The Paris, Tokyo and Black Sea Port State Control MOUs are conducting a concentrated inspection campaign on STCW mandated hours of rest.

A potential move by Germany’s Reederei NSB to “flag out” of the EU has drawn criticism from UK union Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT), which describes the development as a “race to the bottom”.  

The Nigeria Maritime Safety and Administration Agency (NIMASA) has begun implementing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006).  

Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has called for fairer treatment of seafarers in the face of what it calls a “rush to judgement” over Korean ferry Sewol’s captain and crew.

Following legal action from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), the owner of the Munzur, deatined in the UK, has agreed to pay its crew $35,000 in unpaid wages as well as the cost of their repatriation.

Maritime insurance broker Seacurus has called for new Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) seafarer abandonment regulations to be implemented as quickly as possible.

Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI) has welcomed a decision that the Maritime Labour Convention should provide greater protection against crew abandonment, as agreed by the ILO's Special Tripartite Committee on MLC last Friday. 

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) monthly minimum wage for seafarers will be raised to $592 from January 2015, and $614 from the beginning of 2016.

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DigiGone today announced the introduction of a new videoconferencing service for crew welfare communications aboard ships at sea. The company’s new DigiCrew package enables the transmission of high-quality video via satellite, allowing crewmembers...