Global Shipping Industry Adopts Major MLC Amendments to Safeguard Seafarers

In a significant move to bolster the rights, welfare, and working conditions of seafarers across the globe, governments, shipowners, and seafarer representatives have adopted a series of key amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). These landmark changes were agreed upon during the Fifth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC), held both in-person and virtu