MOL gears up for MLC 2006

Tokyo: Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that a product chemical tanker Ivy Express managed by its group ship management company MOL Tankship Management (Europe) Ltd  received a certificate of the ILO's Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) which is expected to come into force in the near future. The Ivy Express is the world's first vessel of Marshall Island registry which received the certificate.?The MLC 2006 goal is to establish global standards for maritime labour.?The treaty is expected to come into force in late 2011. [27/10/10]