MLC

Ενημέρωση της σύμβασης του ILO: Νίκη για τους ναυτικούς ή κοροϊδία;

Ενημέρωση της σύμβασης MLC από το ILO: Πρωτοποριακές αλλαγές για τους ναυτικούς ή μια ακόμη επικοινωνιακή κοροϊδία; Δείτε τι αλλάζει.

Εφοπλιστές, κυβερνήσεις και εργατικά συνδικάτα συμφώνησαν σε μια σαρωτική σειρά αλλαγών στην Σύμβαση Ναυτιλιακής Εργασίας, η οποία είναι μια παγκόσμια συμφωνία που θεσπίζει τα ελάχιστα πρότυπα για τις συνθήκες εργασίας και διαβίωσης των ναυτικών. Οι ενημερώσεις, οι οποίες ονομάζονται πρωτοποριακές για τον κλάδο, έρχονται καθώς η σύγχρονη MLC ετοιμάζεται να...

https://e-nautilia.gr/mlc-2024-enimerosi-symvasis-naftikon-niki-i-koroidia/

Tanker banned from Australia for multiple MLC breaches

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Liberian-flagged oil tanker AG Neptune from Australian ports for six months for breaches of the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC).

According to the Equasis data base, the 2013-built, 105,405 dwt ship is managed by Singapore-headquartered AG Shipping & Energy Pte Ltd.

AMSA inspected the ship in the Port of Gladstone, in central Queensland, on June 17, 2022 after receiving a complaint regarding the underpayment of seafarers and welfare...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/compliance/tanker-banned-from-australia-for-multiple-mlc-breaches/

Global Shipping Community Updates MLC To Reflect Lessons Of Pandemic

seafarers working on deck

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) tripartite of shipowners, governments, and transport workers unions have agreed to new measures to strengthen the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the ILO meeting that took place between May 2 – 13 in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates agreed to implement amendments on: bolstering legal requirements for seafarers to be able to access medical care ashore; strengthening health and safety PPE...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/global-shipping-community-updates-mlc-to-reflect-lessons-of-pandemic/

Shipping Industry Unites To Launch Code Of Conduct To Protect Seafarers’ Rights & Welfare

“Just a typical day in West Africa” by Richard Arguelles from ITF Seafarers’ Trust’s Still At Sea Photography Competition, 2020

Today sees the launch of a landmark Code of Conduct and self-assessment tool developed to protect the human rights and welfare of the world’s nearly two million seafarers. The initiative aims to support a safe, healthy and secure onboard work environment, and goes beyond the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to focus on the full spectrum of seafarers’ rights and wellbeing, from fair terms of employment and minimum crewing levels to the management of grievance mechanisms. The documents can be...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/shipping-industry-unites-to-launch-code-of-conduct-to-protect-seafarers-rights-welfare/

The Top priorities of the 2020 Regulatory Agenda Updates

2020 has been the year that all the maritime industry anticipated with mixed feelings due to the implementation of sulphur cap. Although all lights were shed on COVID-19 , once again the regulatory agenda was busy within 2020 in order the maritime industry to stay on the pulse and remain sustainable reports Safety4Sea.

Namely, the latest regulatory impacting the industry within the year include the following updates:

Key decisions of IMO’s virtual Committees

During November, the first virtual...

https://mfame.guru/the-top-priorities-of-the-2020-regulatory-agenda-updates/

The fishing sector joins forces with the international community to call for wide ratification of ILO C188

The fishing sector joins forces with the international community to call for wide ratification of ILO C188

Friday, 20 November – Brussels

The European Social Partners in the Sea Fisheries Sector (ETF and Europêche) were proud to host yesterday a webinar on the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188) considering its value in ensuring effective protection of the rights of fishers at global level. The event was successfully organised in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO),...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/20/the-fishing-sector-joins-forces-with-the-international-community-to-call-for-wide-ratification-of-ilo-c188/

6-Month Ban on Bulk Carrier for Crew Wages and Welfare

  • Australia bans bulk carrier Unison Jasper for underpaying seafarers.
  • The vessel has remained alongside in the Port of Newcastle, under detention, since 25 July 2020 for breaches to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC).
  • As explained, the breaches related to the operation of several sets of wage accounts and multiple conflicting seafarer employment agreements.
  • AMSA also found insufficient quantity and variety of food on board and an ineffective complaints procedure.

Australian Maritime Safety...

https://mfame.guru/6-month-ban-on-bulk-carrier-for-crew-wages-and-welfare/

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