News on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
2023
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Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour
23 March 2023
Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.
2022
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© Mike Hood / IMO 2024
Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment
20 December 2022
New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.
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ILO body adopts new minimum monthly wage for seafarers
18 May 2022
An increase in minimum monthly wages has been agreed for the world’s seafarers.
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Shipping industry adopts amendments to Maritime Labour Convention to improve seafarers’ conditions
16 May 2022
Drawing from lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, stakeholders in the global shipping industry have adopted amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006), to improve the living and working conditions of seafarers.
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© Bernard Spragg. NZ 2024
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kenya ratifies key international labour standards for fishers and seafarers
21 February 2022
The Government of Kenya has ratified two international labour standards that will promote decent work for the country’s seafarers and fishers. It has also submitted notification of acceptance of amendments to a third, already ratified, maritime labour Convention.