A debate is raging about the future of the superintendent’s role — much of it focusing on the thorny question of whether superintendents need to have been to sea or sailed in the highest ranks to do ...
Been there, done that… a recipe for success?
IMO seeks public input on administrative burdens
Today marks the start of a six-month consultation period in which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will seek widespread input on the administrative burdens that may result from compliance ...
Lack of Due Process Breeds Fear of Criminalisation Among Seafarers
Seafarers’ suggestions on how to improve their situation when facing criminal charges were presented at the landmark 100th session of the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization ...
Maritime Labour Convention leaves abandoned seafarers high and dry
Lloyds List 4 April 2013: The Maritime Labour Convention fails to address abandoned seafarers and a legal solution must be found that gives crewdirect access to compensation, Seafarers’ ...
IMO Legal Committee, 99th session
SAFETY4SEA, 23 April 2012. IMO Legal Committe, 99th session. SRI made an intervention at the 99th session IMO Legal Committee on the subject of fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a ...
IMO Tackles Serious Crimes on Ships
THE 100th session of the International Maritime Organization legal committee has approved new guidelines on collecting evidence following allegations of a serious crime on board a ship. The ...
Job swindles exposed
Nautilus and the Chamber of Shipping are working together to highlight growing concerns over ‘scam’ employment agencies seeking to defraud seafarers with offers of work. The past year has seen a ...
Seafarers fail to heed enclosed space advice
Seafarers are continuing to be killed in enclosed spaces onboard ships despite the campaigns to cut the death toll, a P&I club has warned. The UK Club has issued a special bulletin in response to ...
Ballast sampling trials are agreed
Union warns of criminalisation risks posed by unreliable equipment Nautilus has voiced alarm at the potential for ship masters and officers to face new criminal penalties when the international ...
Alarm as five die in lifeboat drill accident
Nautilus has expressed concern over an incident in which five seafarers died during a lifeboat drill onboard the cruiseship Thomson Majesty in the port of Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary ...
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