will promote gender ...
The Seafarers’ Happiness Index for Quarter 2 has been released!
The results from Q2 show a very slight increase in happiness, with improvements in a number of areas including general satisfaction, shore leave, wages, training, crew interaction, workload and ...
Port State Control – 2024 CIC on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreements
The Paris MoU has announced an upcoming Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreements under MLC from September to November 2024. Other PSC MoUs are expected ...
MLC 65% effective says SRI
New research from SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, concludes that the Maritime Labour Convention is not being strictly and evenly enforced on a global ...
Seafarers have the opportunity to express their feelings about the industry
The Seafarers Happiness Index was founded in 2015 and provides everyone working at sea the chance to share how they feel, and talk about the good and bad about their life at sea today. It is an ...
Cabotage Laws of the World update underway
SRI has welcomed the recent announcement from the Australian government regarding funding for an Australian Strategic Fleet. “This is a positive demonstration of the policies of a majority of ...
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