Food is crucial to maintaining the health and morale of crews. Without safe, nutritious and appealing food, seafarers would not be able to perform their duties effectively on board ship. The Training Record Book for Ships’ Cooks is the first global resource to help ships’ cooks demonstrate competency and record their training experience as they develop their careers. It is based on the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guidelines on the training of ships’ cooks, which implements the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) Regulation 3.2.
May 2021
Tools and Workbooks | £40
Commissioned by ECSA and ICS, this Study is intended to identify some of those issues which the European Commission, EU Member States and the European Parliament will all need to consider carefully, in consultation with other stakeholders and the EU’s international trading partners, when the EC publishes a full regulatory proposal and the EU legislative process begins during 2021.
May 2021
Reports, Positions and Papers | Free
Shipping industry calls for International Day of the Seafarer 2021 to be marked by thousands of ships sounding their horns at 12 noon local.
17 May 2021
Press Release
Speakers at the ICS Leadership Insights Live event on 12 May 2021 discussed environmentally sound and transparent practices for shipbreaking as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the inudstry.
13 May 2021
News
This first edition was withdrawn in March 2022 and replaced by the second edition. While industry bodies are working with authorities at national, regional and international levels to prioritise rapid access to vaccinations for seafarers as key workers in all countries, it became apparent that a roadmap dedicated to seafarer vaccination would help to achieve global immunisation. Vaccination of seafarers in their home countries remains the preferred option but measures should be taken now to permit access to vaccination for seafarers from all countries. The roadmap provides a framework to establish a local vaccination programme dedicated to seafarers.
May 2021
Archive | Free
The Vaccination Roadmap framework will help countries establish vaccination hubs dedicated to seafarers across the world
13 May 2021
Press Release
Ship Recycling comes under the spotlight in the latest Leadership Insights - LIVE.
12 May 2021
ICS Event
Industry bodies launch survey to gain insights and experiences with marine fuels in a new survey aimed at identifying potential quality and quantity issues
6 May 2021
News
The Seafarers International Relief Fund has been created to respond to the increasing and desperate needs of seafarers resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
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Leading seafarer welfare charities and shipping industry players have launched an emergency relief fund to support seafarers and their families devastated by the rampant COVID-19 pandemic in India and other countries.
5 May 2021
Press Release