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ICS, ITS provide guidelines for ensuring seafarers’ welfare

ICS  and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have released new ‘’Guidelines for implementing the Welfare aspects of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC)’.

MLC 2006 aims to ensure worldwide protection and enforcement of the rights of seafarers, and to establish a level playing field for ILO Member States and shipowners in order to provide decent working and living conditions for seafarers.

ICS and ITF emphasise that several countries with highly developed arrangements for...

https://safety4sea.com/ics-its-provide-guidelines-for-ensuring-seafarers-welfare/

ITF to sign ground-breaking agreement at 44th Congress on the future of work and training for workers

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) will sign an important agreement at its 44th Congress in Singapore to research the future of work in every transport sector, and suggest interventions to help workers improve their skills to compete for high-value jobs.

Dave Heindel, chair of the ITF seafarers’ section and member of the ITF executive board, and Steve Tan Peng Hoe, director of the Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute (OTCi), will sign the agreement. The OTCi is the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/05/itf-to-sign-ground-breaking-agreement-at-44th-congress-on-the-future-of-work-and-training-for-workers/

Ripples from congestion at UK box hubs now reaching north Europe ports

More ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) are likely to be diverted from UK ports as Felixstowe and Southampton struggle to cope with the annual peak season surge, impacting the working programmes at other North European container hubs.
One carrier source that services both ports told The Loadstar all its UK calls would be “under the microscope” this month, due to the worsening quay and landside congestion.
“We can’t afford to have our ships sitting at anchor for …

The post Ripples from...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/ripples-congestion-uk-box-hubs-now-reaching-north-europe-ports/

Information sharing can improve maritime logistics sector

According to a new report by the International Transport Forum, information sharing presents a huge potential to the maritime logistics sector. To enhance logistics processes, the maritime sector is harnessing data through digital technologies for greater insights into the logistics chain.

New technologies will be able to transform logistics processes. A number of digital logistics applications already exist for digital innovations. These range from complicated sensors that collect data or...

https://safety4sea.com/information-sharing-can-improve-maritime-logistics-sector/

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