All news: seafarer + sea transport

Maritime Industry Tripartite Council, Resolution No. 2, Series of 2011

At the Maritime Industry Tripartite Council Plenary Meeting held last 17 October 2011 at AMOSUP Convention Hall in Manila, the Maritime Industry Tripartite Council, Resolution No. 2, Series of 2011 was presented by Mr Hans Leo J. Cacdac,...

Luxembourg ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) and the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No....

Luxembourg becomes the fifth EU member State, after Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain and Latvia, to ratify the MLC, 2006 and the 22nd member to ratify Convention No. 185.

Training held for Maritime Inspectors PHL gears up for MLC, 2006 enforcement

Adopted in February 2006 by the ILO, MLC, 2006 served as a response to the global nature of workers’ employment in the maritime industry to comprehensively address the working and living conditions of seafarers and to set out standards for decent...

Antigua and Barbuda ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Antigua and Barbuda is the third Caribbean country, after the Bahamas and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

Opening address at the Training on Inspection in the Application of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006

By Mr Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines, Subic, Philippines

Denmark ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Denmark becomes the third EU member state, after Spain and Bulgaria, to ratify the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

I-News

Singapore, First Asian country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the full support of tripartite partners – the seafarer unions and the National Trades Union Congress, as well as the maritime...

The MLC, 2006 will benefit both seafarers and quality shipowners

Interview with Arthur Bowring, Managing Director of Hong Kong Shipowners Association

Why training is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

“This training activity is related to flag State ship inspection which is not just important, it is essential for the enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006”. - Interview with Dominick Devlin, Special Advisor on the Maritime Labour...

Making an impact, international progress on implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Interview with Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva

Keynote address on Overview of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, status on implementation and emerging Issues

By Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO, Geneva at the Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on the Maritime Labour Convention, 3-6 May 2011, Cairns, Australia

Press release

The Swiss Confederation ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its adoption

Switzerland is the 12th Member State, the 6th European country, and the first landlocked State with maritime interests, to ratify the MLC, 2006. The Swiss ratification gives a major boost to the ratification campaign launched by the ILO...

“Any fool can stuff a container?”: ILO to discuss safety in growing container industry

The container shipping market represents about 16 per cent of the world’s goods loaded in tonnes. With its growing market share, the risk of accidents also increases, says a report prepared for an ILO Global Dialogue Forum on Safety in the Supply...

Pacific regional tripartite workshop considered ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The workshop that was held in Nadi, Fiji from 27 to 29 October 2010 brought together seafarers, ship-owners and government labour and maritime officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to promote the...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ratifies Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006)

Pacific Island Countries explore ratification of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO Workshop on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, is held on 27-29 October 2010.

Maritime Labour Convention

Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention is "almost there"

When the ILO adopted the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), in February 2006, Director-General Juan Somavia said the Organization had made "labour history" for the world's more than 1.2 million seafarers. Four years on, the Convention is...

Maritime Labour Convention

Canada joins other key maritime States to help bring seafarers' decent work Convention into force

The Government of Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 with the International Labour Office on 15 June. Canada is the first North American country to ratify this key maritime labour Convention,...

Opening message at the International Committee on Seafarer's Welfare 5th South East Asia Regional Welfare Committee Meeting

By Ms Linda Wirth, Director, ILO-Manila, Manila, Philippines

ILO Convention 185

Russia ratifies ILO’s Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention

The Russian Federation has ratified the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Representative of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, delivered Russia’s...