Abandonment Archives - Seafarers Rights International https://seafarersrights.org/tag/abandonment/ international centre for advancing the legal protection of seafarers Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:22:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 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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]]> SRI launch new film to raise awareness of abandonment of seafarers https://seafarersrights.org/sri-launch-new-film-to-raise-awareness-of-abandonment-of-seafarers/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:46:05 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/?p=14104 In the run up to the International Day of the Seafarer on June 25, 2016, SRI has released a short hard-hitting film designed to raise awareness of the ever present risk of seafarers facing abandonment. Drawing on situations where seafarers were abandoned, the film highlights the inhumane conditions that abandoned seafarers face, and warns seafarers […]

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]]> Abandonment https://seafarersrights.org/seafarers-fact-file-abandonment/ Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:16:08 +0000 http://seafarersrights.org/seafarers-fact-file-using-lawyers-2/ It is the duty of the shipowner to ensure that you are not abandoned. But if you are abandoned, you have various legal rights that should ensure that you are repatriated to your country at no cost to yourself. This Fact File aims to provide you with information about the rights that are likely to […]

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]]> Maritime sector to address abandonment of seafarers and shipowners’ liability https://seafarersrights.org/maritime-sector-to-address-abandonment-of-seafarers-and-shipowners-liability/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:34:06 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=195 ILO Media advisory | 04 April 2014 GENEVA – The world’s leading maritime nations and representatives of ship owners and seafarers, are to address the issues of abandonment of seafarers and the rapid settlement of claims for compensation in the case of a seafarer’s death or long-term disability at the first meeting of a Special […]

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]]> SRI Welcomes MLC Amendments to Provide Greater Security for Crew https://seafarersrights.org/sri-welcomes-mlc-amendments-to-provide-greater-security-for-crew/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:46:43 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=165 Seafarers Rights International has welcomed the strengthening of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to give greater protection to crew against abandonment and in cases of claims for workplace death or long-term disability. Commenting on the amendments, adopted at the first meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the MLC which concluded on Friday 11 April […]

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]]> Stranded Sailors Signal More Danger Than Somali Pirates https://seafarersrights.org/stranded-sailors-signal-more-danger-than-somali-pirates/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:56:17 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=329 Bloomberg.net: Jan 15, 2014 Hassan Sabrah hadn’t eaten in four days. That’s when the chief engineer of the Moldova-flagged cargo ship JSM finally snapped, according to interviews with sailors, the port manager and local residents. He picked up a rock and hit his captain on the back of the head. Before the ship’s cook could […]

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]]> Left high and dry https://seafarersrights.org/left-high-and-dry/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:10:39 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=347 Port Strategy January/February 2012 Left high and dry, abandoned seafarers face some appalling realities. How do – or how should – ports respond? 20120306. Port Strategy.pdf (932.09 kB)

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]]> Out of sight, not out of mind https://seafarersrights.org/out-of-sight-not-out-of-mind/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:35:03 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=365 Bimco Bulletin 2011 Volume 106 – January 2012 20120110 Bimco Bulletin 2011 Vol 106.pdf (463.82 kB) An article by Deirdre Fitzpatrick

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]]> Seafarers’ rights on the curriculum https://seafarersrights.org/seafarers-rights-on-the-curriculum/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:41:26 +0000 http://seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com/?p=378 Fairplay, 6 October 2011 Training Education: Campaign moves into new phase with law students Just a year after it was set up, Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) took its first four masters of law interns this summer from the universities of Southampton and Westminster in the UK. SRI was established in London in September last year […]

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