As a seafarer, do you know there is a bill of rights to ensure you have decent living and working standards? This includes everyone working onboard including those on cruise ships. The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) sets out seafarers’ rights at work, including employment terms, health, and safety, living …
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Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after the ITF’s advocacy brought their two-year ordeal to a close. One member of the MV ULA (IMO: 8102414) crew had even been trapped aboard the ship for 31 months. The seafarers …
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Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of WMU, is featured in the recent issue of the Caribbean Maritime Journal. It offers insight to her career path that includes a major role in developing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and becoming the first woman President, and the first from a developing country, to …
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