ARTICLE · 30 SEPTEMBER 2016

Maritime Labour Convention Amendments To Protect Seafarers Against Abandonment

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Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Rules (Legal Notice 145 of 2013) will transpose the 2014 Amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention issued by the ILO.

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Jotham Scerri-Diacono

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In the next few weeks, the Malta Flag Administration shall complete the drafting of amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Rules (Legal Notice 145 of 2013) which transpose the 2014 Amendments to the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention ( 'the ILO Amendments') issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). This will ensure better protection to seafarers of Maltese vessels (and their kin) in the case of abandonment, death and long-term disability via the introduction of an expeditious and effective financial security system. The Maltese amendments shall enter into force on 18th January 2017 as provided in the ILO Amendments.

The ILO Amendments propose the addition of 'Standard A2.5.2' to the Maritime Labour Convention ( the 'MLC'), paragraph 2 of which holds that a seafarer shall be deemed to have been abandoned where, in violation of the requirements of the MLC or the terms of the seafarers' employment agreement, the shipowner

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Maritime Labour Convention Amendments To Protect Seafarers Against Abandonment

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