Media Advisory: ILO regional training workshop for maritime and labour inspectors on Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
The ILO Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, will host a regional training workshop for maritime and labour inspectors on the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
The International Labour Organization, Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, will host a regional training workshop for maritime and labour inspectors on the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006. The workshop will be held from 10-12 November 2010 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica.
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 94th (Maritime) Session in February 2006, has set a milestone in the development of decent working conditions for seafarers, as it outlines comprehensive rights and protection for seafarers.
Once the Convention enters into force, it will be the "fourth pillar" in international shipping regulation, complementing the major maritime Conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on ship safety and security, and environmental protection. It will build upon the existing maritime regime for enforcing IMO Conventions through port State control. In addition to flag State inspection and certification obligations, the Convention will strengthen the power of port state control officers to detain ships on the grounds of unsatisfactory working and living conditions for their crews.
The workshop will bring together inspectors of Maritime Administrations, Port Authorities and Labour Ministries of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean to learn how to apply the provisions of the Convention and the required legislative, administrative and institutional arrangements that will need to be put in place. It is expected that the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 will enter into force within 18 months.
The training of inspectors was one of the recommendations put forward by participants of the ILO Tripartite Hemispheric Conference on the Rapid and Widespread Ratification and Effective Implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, held in September 2009 in Barbados.
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 94th (Maritime) Session in February 2006, has set a milestone in the development of decent working conditions for seafarers, as it outlines comprehensive rights and protection for seafarers.
Once the Convention enters into force, it will be the "fourth pillar" in international shipping regulation, complementing the major maritime Conventions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on ship safety and security, and environmental protection. It will build upon the existing maritime regime for enforcing IMO Conventions through port State control. In addition to flag State inspection and certification obligations, the Convention will strengthen the power of port state control officers to detain ships on the grounds of unsatisfactory working and living conditions for their crews.
The workshop will bring together inspectors of Maritime Administrations, Port Authorities and Labour Ministries of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean to learn how to apply the provisions of the Convention and the required legislative, administrative and institutional arrangements that will need to be put in place. It is expected that the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 will enter into force within 18 months.
The training of inspectors was one of the recommendations put forward by participants of the ILO Tripartite Hemispheric Conference on the Rapid and Widespread Ratification and Effective Implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, held in September 2009 in Barbados.