Abandonment Insights Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/category/abandonment-insights/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:28:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 SRI Applauds New Measures to Address Abandonment https://seafarersrights.org/sri-applauds-new-measures-to-address-abandonment/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:21:35 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22120 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. Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI says: “We welcome […]

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]]> First Meeting of the Joint ILO-IMO Tripartite Working Group to identify and address seafarers’ issues and the human element, 13 – 15 December 2022 https://seafarersrights.org/first-meeting-of-the-joint-ilo-imo-tripartite-working-group-to-identify-and-address-seafarers-issues-and-the-human-element-13-15-december-2022/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:07:33 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22078 Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of SRI attended the first meeting of the newly created Tripartite Working group, which met between 13 to 15 December 2022 to discuss and adopt guidelines for port State and flag State authorities on how to deal with seafarer abandonment cases.

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]]> Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment https://seafarersrights.org/joint-ilo-imo-meeting-adopts-guidelines-on-seafarer-abandonment/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:01:16 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22046 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’ organisations. Guidelines on how to deal with seafarer abandonment have been adopted by the first meeting of a joint International Labour Organization (ILO)–International Maritime Organization (IMO) Tripartite Working Group. […]

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]]> What the industry is doing https://seafarersrights.org/abandonment-insight-2/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:36:16 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=21623 The lack of a framework to adequately protect abandoned seafarers has been frustrating – but positive change is happening. Amendments to the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006) specifically related to abandonment received overwhelming support from 61 ILO Member States who represent more than 80 percent of the world’s global shipping tonnage. Corrine Vargha, Director, […]

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]]> Top ten warning signs https://seafarersrights.org/abondonment-insight-1/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:35:47 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=21621 When a crew on a merchant ship is abandoned in a foreign port, a familiar pattern of events often unfolds: Fuel for generators runs out. Salaries stop being paid. Shore leave is denied. Food and water stops being supplied. Services provided to the ship go unpaid. Often the ship owner cannot be traced or remains […]

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