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Tanzania considers ratification of two ILO Maritime Conventions

Government, ship-owners, representatives of seafarers and ILO have been consulted by the Parliamentary Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee on the gains of the process

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

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

Tunisia, an important actor of international maritime trade, is the 82nd Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention

Maritime Labour Convention

Seafarers and their families now ensured of protection in cases of abandonment, death, and long-term disability

Foreign ships entering the ports of States for which the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 is in force will be inspected for compliance by port State control authorities.

Maritime Labour Convention

Sri Lanka ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Sri Lanka is the 81st ILO member State and the 16th Asian State to have ratified the Convention

Maritime Labour Convention

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

On 28th of October 2016, the Government of Albania deposited with the International Labour Office (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188)

Entry into force of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188), imminent following ratification by Angola

On 11 October 2016, the Government of the Republic of Angola deposited with the International Labour Office (ILO) the instrument of ratification of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188).

Maritime Labour Convention

Seafarers and their families ensured of protection in cases of abandonment, death, and long-term disability

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 disability.

Maritime Labour Convention

Algeria ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Algeria is the 79th Member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

Portugal ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Portugal is the 78th Member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Overwhelming ILO support for the protection against harassment and bullying onboard ships, improved procedures concerning the maritime...

105th International Labour Conference

ILO Director-General: “ILO sets course to promote decent work in global supply chains, in transition from conflict and crisis and in making...

World parliament of labour sets the course for global action to shape the future of work.

Maritime Labour Convention

Thailand ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Thailand is the 77th Member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

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

Honduras is the 76th ILO Member State to ratify this landmark Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention

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

Maritime Labour Convention

Myanmar becomes the 75th State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

The ILO and Myanmar make history with the ratification of a key Convention

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Jordan ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Jordan is the 73rd member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

Slovenia ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Slovenia is the 72nd member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

Seafarers’ Identity Documents

Security, seafarers’ shore leave and ILO Convention 185

From 10 to 12 February, the Ad Hoc Tripartite Maritime Committee, established to propose amendments to the Seafarer’s Identity Documents Convention, 2003 (No. 185), met to consider the difficulties that security requirements have placed on...

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

New Zealand ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

New Zealand is the 71st member State to have ratified this landmark Convention.

MLC, 2006

Romania ratifies the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Romania is the 70th ILO member State to ratify the Convention.