The European Commission has made the decision to continue recognising certificates for seafarers issued by the Philippines, one of the world’s largest maritime labour supply countries. In December ...
Commission continues to recognise Filipino seafarer’s certificates
Proportion of women in maritime technical and marine roles ‘stagnant’
Maritime HR firm Spinnaker’s most recent salary survey based on full year 2022 figures shows that technical roles in the maritime sector quickly move away from relative equality at a trainee level to ...
New advisory committee formally launched to address major maritime issues impacting Filipino seafarers
Global leaders from organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime employers signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippines’s Department of Migrant Workers on Wednesday ...
SRI Applauds New Measures to Address Abandonment
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 ...
First Meeting of the Joint ILO-IMO Tripartite Working Group to identify and address seafarers’ issues and the human element, 13 – 15 December 2022
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 ...
Joint ILO-IMO meeting adopts guidelines on seafarer abandonment
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’ ...
‘When it matters, shipping speaks as one’: industry-union pact to keep pandemic cooperative spirit alive
Unions representing seafarers and maritime employer groups have come together to sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to take forward the ‘spirit of cooperation’ that marked the shipping ...
COP27: Shipping decarbonisation action plan launched to upskill global seafaring workforce
A new Action Plan, launched at COP 27 by UN organizations, shipowners and unions, sets out recommendations to upskill seafarers to meet shipping’s decarbonisation goals. The plan is in response to ...
Keep seafarers in mind when developing shipping technology
Captain Kuba Szymanski, SRI Advisory Board member and InterManager Secretary General, has reminded the industry that seafarers should come first when developing new technology. Speaking to ...
The Wu Zhou 8 – Time For The Industry To Focus On Its Responsibilities
In the aftermath of what might be the worst ever case of multiple fatalities from suspected mass food poisoning of the crew of the bulk carrier Wu Zhou 8, resulting in 13 crew deaths and eight crew ...
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