Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2009: Conference Proceedings
Articles

Maritime Labour Regulation: What's So Special about Maritime?

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  • Mick Kinley

Published 2009-09-02

Keywords

  • seafarer welfare,
  • maritime labour standards,
  • International Labour Organisation (ILO),
  • Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention (No 14) 1976,
  • maritime labour conventions,
  • Ships of Shame report,
  • Maritime Labour Convention 2006,
  • marine safety,
  • Maritime Labour Certificate,
  • Declaration of Labour Compliance,
  • classification societies,
  • port State control,
  • Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
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Abstract

This paper was delivered at the 36th Annual MLAANZ Conference by Barbara Pearson on Michael Kinley's behalf. In the paper, Kinley provides background to the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006, which was developed after ILO Convention No 147 never entered into force internationally. Kinley discusses the structure of the Convention and the standards it imposes, before proceeding to discuss the implementation of this new and complex technical instrument, given the challenges it poses to government and industry.

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