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Liberia Releases MLC Report

Liberia has just released the mandatory MLC Annual Report for 2013, which confirms that Liberia’s proactive approach to enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 has resulted in an...

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MLC Intermediate Inspections Loom

Ship owners and managers are being reminded that in accordance with MLC, an intermediate inspection of a vessel must be carried out for compliance with the convention. This must be between the second...

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Black Sea Hours of Rest Results

The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on STCW Hours of Rest carried out last year in the Black Sea MOU region shows the following preliminary results of the questions related to the verification...

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MLC Weaknesses Discussed by ILO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) has published its findings following the first national reports on the...

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Thailand Adopts MLC

The Thai Government has been embroiled in numerous constitutional complications of late, but in a sign of progress the Cabinet is expected to consider adopting the Maritime Labour Convention 2006. The...

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Going Beyond MLC for Ship Fittings

The trend to properly outfit the interiors of today’s workboats goes far beyond the new Maritime Labor Convention. Instead, it’s about doing the right thing for the right reasons. Harvey Gulf, for...

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MLC is About Conditions Not Rights

Human Rights at Sea has launched a new campaign, stressing that the Maritime Labour Convention is, in its opinion, not far reaching enough. The aim of the ‘Unlocking the issue’ advocacy campaign is to...

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A Joint View on Social Impact of Shipping

The European Social Partners for Maritime Transport – the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) – have expressed common views on...

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China Makes MLC Move

China’s top legislature recently started its bi-monthly session to review a set of draft law amendments, including seafarer and maritime legislation. The session of the National People’s Congress...

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Seafarers Denied Human Rights

A foreign crew in Mackay, Australia, has been denied basic rights such as access to food and has been forced to work without pay. One crew member on board the Korean bulk carrier, the C. Summit, was...

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China Embraces MLC

China’s top legislature on Saturday ratified the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), which aims at protecting the rights and interests of maritime workers as well as fair competition in the global...

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ITF Speaks on MLC Experiences

The ITF has reported its experience of the MLC in its second year in operation. Since its entry into force the ITF’s 150 inspectors worldwide have been reporting MLC-related problems they’ve...

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Seafarers Unpaid for Two Years

Three crew members remaining onboard a Turkish-owned general cargo vessel stuck in Brazil have not been paid in two years, due to “financial problems”. One Russian and two Turkish nationals remain...

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Seafarer Welfare Shake Up

Human Rights at Sea CEO, David Hammond, has called for three improvements for the maritime welfare sector. First. The establishment of a new funding mechanism directly supported by the maritime...

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Case for Non MLC Enforcement

A recent application for judicial review of the Maritime & Coastal Agency’s (MCA’s) alleged failure to enforce a key provision of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) brings sharply into focus how...

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