IMO Briefing 38/2013, 20 August 2013: IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu today (20 August) welcomed the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006), adopted by the International ...
IMO Secretary-General Welcomes Entry Into Force of Maritime Labour Convention
Report Reveals Rising Risk of Attack off West Africa
Nautilus Telegraph, July 2013: Piracy and armed robbery is now more prevalent in west Africa than off the coast of Somali according to a new report into the human cost of piracy. The annual report — ...
Concerns Over Quality of Risk Assessments
Nautilus Telegraph, July 2013: Accident investigators have expressed concern at the lack of international guidelines governing the way in which shipping companies carry out risk assessments. In a ...
Why It’s Time to Shake Up Sea Safety:IMO Symposium on the Future of Ship Safety
Nautilus Telegraph, July 2013: In a major departure from its traditional way of doing business, the International Maritime Organisation opened its doors to a broad spread of shipping industry ...
MLC Marks Paradigm Shift in Care: Convention will help remove seafarers from the worst abuses
Lloyds List, 15 August 2013: Interview with Revd Ken Peters, the Mission to Seafarers’ director of justice and welfare. "From August 20 onwards, if all else fails, the flag state will have ...
SRI Announces New Legal Charter to Support Seafarers
In an important contribution to the legal support of seafarers worldwide, SRI (Seafarers' Rights International) has launched a Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to ...
New model IMO seeks to adapt to shipping’s changing environment
Lloyds List 19 June 2013 Impetus for reform is building as UN body seeks to better serve industry’s needs WHEN Birgit Liodden, secretary-general of Youngship International, played a rap song at last ...
Fear of Criminalisation Grows
Maritime Risk International - June 2013 - Seafarers suggestions on how to improve their situation when facing criminal charges were presented at the landmark 100th session of the Legal Committee of ...
Fair Legal Processes Are Being Denied
According to new research, the criminalisation of seafarers is now such a serious problem that junior officers are actually deterred from seeking promotion in case being a higher rank puts them in the ...
Costa probe blames the human element
IMO to meet this month to consider recommendations from inquiry into Italian disaster The long-awaited official Italian report on the investigation into the Costa Concordia disaster last year has ...
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