![French Government Ratifies Maritime Labour Convention 2006]()
Last week, the Government of France deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006). France is the 35th ILO Member State and the 13th EU member State to ratify this landmark Convention, which sets out decent working and living conditions for seafarers while creating conditions [...]
The Republic of Indonesia has formally acceded to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Convention), Annexes III, IV, V and VI, and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR Convention). His Excellency Mr. T. M. Hamzah Thayeb, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom and Republic of [...]
The Republic of the Philippines has finally ratified Convention No. 185, nine years after it was first mooted by the International Labour Organization (ILO). This now means that Filipino seamen, who represent around 25% of the labour force on merchant and other shipping ranging from general cargo and bulk freight vessels to tugboats and passenger [...]
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![Denmark Ratifies UN Convention Ensuring Seafarers Proper Working Conditions Globally]()
Today, Denmark has ratified a new UN Convention ensuring seafarers globally proper working conditions. The Convention is the so-called Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), and it is an important step forward for global quality shipping. Shipping companies in the countries that have acceded to the MLC will, in the future, be obliged to ensure the [...]
