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Maritime Cyber Risk The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is requiring Shipowners and Managers to include cyber security management procedures in their Safety Management System (SMS) by…

Maritime Labour Convention - are you compliant? From 18th January 2017 all merchant ships of 500 gross tons or over flagged to a ratifying state and, engaged in international voyages will need to…

Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) MLC 2006 is a comprehensive international labour convention, that came into force in 2013, that sets out seafarers' rights to decent conditions of work and helps…

Maritime Labour Convention 2006 - Amendments of 2022 During the 110th session of the International Labour Conference, held from 27 May to 11 June 2022, the plenary session approved additional…

Maritime Labour Convention 2006 - Financial Security Requirements (April 2019 version) IMPORTANT NOTE: The entry into force of the 2014 amendments to MLC on 18 January 2017 raised a number of…

Maritime Labour Convention update 15/05/2013 Recent press articles and the imminent entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention have brought the Convention and its requirements on shipowners…

Maritime refugees: practical and legal issues that arise Background 2015 has seen increased reporting of maritime casualties in the Mediterranean, as vessels carrying refugees from North Africa and…

MARPOL Annex V - Garbage from ships - revised Annex V of the MARPOL Convention aims to eliminate and reduce the amount of garbage being dumped into the sea from ships. Its terms include all…