Center for Seafarers' Rights Director Douglas Stevenson has written a comprehensive piece on the Maritime Labor Convention and its impact on seafarers. The article can be found on the Seamen...
The OGSR recently compiled the last five years’ worth of statistics from the UN Conference on Transportation and Development’s (UNCTAD) annual Review of Maritime Transport (RMT) on the...
The International Labor Organization has responded to questions of identifying which party is a shipowner as it relates to the Maritime Labor Convention.
Trade publication Lloyd's List reports:...
The Maritime Labor Convention, which entered into force this week, has prompted questions of whether a ship's owner or manager should be held accountable for the enforcement of the convention...
Following months of preparation, the Maritime Labor Convention has entered into force today.
The convention received its 30th ratitication necessary to for implementation one year ago, and so has...
The June 2013 edition of Lawyer Monthly contain a two-part feature on ship registration, the first part featuring comments from Ganado Advocates Partner Dr. Jotham Scerri Diacono, and the second...
The UK has ratified the Maritime Labor Convention less than three weeks prior to its entry into force.
Junior Transport Minister Norman Baker announced Wednesday that the ratification would become...
The International Chamber of Shipping is advising all owners to prepare their vessels for the Maritime Labor Convention regardless of jurisdiction.
The organization reports:
12 July 2013
Port State...
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control demonstrated a preparedness for the implementation of the Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) at their 46th Committee Meeting last month. The...
Yacht registration services provider Sarnia Yachts is now able to provide MLC compliant crew employment services to clients.
The company reports:
The MLC, which comes into force on 20 August...
