Archive for September, 2008
Indian crew on Jordanian ship recruited illegally?
MUMBAI: The 10 Indians aboard the hijacked Jordanian vessel MV Victoria may have been recruited illegally. As negotiations continued for the release of the crew aboard the vessel, a top Shipping official on Thursday said details of the Indian workers haven’t been received.
The ship was last reported as being traced to Murgane, [...]
Ship capsizes off Macau; all 17 crew members missing
SEOUL: All 17 crewmen on a South Korean freighter are missing after their ship capsized off the Chinese territory of Macau on Wednesday, South Korea’s coastguard said.
“A Chinese rescue ship, backed by an airplane, is involved in a search operation but they have had no luck yet,” a spokesman said.
“The ship lost [...]
Indian on hijacked ship calls for help
MUMBAI: Even as there is no news of a breakthrough in negotiations with Somali hijackers of Japanese vessel MT Stolt Valor more than a week after the incident, the captain’s wife in Dehradun said she received a call from one of the crew members who said the crew was being ill-treated and kept under poor [...]
How the ILO works
The ILO accomplishes its work through three main bodies, all of which comprise government, employer and worker representatives.
International Labour Conference
The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference in June of each year, in Geneva. Two government delegates, an employer delegate and a worker delegate represent each Member State. Technical advisors assist [...]
EU gears for naval action vs pirates off Somalia–Sarkozy
MANILA, Philippines — The European Union, under the leadership of France, is preparing for naval action against pirates off Somalia who have been hijacking ships and crewmen for ransom, according to a transcript of an interview with French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent by the French Embassy.
In a copy sent to INQUIRER.net, French President Nicolas Sarkozy [...]
‘Tighten ship cargo rules’ call
Accident investigators have called for hazardous cargo on ships to be more tightly regulated following the deaths of two seamen in the Channel.
The pair suffocated when oxygen levels dropped in a storage area of their vessel, the Sava Lake, in the Straits of Dover in January this year.
The Latvian-registered vessel was transporting ferrous metal turnings.
A [...]
Lloyd’s Register issues new Ballast Water Treatment Technology guide
The latest Lloyd’s Register guide to Ballast Water Treatment Technology is now available. This follows the success of last year’s guide, the first of its kind. This updated version provides further independent and impartial descriptions and appraisals of commercially available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment. The publication, which will be available at this [...]
ILO to consider new guidelines on ship inspection under 2006 Maritime Labour Convention
GENEVA (ILO News) ─ More than 300 senior representatives of seafarers and shipowners, along with governments, are to meet here between 15 and 26 September to discuss guidelines on flag-state and port-state inspection on board of ships under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2006.
The MLC, 2006 consolidates [...]
Shipping world in piracy crisis call to IMO and UN
The shipping world today made a crisis call to the (London-based) United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the United Nations (in New York) requesting real and immediate action against brazen acts of piracy, kidnapping and armed robbery, carried out with increasing frequency against ships in the Gulf of Aden, by pirates based in Somalia.
The [...]
Flags of Convenience campaign
The ITF is unique amongst international trade union organisations in having a powerful influence on wages and conditions of one particular group of workers, seafarers working on ships flying Flags of Convenience (FOCs). FOCs provide a means of avoiding labour regulation in the country of ownership, and become a vehicle for paying low wages and [...]
