The purpose of the meeting was to discuss updating the minimum monthly basic pay or wage figure for able seafarers referred to in the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Guideline B2.2.4) (which revised a similar provision in the Seafarers’ Wages, Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Recommendation, 1996 (No. 187)), and to make the appropriate recommendation to the Governing Body of the ILO.
