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

  1. Asia-Pacific towards the ratification of the MLC, 2006

    09 May 2011

    MLC Asia-Pacific meeting in Cairns, Australia (3-6 May 2011)

  2. The best way to fulfill the goals of the year of the seafarer

    10 February 2011

    “The Mariner: Building on the year of the Seafarer”: Theme of the third annual Bahamas International Maritime Conference and Trade Show (BIMCATS) held in Grand Bahamas, from 2 to 4 February 2011.

  3. Luxembourg's commitment to Maritime Labour Convention

    11 January 2011

    Luxembourg might be ready to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 by May 2011. The Minister of Economy and Trade, Mr Jeannot Krecké, said that the Luxembourg flag will have to be a flag of quality and expressed his commitment to International Labour Standards.

  4. Journeys of a thousand miles begin with a single step

    24 June 2010

    The ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) is expected to come into force soon, with the required level of ratifications being reached by late 2010 or early 2011.

  5. Canada joins other key maritime States to help bring seafarers' decent work Convention into force

    17 June 2010

    The Government of Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 with the International Labour Office on 15 June. Canada is the first North American country to ratify this key maritime labour Convention, sometimes called the “super convention”, adopted by the 94th International Labour Conference (Maritime) in Geneva in February 2006.

  6. Bulgaria ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention

    20 April 2010

    By ratifying this significant Convention, Bulgaria became the second European Union country, after Spain, to ratify this instrument, also referred to as the fourth pillar of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping.