ILO

Information note on maritime labour issues and coronavirus (COVID-19) - Revised version 2.0

Source: ILO - "1. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global crisis which has impacted all aspects of life and badly affected the world of work. In the maritime sector, it has severely disrupted the functioning of shipping and affected the work of nearly 2 million seafarers worldwide.

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ILO welcomes COVID-19 seafarers’ rights agreement

Source: ILO - "ILO welcomes COVID-19 seafarers’ rights agreement he International Labour Organization has expressed support for new international measures to protect the rights of seafarers, stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 crisis .

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New ICS research a ‘ray of light’ amongst the COVID-19 clouds

Source: ICS - "The COVID-19 pandemic is creating significant challenges for ship operators and seafarers, but new research from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has highlighted that, for users of its ISF Watchkeeper software, incidents of non-conformities continue to drop to increasingly lower levels over the past year.

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Cyprus ship registry: updates on precautions for mariners in relation to COVID-19

Source: Elias Neocleous & Co LLC - Further to Circular 03/2020, the Shipping Deputy Ministry has issued Circular 05/2020 informing the registered owners, charterers, ship managers and representatives of Cyprus-flagged ships of the following circular letters issued by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO):

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Joint Statement IMO-WHO-ILO on medical certificates of seafarers, ship sanitation certificates and medical care of seafarers in

Source: IMO - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have jointly issued the attached statement to assist States in ensuring that health measures are implemented in ways that minimize unnecessary interference with international traf

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BIMCO APPLAUDS GIBRALTAR PORT AUTHORITY IN EASING RESTRICTIONS TO FACILITATE CREW CHANGE

Source: BIMCO - "Gibraltar - a major crew changing hub, is following the recommendations proposed by BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and other industry partners, and facilitated by IMO in a circular letter, by easing restrictions to crew change as a result of COVID-19 challenges.

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Managing Ship and Seafarer Certificates during the Pandemic

Source: ICS - This guidance provides information for shipowners and operators on managing ship and seafarer certificates during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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GUIDELINES ON THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEAFARERS AND SEAFARER’S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE

Source: Singapore Maritime & Port Authority

1. This Shipping Circular supersedes MPA’s Shipping Circular no 13 of 2013.

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COVID-19; IMPLICATIONS ON STATUTORY SHIP CERTIFICATES, SURVEYS, INSPECTIONS AND AUDITS

Source: BIMCO - BIMCO has collected statements from a number of flag states, port states and recognised organisations/classification societies (RO) and produced a regulatory analysis concerning COVID-19 and its possible implica

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Nigeria Ratifies 40 Conventions, Domesticates 19 International Laws

1/31/2019 Source: NIMASA - The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has disclosed that Nigeria has been able to ratify 40 conventions passed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) covering Maritime Safety, Labour and Marine Environment.

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