The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has welcomed Singapore’s ratification of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labor Convention 2006 (MLC 2006).
Singapore’s ratification is a measure of its commitment, as a flag state and port state, towards ensuring decent conditions of work for seafarers on board ships.
SSA president Mr. S S Teo said: “We welcome the early ratification of the MLC 2006 - as responsible operators, Singapore owners are ready and prepared to meet our obligations under the Convention.”
The SSA, representing ship owners and ship managers, has actively engaged in close dialogue and discussion with its tripartite partners on the MLC over the years since the Convention was first envisioned in 2001.
The tripartite partners comprise the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Manpower representing the government, the Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union and the Singapore Organization of Seamen representing the unions and the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation and the Singapore Shipping Association representing the employers.
Teo said the SSA, together with its sister organization the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation (SMEF), has been following the discussions on the MLC at the ILO very closely.
"We have also participated in many Working Group meetings chaired by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore and engaged in very close discussion with our tripartite partners during the development stage of the MLC," he added.
Following the adoption of the MLC in 2006, the SSA has continued active discussion with the tripartite partners with a view towards securing Singapore’s ratification of the Convention.
In anticipation of the eventual entry into force of the Convention, the SSA has also launched a MLC course. First launched in April this year, this ongoing 1-day course is conducted by ILO-certified trainers with the intention to provide ship owners, ship managers and agents with useful insights into the need to safeguard the well-being of seafarers within the framework of the Maritime Labor Convention.
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Singapore’s ratification is a measure of its commitment, as a flag state and port state, towards ensuring decent conditions of work for seafarers on board ships.
SSA president Mr. S S Teo said: “We welcome the early ratification of the MLC 2006 - as responsible operators, Singapore owners are ready and prepared to meet our obligations under the Convention.”
The SSA, representing ship owners and ship managers, has actively engaged in close dialogue and discussion with its tripartite partners on the MLC over the years since the Convention was first envisioned in 2001.
The tripartite partners comprise the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore and the Ministry of Manpower representing the government, the Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union and the Singapore Organization of Seamen representing the unions and the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation and the Singapore Shipping Association representing the employers.
Teo said the SSA, together with its sister organization the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation (SMEF), has been following the discussions on the MLC at the ILO very closely.
"We have also participated in many Working Group meetings chaired by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore and engaged in very close discussion with our tripartite partners during the development stage of the MLC," he added.
Following the adoption of the MLC in 2006, the SSA has continued active discussion with the tripartite partners with a view towards securing Singapore’s ratification of the Convention.
In anticipation of the eventual entry into force of the Convention, the SSA has also launched a MLC course. First launched in April this year, this ongoing 1-day course is conducted by ILO-certified trainers with the intention to provide ship owners, ship managers and agents with useful insights into the need to safeguard the well-being of seafarers within the framework of the Maritime Labor Convention.
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