Tag: MLC Convention

Reporting of serious occupational accidents , injuries and diseases affecting seafarers

Entry into Force of the Maritime Labour Convention

France is the 35th ILO Member State and the 13th EU member State to ratify this landmark Convention On 28 February 2013, the Government of France deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).France is the 35th ILO Member State and the 13th EU member State to ratify this landmark Convention, which sets out decent working and living conditions for seafarers while creating conditions of fair competition for shipowners.France has under its flag 212 vessels totalling 8.2 million gross tons. Shipping employs approximately 18,000 French seafarers while the maritime sector as a whole employs more people than the telecommunications sector, the aeronautical industry or the car industry. At the European level, the French maritime industry ranks first in construction of pleasure boats, second in civil shipbuilding and third in shipping lines. The ports of Marseilles and Le Havre are among the busiest in Europe. France is also home to the world's third largest container transport operator.In transmitting the instrument of ratification, Mr Nicolas Niemtchinow, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva, stated: "France, which has the world's second greatest maritime territory, has supported from the ...

Nigeria Latest to Ratify MLC

DOLE preparation for MLC 2006

Guidance on implementing the MLC2006 and Social Security for Seafarers

ILO MLC: Taking Decent Work on Board

Greece ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

ILO Guidance on implementing the Maritime Labour Convention

New Initiative to Improve the Fitness of Seafarers