Resources on Shipping, ports, fisheries, and inland waterways sector

  1. © Bernard Spragg. NZ 2022
    Maritime Labour Convention reaches 100th ratification

    11 April 2022

    By reaching this milestone, the Maritime Labour Convention provides the shipping industry with globally recognized standards that cover more than 96 per cent of the world’s shipping.

  2. Oman: 100th Member State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    31 March 2022

    Oman is the 100th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention.

  3. San Marino ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    31 March 2022

    San Marino is the 101st Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention.

  4. Sierra Leone ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    31 March 2022

    Sierra Leone became the 99th Member State of the ILO to ratify the Convention.

  5. Preparatory session for Governments on the Fourth meeting (Part II) of the Special Tripartite Committee of the MLC, 2006

    28 March 2022

    6-7 April 2022, online, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Geneva Time)

  6. On-line Training of Trainers course on PDP II (27 June to 29 July 2022)

    28 March 2022

    This TOT Course in PDP 2 aims at familiarizing participants in PDP 2 Units and qualifying participants as ILO PDP Instructors. Successful participants in the TOT Course are deemed qualified to teach PDP Units and overtime, and may be qualified by the appropriate National / Organization / Institutional Authority to become Chief Instructor to design and develop further PDP Units and to conduct the TOT Course.

  7. Summary of observations and suggestions on the proposals for amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended

    23 March 2022

    Information document for discussion at the fourth meeting (Part II) of the Special Tripartite Committee established under Article XIII of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (Geneva, 5–13 May 2022)

  8. Background paper for discussion

    04 March 2022

    Fourth meeting (Part II) of the Special Tripartite Committee established under Article XIII of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (Geneva, 5–13 May 2022)

  9. © IFA teched 2022
    Efforts to limit the effects of Omicron on seafarers must be scaled up, UN agencies say

    28 February 2022

    Access to vaccines, COVID tests, health documents and personal protective equipment (PPE) must be improved, say ILO, IMO, UNCTAD and WHO.

  10. Joint statement urging continued collaboration to address the crew change crisis, safeguard seafarer health and safety, and avoid supply chain disruptions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

    28 February 2022