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ICS Launches Definitive Guidelines on MLC Convention
Responding to changing regulations the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched of the third edition of its essential Guidelines on the Application of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, the only fully up to date guide to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) for all involved with the employment of seafarers.
Industry supports the IMOs new anti-corruption agenda
he International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to address maritime corruption by including this important issue in its work programme for the Facilitation Committee.
ICS Updates Flag State Performance Table
Since the Table was launched 15 years ago, ICS says it has been pleased by the ongoing improvement which the data has helped to demonstrate.
ICS Flag State Performance Table 2018/19
This edition has been withdrawn and replaced by the 2020/2021 edition. Intended to encourage shipowners to maintain a dialogue with their flag administrations to help bring about any improvements that might be necessary in the interests of safety, the environment and decent working conditions.
HTW 6/5/1 – Proposed amendments to table B-I2 of the STCW Code
Submitted by ICS Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping 6th Session Agenda Item 5 February 2019
HTW 6/12/3 – Comprehensive review of the STCW Convention and Code
Submitted by ICS, Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping, 6th Session, Agenda Item 12, March 2019.
Agreement on Minimum Wage for Seafarers Announced
Geneva – 19-20 November 2018: The social partners, namely the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), convened in Geneva at the Joint Maritime Commission Subcommittee on Seafarers Wages to review the ILO Minimum Wage for an Able Seafarer (AB) provided for in Code B of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (as amended).
Shipping Industry Urges European Commission to Extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation
Four trade associations representing the international liner shipping industry today submitted comments to the European Commission supporting extension of the EU consortia block exemption regulation (“BER”) for an additional five years beyond its current 2020 expiration date.
Start of Major UN Negotiation on Future Ocean Governance
At the United Nations in New York, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is representing shipowners at the start of a major negotiation to agree a new legal instrument for the protection of the ocean under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – which will apply to ‘high seas’ areas ‘beyond national jurisdiction’.