All publications: Transport, ports and logistics
Report
Global Employment Policy Review 2025: Do employment-responsive policies work? How impact assessments, diagnostics and dialogue contribute...
This edition focuses on the role of impact assessments, diagnostics and social dialogue in addressing the question: “Do employment responsive policies work?” It also addresses policy-coordination dialogue among different entities within governments...
Points for discussion - Decent work in the railways sector
Points for discussion for the Technical Meeting on decent work in the railways sector (Geneva, 1-5 September 2025)
Social Dialogue in the Railways Sector
The scope of this manual is conflict prevention, thus involving the preparation and identification of different steps and processes for social dialogue with an emphasis on the railways sector.
Informal document
On the right track: The ILO's tripartite work in the railways sector
Railways compendium (1939-2024)
Informal document
Compilation of CFA and CEACR cases mentioning the railways sector
The document is only available in English.
Realizing decent work in the railways sector
Report for the technical meeting on decent work in the railways sector (Geneva, 1–5 September 2025)
Understanding working conditions of fishers in Indonesia: Evidence from the 2024 Survey on Decent Work in Marine Fishing
This report presents the findings of Indonesia’s first-ever Survey on Decent Work in Marine Fishing, conducted by the ILO in collaboration with the Research Center for Population of the National Research and Innovation Agency (PRK-BRIN). The survey...
ILO Working paper 117
Women and aviation: Quality jobs, attraction and retention
This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral gender lens, it examines employment, women’s career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the sector. It...
Regulation of working times, driving times and rest periods for commercial vehicle drivers: a comparative study
This report contributes to filling an information gap by providing a comparative view of the regulation of working times and driving times in the road transport sector. Through detailed research, it explores the various legislations and regulations...
Decent and sustainable work in the inland waterways sector
Report for the Technical Meeting on Decent and Sustainable Work in the Inland Waterways Sector (Geneva, 20–24 November 2023)
The ILO’s tripartite work in the railways sector - Railways compendium (1939-2021)
This document presents a compendium of the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s tripartite work in the railways sector from 1947 to present. It includes conclusions and resolutions adopted by the Inland Transport Committee, and outcomes of...
Statistical Brief
Overview of workers in the subsector of vehicle repairs & Overview of workers in the urban and suburban passenger land transport subsectors
This brief provides an overview of workers in the urban and suburban passenger land transport.
Towards a Green, Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery for the Civil Aviation Sector
Report for the Technical Meeting on a Green, Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Recovery for the Civil Aviation Sector (Geneva, 24-28 April 2023)
Guidelines on how to deal with seafarer abandonment cases
The present Guidelines are addressed to all States, and primarily to port States, flag States and States of which seafarers are nationals or are resident or are otherwise domiciled in their territory.
10 Years Roads for Development (R4D) - A Life Changer for Rural People in Timor-Leste
Until the end of 2022 – when the EIIP TA to R4D ended – about half of Timor-Leste’s network of 1,975 kilometres of core rural roads was brough in good condition and was under maintenance.
Guidelines for port State control officers carrying out inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended
The Guidelines for port State control officers carrying out inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 as amended (MLC, 2006), contained in this book are an important international resource for implementing port State responsibilities...
Guidelines for flag State inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended
The Guidelines for flag State inspections under the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 as amended (MLC, 2006), contained in this book are an important resource for implementing flag State responsibilities under the MLC, 2006. The Guidelines, initially...
COVID-19 and the port sector
Ports provide key infrastructure in support of international trade and the global economy. They vary in size from wharves handling at most a few hundred tonnes of cargo a year to large international ports or multi-modal hubs combining a broad range...
ILO Brief
Strengthening the National Rural Transport Program (SNRTP) NEPAL: Decent employment through maintenance first approach for better road...
Due Diligence Tool
Maritime human Rights Risks and the COVID-19 crew change crisis: A tool to support human rights due diligence