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Fishing Convention - C188

Thailand ratifies Work in Fishing Convention

Thailand has committed itself to ensuring acceptable living and working conditions for fishers on board ships by ratifying the Work in Fishing Convention. It has become the first country in Asia to do so, which signals to other countries in the...

Maritime Labour Convention

Maritime Centenary Challenge: reaching 100 ratifications of the MLC, 2006

Work in Fishing Convention

UK joins efforts to ensure decent work in the fishing sector

The United Kingdom has ratified the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), becoming the 13th ILO Member State to do so.

Joint Maritime Commission

ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers

The mechanism for setting the minimum monthly wage for able seafarers is the only one in the International Labour Organization (ILO) that sets the basic wage for any industry.

Maritime Labour Convention and Domestic Workers

Grenada ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

Maritime Labour Convention

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

Gambia is the 89th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

Maritime Labour Convention

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China joins efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

Maritime Labour Convention

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

International labour standards

First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention

Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

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

Slovakia is the 87th Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

Seafarers to continue receiving wages if held by pirates

The Special Tripartite Committee approved amendments of the Maritime Labour Convention providing for seafarers to continue to be paid if held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery against ships.

Seafarers' welfare

ISWAN Award winner: "The Maritime Labour Convention is essential to prevent abuses"

Jasper del Rosario is one of the winners of this year’s ISWAN 2018 Awards recognizing the work of those offering outstanding welfare services to seafarers. Before receiving his prize at the ILO headquarters, he talked to ILO News about his actions...

HIV/AIDS education for maritime students

Ukrainian trade unions and ILO join forces to introduce HIV/AIDS prevention training for seafarers

The Maritime Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU) in collaboration with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has facilitated an HIV/AIDS prevention module in the Kherson State Maritime Academy (KSMA), being the first...

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

Myanmar strengthens efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

Myanmar becomes the 35th ILO member State to ratify Convention C185.

Opening of Stella Maris Seafarer’s Center in Samaesarn, 23 June 2017

Seafarers’ identity documents

The Seafarers’ Identity Document: Moving to an e-SID compatible with ICAO Doc 9303

Article by John Campbell, Technical Advisor to the ILO, published in the Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity in June 2017

United Republic of Tanzania ratifies ILO Maritime Labour (2006) and Seafarers identity documents No. 185 (2003) conventions

Becomes the 5th and 13th country in Africa to ratify seafarer’s identity documents and Maritime Labour conventions respectively

Labour Standards

Jamaica renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

Jamaica ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

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

Indonesia, an important actor of international maritime trade, is the 83rd Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention.

Seafarers’ identity documents

Seafarers’ identity documents: New requirements enter into force triggering renewed momentum for the ratification of Convention No. 185