Tag: wages

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC), held in Geneva on 14 and 15 April 2025.

From 1 September to 30 November 2024, the Tokyo MoU carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC), jointly with the Paris MoU, on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreements. Over the course of the CIC period, involving all types of ships, a total of 8,134 inspections were carried out.

The annual Crew Managers' Survey by Danica Crewing Specialists reveals that seafarer retention has slightly improved over the past year, thanks in part to salary increases.

From 1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024, Black Sea MoU carried out a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) focusing on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreements in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

The 2024 Seafarers’ Survey by Danica Crewing Specialists highlights significant shifts in seafarer salaries and employment trends amid a global shortage of skilled crew.

Paris & Tokyo MoU on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CiC) from 1st September 2024 to 30th November 2024 on Crew Wages and Seafarer Employment Agreement (SEA).

Colin Lavelle, Helene Peter- Davies and Reema Shour from Hill Dickinson, set out some of the background to the Act and the nine-point plan, summarise the key provisions of the Act and highlight some considerations for ship operators and harbour authorities.

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has reported that union ship inspectors recovered over $37 million in unpaid wages owed to seafarers last year.

The International Bargaining Forum (IBF) has agreed on a 6% wage increase for seafarers covered by the 2024-2027 IBF Framework Agreement.

Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), seafarers’ unions and port authorities.