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...
View ArticleMLC 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
View ArticleMLC 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...
View ArticleThailand 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...
View ArticleGoing 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...
View ArticleMLC 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleSeafarers 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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleITF 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...
View ArticleSeafarers 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...
View ArticleSeafarer 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...
View ArticleCase 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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