Featured Industry News Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/category/featured-industry-news/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:25:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 New advisory committee formally launched to address major maritime issues impacting Filipino seafarers https://seafarersrights.org/new-advisory-committee-formally-launched-to-address-major-maritime-issues-impacting-filipino-seafarers/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:24:24 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22125 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 11 January, to form the International Advisory Committee on Global Maritime Affairs (IACGMA). The IACGMA is composed of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), […]

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]]> Qatar focuses on MLC https://seafarersrights.org/qatar-focuses-on-mlc/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:46:32 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=22005 Doha: The Ministry of Labour organised an awareness and training seminar on the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), in cooperation with the Ministry of Transportation, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The seminar, which was held yester in Doha, was attended by H E Mohammed Hassan Al Obaidly, MoL’s Assistant Undersecretary […]

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]]> Record all enclosed space deaths urges SRI Advisory Board Member Kuba Szymanski, as two more workers die https://seafarersrights.org/record-all-enclosed-space-deaths-urges-sri-advisory-board-member-kuba-szymanski-as-two-more-workers-die/ Tue, 31 May 2022 11:25:35 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=21856 As two more workers die in an enclosed space on board a ship, InterManager has hit out at the shipping industry’s inadequate reporting of serious and fatal accidents. Captain Kuba Szymanski, SRI Advisory Board Member and Secretary General of InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, said: “Another two workers have died […]

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]]> New Code of Conduct and Self Assessment Tool Launched https://seafarersrights.org/new-code-of-conduct-and-self-assessment-tool-launched/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:06:04 +0000 https://seafarersrights.org/?p=21715 A new Code of Conduct and self-assessment tool developed to protect the human rights and welfare of the world’s nearly two million seafarers has been launched. The initiative aims to support a safe, healthy and secure onboard work environment, and goes beyond the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to focus on the full spectrum of […]

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]]> InterManager Survey Reveals Widespread Concern at Enclosed Space Deaths https://seafarersrights.org/intermanager-survey-reveals-widespread-concern-at-enclosed-space-deaths/ Wed, 08 May 2019 09:46:14 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=21107 “Seafarers and dock workers are still dying while working in enclosed spaces on board vessels because there is not enough understanding throughout the shipping industry of the risks faced by today’s seafarers. Dangerous time frames are imposed for hazardous tasks and safety improvements do not happen because shipping industry investigations encourage a ‘blame culture’ – […]

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]]> New guidance on arrested and detained vessels and abandoned seafarers https://seafarersrights.org/new-guidance-on-arrested-and-detained-vessels-and-abandoned-seafarers/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:07:06 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=21094 New guidance is now available to assist welfare organisations dealing with incidents of seafarers being abandoned and vessels being arrested or detained. The booklet, entitled Arrested and Detained Vessels, and Abandoned Seafarers, has been produced by ISWAN in partnership with InterManager, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) and the International […]

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]]> MLC abandonment provisions coming into force: ITF comment https://seafarersrights.org/mlc-abandonment-provisions-coming-into-force-itf-comment/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:13:49 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14561 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 said: “From tomorrow the mechanisms will be in place for a huge change that will finally treat the running sore of crew abandonment. At last […]

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]]> Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention ensure better protection to seafarers and their families https://seafarersrights.org/amendments-to-the-maritime-labour-convention-ensure-better-protection-to-seafarers-and-their-families/ Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:07:14 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14550 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 disability.

Two years after an overwhelming approval at the 103rd International Labour Conference (ILC), it has been confirmed

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]]> China ferry disaster: 431 confirmed dead https://seafarersrights.org/china-ferry-disaster-431-confirmed-dead/ Sun, 07 Jun 2015 05:23:06 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/china-ferry-disaster-431-confirmed-dead/ The death toll from the passenger ship that capsized on the Yangtze River has climbed to 431 as of 11:00hrs on 7 June, according to data released by the authorities.
Only 14 survivors have been found so far, while another 10 remain missing, according to the rescue headquarters in Jianli, central

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]]> Over 2,000 Migrants Rescued in Med https://seafarersrights.org/over-2000-migrants-rescued-in-med/ Sat, 06 Jun 2015 21:11:48 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/over-2000-migrants-rescued-in-med/ This weekend the Migrant Offshore Aid Station was involved in the rescue of more than 2,000 people from five separate migrant boats with the assistance of navy vessels from Italy, Germany and Ireland. After spending some nine hours coordinating the rescue efforts, Phoenix is currently on its way to Sicily to disembark some 372 people including 184 men, 126 women and 62 minors, mostly from Eritrea.

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