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Natilus welcomes UK MLC ratification

Natilus welcomes UK MLC ratification
Maritime union Nautilus has welcomed the UK’s belated ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, branding the move “a positive step forward”.

The convention comprises 68 global labour standards for training and certification, ship safety and security, and the prevention of ship source pollution. The UK is the 41st country to ratify the convention, due to enter force on August 20.

“We are pleased the UK has finally ratified the MLC,” said Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson. “It is disappointing that we were not among the first wave of 30 countries that brought the convention into effect, but it is good that the UK has just managed to avoid the damaging consequences of not having ratified before the convention comes into force.

“Nautilus believes the convention should help to combat the worst excesses of exploitation and abuse in the shipping industry, by establishing a decency threshold below which no shipowner can operate.”