The landmark Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) will come into force from today 20 August will benefit quality shipowners and help level the playing field forcing poor quality owners to comply with a minimum level of standards for seafarer...

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

The Panama Ship Registry will allow shipowners a six month grace period when the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) enters into force.

Martek Marine, leading manufacturer of maritime safety equipment, is introducing potable water testing kits to its product range, designed to meet the regulations on drinking water which come into force with the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) in...

Barbican Group Holdings has acquired UK maritime insurance broker Seacurus.

InterManager has urged for “tolerance and flexibility” in the months following the Maritime Labour Convention’s entry into force in August.

On August 20, 2013 the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), adopted on 23 February 2006 at the 94-th session of the International Labour Conference, will come in force. The MLC will become one of the major regulatory documents of the maritime...

LEADING international classification society Bureau Veritas has set up a web-based system which will help shipowners to cut certification time for the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 dramatically. BV says the system is needed because some...