The Australian authorities are continuing to clamp down on owners that violate the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) barring two ships from the country’s waters in a day.

A Chinese bulker has been detained by the Australian authorities in Galdstone over tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages claimed by the crew.

The UAE is working towards ratifying the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), following a sharp rise in seafarer abandonment cases over the past two years.

The Australian authorities have banned a Shandong Shipping bulker from the countries waters for 12 months for delibrately underpaying the crew.

The Australian authorities have barred the Indonesian general cargo vessel Noah Satu from the country’s ports for a second time in six months.

No chance of walking on Dartmoor one wet morning in Devon last week… but the weather did provide the opportunity for a bit of ‘maritime research’ and a small excuse for a ‘what I did on my holidays’ report.

The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) says that the number of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) related problems found by its inspectors increased last year.