Evolving Crew Challenges Call for Enhancing Seafarer Mental Health

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The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing crew-change crisis – later exacerbated by the escalation of the war in Ukraine – disrupted supply chains and had a significant impact on crew welfare, leaving seafarers stranded at sea for months at a time facing acute emotional hardship, reports Maritime Cyprus.

The situation did yield one positive outcome: its widespread media coverage helped to thrust shipping – and seafarers – into the public consciousness.

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https://mfame.guru/evolving-crew-challenges-call-for-enhancing-seafarer-mental-health/

100th Ratification Of Maritime Labour Convention Welcomed: IMO

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IMO has welcomed the 100th ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, which is the global instrument mandating seafarers’ employment rights and decent working conditions. Oman deposited its instrument of ratification with the ILO on 11 April 2022.

The MLC, 2006, is considered the fourth pillar of the international regulatory regime for quality shipping, complementing three key IMO treaties on safety of life at sea (SOLAS), training of...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/100th-ratification-of-maritime-labour-convention-welcomed-imo/

Iceland And Ethiopia, Lastest Members Of ILO To Ratify MLC

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Iceland and Ethiopia have become the latest member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC 2006), which sets out minimum international working and living conditions for seafarers on board vessels.

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The latest ratifications take the number of states that have signed up to the MLC to 92 – representing more than 91percent of the world merchant shipping fleet. This is nearing the ILO’s target to achieve...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/iceland-and-ethiopia-lastest-members-of-ilo-to-ratify-mlc/

IMCA launches eCMID 11 and eMISW 4 QUESTION SETS

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  • Updated eCMID question sets include cyber security, Maritime Labour Convention and vessel reactivation
  • IMCA M 167 rewritten as single reference point on inspection process and report use

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched an updated suite of question sets in issue 11 of thee CMID and issue 4 of the eMISW vessel inspection report forms. It has also rewritten IMCA M 167 to serve as single reference point on the inspection process and correct use of...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/30/imca-launches-ecmid-11-and-emisw-4-question-sets/

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