Tag: ILO

Today sees the launch of a landmark Code of Conduct and self-assessment tool developed to protect the rights and welfare of the seafarers.

There are currently 400,000 seafarers stuck at sea, according to IMO, due to government’s travel restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. What is more, the number of reported abandonment cases doubled from 40 in 2019 to 85 in 2020, according to the International Labour Organization, with seafarers taking a significant hit in their wellbeing. 

Global road, air and sea organisations and unions have today called on the world’s heads of government gathering at this week’s UN General Assembly to end a ‘global humanitarian and supply chain crisis.’

IMO and ILO issued a joint statement, highlighting the need for prompt access for medical assistance for vital key worker seafarers.

The IMO's Legal Committee reported an alarming rise in the number of seafarer abandonment cases since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Master of the Panama-flagged MV Ali Bey has provided a voluntary video testimony to Human Rights at Sea, explaining the privations that he and three Syrian crew members suffer.

Following a situation where the crew of a flag-of-convenience vessel were left without the broadband access, Nautilus International asked the International Transport Workers' Federation to formally raise a breach of the Maritime Labour Convention with the International Labour Organization.

Crew abandonments continue to be a major issue in shipping with the number of vessels listed on the international abandonment database rising from 34 in 2018, to 40 in 2019, to a record high of 85 in 2020, ITF reported.

Iraq ratified Convention No. 185, including provisions for the issuance of seafarers' identity documents as well as facilitation of shore leave and transit and transfer of seafarers, ILO informed. 

A recent joint letter from Nautilus and UK Chamber of Shipping urges UK government to support ILO resolutions on seafarer vaccination.