Tag: abandonment of seafarers

Mr. Andrew Roberts, Executive Director, EMEA, RightShip, highlights the importance of data sharing and increased transparency for enhanced safety culture, both onboard and ashore. Data sharing also helps organization to choose the proper decarbonization initiatives and they can be held accountable for cases of crew abandonment.

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Dr. Jason Zuidema , General Secretary of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) refers to the key drivers of crew happiness, highlighting that seafarers are not alone as there is a network for help to rely on.

According to RightShip’s 2022 Seafarer Abandonment Report, upwards of 1,682 seafarers coming from 103 vessels were cast adrift as 2022 became the worst year on record for reported cases of seafarer abandonment.

David Hammond, Human Rights at Sea, CEO, and Professor Steven Haines, University of Greenwich and Honorary Trustee, recently joined the Operational Maritime Law podcast to discuss the protection of human rights at sea, focusing on what can be done about the plight of abandoned seafarers.

A recent joint ILO/IMO meeting that took place in December and discussed the issue of seafarers’ abandonment, adopted guidelines to address the significant rise in such cases, referring to the general procedure and key steps for all parties concerned.

A recent joint ILO/IMO meeting that took place in December and discussed the issue of seafarers' abandonment, adopted guidelines to address the significant rise in such cases, referring to key principles and responsibilities for all parties concerned. 

SRI, the international pan-industry body researching maritime and seafarers’ law, has applauded the decision by the first meeting of a joint International Labour Organization (ILO) – International Maritime Organization (IMO) Tripartite Working Group to adopt new measures which improve conditions for seafarers who have been abandoned.

New measures to improve conditions for seafarers, including those who have been abandoned, have been adopted at a meeting involving governments and maritime workers and employers’ organizations.

Stella Maris announced that the plight of a crew from a bulk carrier who had been denied shore leave and whose work contracts had been extended, has finally ended, following their intervention.

During 2021, union ship inspectors recovered more than USD $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has revealed.