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Seafarer Recruitment and Placement Services: Liberia completes first audit

Friday 18 February 2011

The Liberian Registry has carried out the first SRPS (Seafarer Recruitment and Placement Services) audit for compliance with the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006).

DEATH PENALTY: Malaysia Charges Suspected Somali Pirates

Thursday 17 February 2011

A Malaysian court indicted seven Somali men on charges of piracy and attacking Malaysian security forces during a commando raid aimed at freeing a Malaysian-operated tanker they had hijacked in the Gulf of Aden last month.

RTTNews

UN launches new anti-piracy plan calling for greater global naval support

Thursday 03 February 2011

3 February 2011 – The United Nations today launched an action plan to combat piracy off the Somali coast, calling for greater support from national navies to fight a “global menace” that threatens not only international trade but the world body’s delivery of vital food aid to millions of hungry people.

UN News Centre

m/v Beluga Nomination. Seafarer killed in failed pirate rescue

Monday 31 January 2011

AT LEAST one crew member and one pirate were killed in an attempt by naval forces to free the hijacked multipurpose vessel Beluga Nomination in the Indian Ocean.

UK shipping faces devastation

Thursday 27 January 2011

The shipping minister has accused the European Union of unfairly penalising Britain after it started legal action over seafarers’ pay that the government warned could devastate the country’s shipping industry.

Britain faces EU court action over seafarers' pay discrimination

Thursday 27 January 2011

Britannia will no longer rule the waves, if a European Union warning of court action over discriminatory pay for British and overseas workers on ships is followed through.

France-Presse

Korea Line Files for Bankruptcy

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Korea Line Corp., South Korea’s second-largest operator of dry-bulk ships, filed for receivership after a global oversupply of vessels caused rates to tumble to the lowest in almost two years.

Brits plan private navy to fight pirates

Tuesday 05 October 2010

A leading British insurer is reported to be planning the world's first private navy to combat Somali pirates raking in an estimated $150 million a year in ransoms from shipping companies.

IMO environment meeting discusses GHG measures for new ships

Friday 01 October 2010

Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC)
61st session: 27 September - 1 October, 2010

IMO

ITF backs new organisation to promote seafarer rights

Thursday 23 September 2010

London: Today sees the launch of Seafarers’ Rights International, described as 'a unique and groundbreaking resource dedicated to advancing the legal protection of seafarers worldwide'.

ITF

Action to end piracy demanded on World Maritime Day

Thursday 23 September 2010

An action group representing stakeholders from the entire shipping industry, from crews to owners, today presented a petition signed by nearly a million (920,000) people to the IMO and governments worldwide calling for real action to end Somali piracy.

IMO Secretary-General commends launch of seafarers’ rights centre, piracy petition presented

Thursday 23 September 2010

IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos today (23 September 2010) welcomed the launch of the Seafarers’ Rights International Centre, an independent forum dedicated to advancing seafarers’ interests, describing it as an important development on World Maritime Day, the theme of which is “2010: Year of the Seafarer”.

IMO

‘Scapegoat’ suit attacks Styga

Thursday 26 August 2010

AN ENGINEER is suing his former shipping company for at least $23M, alleging that it used him as a scapegoat in a ‘magic pipe’ case earlier this year.

Ukrainian officers jailed in Venezuela

Tuesday 24 August 2010

TWO UKRAINIAN officers have been sentenced to nine years in a Venezuelan prison after drug smugglers attached cocaine to their ship’s hull.

Paddy Crumlin is new ITF President

Sunday 15 August 2010

Paddy Crumlin, National Secretary of the MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) has just been elected President of the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) at the global union federation's world congress in Mexico City.

MUA

ITF set to overhaul FOC policy

Monday 09 August 2010

Dock workers' and seafarers' unions have voted to accept an overhaul of the ITF's flag of convenience (FOC) policy.

ITF

ITF congress launches tomorrow in Mexico

Wednesday 04 August 2010

The world congress of the ITF begins tomorrow in Mexico City. Running from 5 to 12 August, it will be the largest ever and the first to be held in Latin America.

ITF

5,000 cops deployed for global seafarers conference in RP

Friday 18 June 2010

Five thousand Filipino police personnel will be deployed to ensure the safety and security of local and foreign delegates during an international seafarers’ conference in Pasay City.

GMANews

Manila conference to adopt revised STCW Convention and Code

Tuesday 15 June 2010

Major revisions to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (the STCW Convention), and its associated Code, are set to be adopted at a Diplomatic Conference to be held in Manila, Philippines, from 21 to 25 June 2010, under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for maritime safety and security and the prevention of pollution from ships.

IMO

РПСМ выступил против ратификации соглашения о торговом судоходстве между РФ и Грецией

Friday 30 April 2010

Российский профессиональный союз моряков (РПСМ) выступил против ратификации соглашения о торговом судоходстве между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Греческой Республики в части, касающейся положения статьи 15, ограничивающей доступ на правосудие по трудовым делам членов экипажей морских судов.

Электронная база данных удостоверений личности моряков

Friday 30 April 2010

Министерством транспорта РФ подготовлен проект приказа Об утверждении Порядка ведения электронной базы данных, содержащей сведения о выданных удостоверениях личности моряка, и использования указанных сведений.

Pirate 'mother ship' off Somalia destroyed

Friday 30 April 2010

A French warship destroyed a pirate 'mother ship' and 11 Somalis were seized in an anti-piracy operation off the Somali coast, says the EU naval force Navfor.

Pakistani seafarers' jobs share reduced

Friday 30 April 2010

KARACHI - The difficulty and delays in the issuance of visas to Pakistani seafarers, particularly after 9/11, have resulted in the loss of due share of Pakistani seafarers in the international employment market.

Greek seamen to strike next Monday, Labour Day

Friday 23 April 2010

All Greek-flagged ships will remain docked at Piraeus port for another day on Monday, April 26, due to another 24-hour strike called on that day by the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation (PNO), in protest against plans to lift cabotage restrictions in Greek seas.

Athens News

Greek seamen to strike over market liberalisation

Friday 23 April 2010

Greek seamen on Thursday called a strike next week after the government said it would lift restrictions on foreign cruise ships in a first step towards liberalising the country's labour market.

Reuters

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