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\"\"A new industry publication has identified reporting on seafarer wellbeing as a \u201ccasualty of the pandemic,\u201d following its publication<\/a>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n

The annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table, from ICS, is intended to encourage shipowners to maintain a dialogue with their Flag states, and help facilitate necessary improvements in the interests of safety, the environment and decent working conditions, among other issues. The Flag State of a merchant ship is the jurisdiction under whose laws the ship is registered or licensed and is deemed the nationality of the vessel.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Table highlights a drop in levels of reporting on the status of national ILO labour standards, including the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), underscoring the severe administrative pressures of the pandemic and the ongoing \u2018crew change crisis\u2019 on seafarers, governments and the industry alike. The Table\u2019s criterion assessing flag states\u2019 reporting on ILO labour standards, including the MLC, revealed a 6 percentage point decrease in Flag States successfully meeting their obligations.<\/p>\n

The ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, which compiled\u00a0the report<\/a>\u00a0used by the ICS Table, noted that \u201cthere was a sharp decrease in the number of reports received by the deadline of 1 October this year in relation to previous years.\u201d\u00a0In total, of the 2,004 reports on labour standards requested by the ILO from governments in 2021, only 42.9% of these requests were granted. This is in comparison to a 70.7% rate of reporting received by the ILO the previous year.<\/p>\n

The findings were an outlier against a generally strong performance across the board from most Flag States, on criteria such as Port State Control (PSC) records and ratification of international conventions.\u00a0ICS noted that while this trend can be partly explained by administrative pressures brought about by COVID-19, it also serves as a reminder that the hardships suffered by the global workforce throughout this pandemic may not be at the forefront of national administrations\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n

Guy Platten, ICS Secretary General, commented: \u201cThe pandemic has been a challenge for us all and one that Flag States have also had to weather. However, the drop off in reporting against ILO Labour Standards, including the MLC, is further evidence that seafarer wellbeing has been an unintended casualty of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of thousands of seafarers have been trapped on ships for many months beyond their scheduled tours of duty throughout the last two years. This report is a reminder that Flag States must keep seafarer wellbeing as a top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amongst the 10 largest ships registers (by dead weight tonnage), covering more than 75% of the world fleet, none have more than two indicators of potentially negative performance, and five have no negative indicators at all.<\/p>\n

The findings also suggest that distinctions between \u2018traditional\u2019 flags and open registers are no longer meaningful, with many open registers amongst the very top performers, alongside several European registers.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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