{"id":17905,"date":"2025-04-22T18:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=17905"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:06:07","slug":"seafarers-officially-recognised-as-key-workers-after-successful-geneva-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/seafarers-officially-recognised-as-key-workers-after-successful-geneva-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Seafarers officially recognised as \u2018key workers\u2019 after successful Geneva negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1469279408834450053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17907 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1469279408834450053.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1469279408834450053.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1469279408834450053-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Landmark changes to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) mean seafarers are officially recognised as \u2018key workers\u2019 by the International Labour Organization (ILO).<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Seafarers\u2019 Group at the ILO led by International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF) affiliates has won a raft of significant changes to seafarers\u2019 rights in Geneva this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Seafarers are now referenced as \u2018key workers\u2019, marking a major step forward in seafarers\u2019 rights and coming after a week of intense negotiations between the ILO, governments, shipowners and seafarers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This new status, backed by a resolution calling for its early recognition, seeks to ensure that seafarers receive better protection, easier access to medical care and travel, and stronger support at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The ITF has advocated for seafarers to be recognised as key workers since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Seafarers\u2019 Group spokesperson and ITF Seafarers\u2019 Section Vice Chair,\u00a0<strong>Mark Dickinson<\/strong>, said: \u201cFor the first time in any ILO instrument we have a reference in the Code to seafarers as key workers. How seafarers were treated during Covid-19 has not been forgotten, and we have made sure, as best we can, that it won\u2019t be repeated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cWe\u2019ve also secured strong commitments from governments on the treatment of seafarers on shore leave, repatriation and access to medical care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Among 16 proposed changes tabled by governments, shipowners and the Seafarers\u2019 Group at the ILO Special Tripartite Committee (STC), the key focus was on enhancing support for seafarers&#8217; wellbeing, including clearer regulations for shore leave and better health protocols onboard ships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Crucially, commitments on preventing and eliminating violence and harassment have been strengthened via new MLC provisions that will seek to eradicate unacceptable behaviour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>Dickinson<\/strong>\u00a0explained the changes won on hours of work and rest \u2013 which will now be discussed jointly at the ILO-International Maritime Organization (IMO) Tripartite Working Group after a resolution endorsing this passed \u2013 and the criminalisation of seafarers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cWe also secured a commitment to further action on hours of work and rest, and we anticipate that future discussions will address the lack of enforcement of the existing regulations and exemptions \u2013 but also, in cooperation with the IMO, review the current rest and work hour limits to reduce fatigue,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cThe guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers are now referenced in a mandatory standard in the Code obliging governments to take due account of the guidance covering maritime accidents and alleged crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cThis is really significant in our continued fight against the unjust treatment and criminalisation of seafarers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">At the end of the week, five further resolutions were also put forward. These included plans to extend the mandate of the ILO-IMO joint tripartite working group to continue work on \u2018human element\u2019 issues such as seafarer abandonment and fatigue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cThe maritime industry faces skills, recruitment and retention crises \u2013 and seafarers will not join a fragmented industry where abuses go unchecked and where fatigue and criminalisation are rife,\u201d said ITF Seafarers\u2019 Section Coordinator,\u00a0<strong>Fabrizio Barcellona<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cSeafarers must be guaranteed fulfilling careers in which all their rights are protected and respected \u2013 and this week we\u2019ve taken another important step towards that future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source : ITF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landmark changes to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) mean 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