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The comprehensive checklist is designed to be used by shipmasters, crew, shipowners, and other key personnel in order to ensure vessels are safe, well-maintained and comply with regulations.
AMSA has banned the Bahamas flagged bulk carrier MV Rena from Australian ports for six months after the ship repeatedly failed to pay outstanding wages and maintain a safe workplace for its crew.
European Commission is proposing that an agreement between social partners to improve the working conditions of seafarers on board.
European shipowners and seafaring unions have warmly welcomed plans to incorporate the latest provisions of the MLC into EU law.
The MLC of ILO ensures comprehensive worldwide protection of the rights of seafarers and fair competition for Member States and shipowners.
Their CIC for 2016 is aimed at verifying compliance with relevant parts of the MLC and the campaign demonstrates the importance of decent working and living conditions onboard ships, as well as ensuring that seafarers’ rights are respected.
A new film produced by SRI aims to raise awareness of the risk of seafarer abandonment, looking at the inhumane conditions that abandoned seafarers face, and warning seafarers how to avoid being abandoned, as well as what they can do if they are left stranded.
In the run up to the International Day of the Seafarer on June 25, 2016, SRI has released a short hard-hitting film designed to raise awareness of the ever present risk of seafarers facing abandonment.
Unions from states surrounding the Black Sea are promoting a new film exposing the dire and disgraceful conditions under which many seafarers live –and die – there.