The First Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations took place in Manila in November, and highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident. Senior figures from ...
First Regional Meeting on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Manila, November 13, 2018
Fair treatment survey update
At the meeting of the 66th session of the IMO Council in July 2016, in his closing remarks on the work of the IMO Legal Committee, the IMO Secretary General Mr Kitack Lim stated: "I would like to ...
Press Release: ITF welcomes the Manila statement about the fair treatment of seafarers
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) general secretary Stephen Cotton, and a delegation of ITF unions, is at a regional meeting in Manila, the Philippines, of Asia’s leading seafaring ...
Press Release: Asian seafaring nations announce first ever Manila Statement on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers
A Regional Meeting of Asia’s leading seafaring nations has highlighted the plight many seafarers face in the event of a maritime accident and has pledged to lead the drive towards proper and effective ...
Professor Alastair Couper 1931-2018
We are very sad to announce the death, on 12 September 2018, of a valued friend and member of the SRI Advisory Board, Professor Alastair Couper. Alastair was a true and loyal friend to seafarers; ...
Day of the Seafarer 2018
“We are extremely pleased that the theme of the 2018 Day of the Seafarer is the important issue of seafarers’ wellbeing. SRI was set up to advance the rights of seafarers through engagement with the ...
SRI recently welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board – Justice Noel G Tijam and Captain Hans Sande
Noel G Tijam was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte on March 8, 2017. He is also a professorial lecturer at the Philippine Judicial ...
International Backing for Latest SRI Initiative
International backing has been given to a new initiative from London-based Seafarers Rights’ International (SRI), which aims to harness the support of governments worldwide in implementing ...
MLC abandonment provisions coming into force: ITF comment
The ITF (International Transport Workers is giving a warm welcome to the major new Maritime Labour Convention provisions on crew abandonment that come into force tomorrow. ITF president Paddy Crumlin ...
Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensure better protection to seafarers and their families
ILO member States have confirmed the amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensuring better protection to seafarers and their families in case of abandonment, death, and long-term ...
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