Guidance Issued for Ebola Virus

The following press release and related guidance document were issued August 4 by the International Transport Workers’ Federation, International Chamber of Shipping, and International Maritime Employers’ Council.

Three global shipping organizations issued guidance to their members on the risks posed to ships’ crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus.

05 August 2014

MPA launches campaign to promote a safety-first culture at sea

The Safety@Sea Singapore campaign was launched at 31 August 014 at Marina South Pier. Led by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the campaign is an industry-wide effort to increase awareness of safe practices and inculcate a safety-first culture at sea.

01 August 2014

ITF Seafarers Trust Launches New Online Application Process For Grants for Seafarer Welfare

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Seafarers Trust, one of the main funders of seafarers' welfare around the world, has moved to an online application process for grants.

23 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - SRI outputs

Submissions to the IMO

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - Impact of the MLC on seafarers

By Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department, ILO

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - Personal injuries and deaths of seafarers

Seeking compensation – challenges

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - Abandonment of seafarers

The highly publicised case of the crew of the 43,866dwt TMT-linked woodchip carrier Donald Duckling, reduced to surviving by catching fish off the side of the vessel as she lay detained in the Port of Tyne, indicated very strongly that the spectre of the abandoned vessel remained a constant during 2013, and is a reality of today’s shipping market which refuses to go away.

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - SRI Survey

In the meantime, what is the shipping industry doing to continue to promote the issues of fair treatment of seafarers and to condemn instances of criminalisation?

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - Seafarers and the criminal law

Prestige – decision of the national court

07 July 2014

SRI Annual Review 2013 - Seafarers’ rights in the current market

A cursory glance at the global seafarers demand and supply situation, or at least industry sentiment coming through, suggests that previously held fears over manpower shortages may now be a thing of the past. The 2015 BIMCO/ISF Manpower Study, published every five years, will make interesting reading, but at present, generally speaking ship owners can fill spaces onboard their ships.

07 July 2014