Global Shipping Bodies Issue Ebola Virus Advice
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Three global shipping organisations today issued guidance to their members on the risks posed to ships’ crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus.
Showing 361 – 370 of 422 results
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Three global shipping organisations today issued guidance to their members on the risks posed to ships’ crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus.
Submitted by ICS and WSC, Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, 1st Session, Agenda Item 3, July 2014.
Submitted by ICS, Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, 1st Session, Agenda Item 6, July 2014.
Guidelines to help shipowners comply with a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation requiring ship-specific plans and procedures for the recovery of persons from the water, have been launched today by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for shipowners.
Shipowners and seafarers' unions have joined forces to express concern at flag states’ failure to submit maritime casualty reports as required under international Conventions.
Submitted by International Chamber of Shipping, International Group of P&I Clubs, International Union of Marine Insurance, and International Salvors’ Union, Legal Committee, 101st Session, Agenda Item 11, April 2014.
Submitted by IACS, Intercargo, BIMCO and ICS, Editorial and Technical Group of the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, 1st Session, Agenda Item 5, March 2014.
ICS Position Paper Informally Circulated to IMO Member States, MEPC 66, March 2014.
Submitted by Norway, Panama, Marshall Islands, Liberia, ICS, BIMCO and INTERTANKO, Maritime Safety Committee, 93rd Session, Agenda Item 20, March 2014.
Maritime Employer representatives, coordinated by the International Shipping Federation (ISF), met with International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) counterparts this week at the International Labour Organization to review the ILO recommended minimum wage for the Able Seafarer. It was agreed that from 1 January 2015, the ILO minimum monthly basic wage for an AB is increased to US$592 and from 1 January 2016, the basic wage is increased to US$614.