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Watch: Updated Standards Improve Maritime Workers’ Protection

Updated Standards Improve Maritime Workers' Protection

Millions of people depend directly on the sea for their livelihoods and hundreds of millions more rely on them for food. Safeguarding the rights and conditions of seafarers has been part of the ILO’s work for more than 100 years.

In June 2022, Member States adopted important amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 – which is widely known as the “seafarers’ bill of rights”.

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ILO, IMO call for urgent action on stranded seafarers in Ukraine

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) call for urgent action to protect seafarers and vessels stranded in Ukrainian ports and nearby waters, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ILO director-general, Guy Ryder and IMO secretary-general, Kitack Lim, wrote a joint letter to the heads of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to outline the...

https://container-news.com/ilo-imo-call-for-urgent-action-on-stranded-seafarers-in-ukraine/

United Nations organisations call for further action to address seafarer crisis

Four United Nations (UN) bodies including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for continued global collaboration in order to end the seafarer crisis that at times during the Covid-19 pandemic has left more than 400,000 of them stranded at sea.

In a joint statement issued on 28 February, the four organisations stated that new...

https://container-news.com/united-nations-organisations-call-for-further-action-to-address-seafarer-crisis/

Fears grow that stranded crew numbers will return to 2020 levels

Eleven industry figures shared their concerns that Covid-19 variants could see crew numbers trapped on board ships beyond the end of their contracts soar to peak levels seen in September 2020 when around 400,000 crew were unable to be repatriated.

As a result the UN leaders and others have developed a Human Rights Due Diligence Tool that will see those operating within the supply chain, but particularly owners and charterers, will be able to make sure individual seafarers rights and the...

https://container-news.com/fears-grow-that-stranded-crew-numbers-will-return-to-2020-levels/