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

  1. New consolidated text of the Maritime Labour Convention now available, including amendments on increased protection for seafarers against shipboard harassment and bullying

    01 February 2019

  2. Maritime Centenary Challenge: reaching 100 ratifications of the MLC, 2006

    23 January 2019

  3. Grenada ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)

    12 November 2018

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

    09 November 2018

    Gambia is the 89th Member State of the ILO to have ratified the Convention

  5. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China joins efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

    21 August 2018

  6. Djibouti ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    13 August 2018

  7. First fishing vessel detained under ILO Fishing Convention

    17 July 2018

    Convention to improve working conditions for fishers on commercial fishing vessels shows its teeth.

  8. Slovakia ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006)

    28 May 2018

    Slovakia is the 87th Member State of the ILO that ratifies this convention.

  9. ILO Meeting of Experts adopts a new Code of Practice to improve safety and health in shipbuilding and ship repair

    06 February 2018

    Some 1.9 million workers around the globe will benefit from a revised code of practice which takes account of dramatic changes in the industry by incorporating a systematic and preventative approach to safety and health management.

  10. ILO Commitments - "Our Ocean" conference

    09 October 2017

    ILO Commitments that stem from "Our Ocean" conference, which was held in Malta, on 6 October 2017.