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New Statement of the Officers of the STC on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - 1 October 2020

Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Stranded seafarers: A “humanitarian crisis”

ILO and other UN bodies want member States to take urgent action to help hundreds of thousands of seafarers left stranded by COVID-19 restrictions.

Joint Statement by UN agencies calling on all Governments to immediately recognize seafarers as key workers, and to take swift and...

Statement by the International Labour Office (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Compact, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

ILO welcomes Singapore port’s new measures to help seafarers and ease crew rotations

Singapore has brought in new measures to facilitate the safe rotation of crews at its port, while protecting ships and the local community.

COVID-19

‘My children ask me when am I coming home’: stranded seafarers share their frustrations

COVID-19 and the maritime sector

ILO welcomes COVID-19 seafarers’ rights agreement

With hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded at sea due to the pandemic, a new international agreement recognizes them as key workers who should be protected.

World Oceans Day

ILO: Release more than 150,000 seafarers trapped on board ships due to COVID-19

Seafarers should be treated as ‘key workers’ so they can safely return home, says the International Labour Organization.

Virtual Oceans Dialogue of the World Economic Forum

Include the ocean economy in the response to COVID-19

More international cooperation is needed to help the seafaring sector, said ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the Virtual Oceans Dialogue of the World Economic Forum.

Maritime Labour Convention

Brazil ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Brazil became the 97th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention.

COVID-19 in the maritime sector

Seafarers and fishers: Providing vital services during the COVID-19 pandemic

As many countries in the world marked Labour Day, the International Labour Organization called on governments to implement measures to protect seafarers and fishers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

COVID-19: How social and economic sectors are responding

The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on all social and economic sectors. In a series of briefs, the ILO analyses how the pandemic is affecting the functioning of these sectors and how they are responding to alleviate its effects.

Statement of the Officers of the STC on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Treat seafarers with “dignity and respect” during COVID-19 crisis

Seafarers, ship owners and governments are urging ILO member States to ensure the flow of essential goods, energy, food and medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HIV/AIDS at the workplace

Take an HIV test and keep sailing! ILO promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among seafarers

Ukraine remains among the European countries most affected by HIV and AIDS. Every day, fifty people get infected and ten die from AIDS. The epidemic is driven by key populations: partly by people who inject drugs, but the prevailing cause has been...

Maritime Labour Convention

Cook Islands ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Cook Islands is the 96th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Fishers

The Netherlands marks the ILO centenary with the ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

Fishers

Poland marks the end of the ILO centenary year with the ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

Portugal marks the ILO centenary with the ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and the 1986 Instrument of...

Maritime Labour Convention

Sudan ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

Sudan is the 95th member State to have ratified this Convention.

Skills for Prosperity

Improving Indonesia’s maritime sector through strengthening vocational education

The Indonesian government has made it a priority to strengthen the country’s maritime sector. A new programme - “Skills for Prosperity” - sees the ILO team up with the Government of the United Kingdom to give focused support to this initiative.