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 ...
SRI launch new film to raise awareness of abandonment of seafarers
In the run up to the International Day of the Seafarer on June 25, 2016, SRI has released a short hard-hitting film designed to raise awareness of the ever present risk of seafarers facing ...
Abandonment
It is the duty of the shipowner to ensure that you are not abandoned. But if you are abandoned, you have various legal rights that should ensure that you are repatriated to your country at no cost to ...
Maritime sector to address abandonment of seafarers and shipowners’ liability
ILO Media advisory | 04 April 2014 GENEVA – The world’s leading maritime nations and representatives of ship owners and seafarers, are to address the issues of abandonment of seafarers and the rapid ...
SRI Welcomes MLC Amendments to Provide Greater Security for Crew
Seafarers Rights International has welcomed the strengthening of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to give greater protection to crew against abandonment and in cases of claims for workplace death ...
Stranded Sailors Signal More Danger Than Somali Pirates
Bloomberg.net: Jan 15, 2014 Hassan Sabrah hadn’t eaten in four days. That’s when the chief engineer of the Moldova-flagged cargo ship JSM finally snapped, according to interviews with sailors, the ...
Left high and dry
Port Strategy January/February 2012 Left high and dry, abandoned seafarers face some appalling realities. How do – or how should – ports respond? 20120306. Port Strategy.pdf (932.09 kB) ...
Out of sight, not out of mind
Bimco Bulletin 2011 Volume 106 - January 2012 20120110 Bimco Bulletin 2011 Vol 106.pdf (463.82 kB) An article by Deirdre Fitzpatrick ...
Seafarers’ rights on the curriculum
Fairplay, 6 October 2011 Training Education: Campaign moves into new phase with law students Just a year after it was set up, Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) took its first four masters of law ...
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