A new report commissioned by the UK Government discusses the mental health of seafarers and the impacts of suicide, the support available and the potential under-reporting of suicides in the sector in ...
New report aims to understand seafarer suicide and its potential under-reporting
World Celebrates Day of the Seafarer
The world celebrated Day of the Seafarer on Saturday 25 June, with a collective mix of memories and tales of life at sea. For 2022, the campaign of the Day of the Seafarer, with the theme 'Your ...
Record all enclosed space deaths urges SRI Advisory Board Member Kuba Szymanski, as two more workers die
As two more workers die in an enclosed space on board a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents. Captain Kuba Szymanski, SRI ...
Global shipowner group and seafarers’ unions agree new three-year global minimum wage ‘safety net’ deal
The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) once again convened the latest bipartite round of negotiations between shipowners and seafarers’ unions from across the world, coordinated by the ...
More states must ratify MLC if it is to have comprehensive global reach says SRI
In a statement submitted to the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) meeting held last week, SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, called for more States to ...
May 2022: Executive Director Addresses the Fourth Special Tripartite Committee of the MLC (STC4) Part II
The second part of the fourth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee meeting took place between 5 – 13 May 2022 at the ILO headquarters in Geneva, both face to face and online. Deirdre ...
Seafarers win commitment to mandatory internet access in international law
Seafarers’ groups have won the right to mandatory social connectivity for crews –including internet access – in updates to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC). The latest Special Tripartite ...
Taskforce for Fair Green Transition Adds Strength
The Maritime Just Transition Task Force has announced that the Singapore Maritime Foundation has become its first public programme partner. The announcement was made at an event during Singapore ...
Seafarers unions issue joint statement on P&O ferries sacking
Seafarer unions ITF (International Transport Workers Union), ETF (European Transport Workers Federation), Nautilus International and the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) ...
Reflections on Day of the Seafarer, 25 June 2022: COVID-19 and Seafarers Rights
The pandemic became a turning point in the socio and economic organisation of the world. Not surprisingly, it had and continues to have a considerable impact on maritime trade and its workforce. It ...
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