This new edition provides the most up‑to‑date and practical guidance on the mandatory and recommended employment standards set by the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), bringing together all sets of amendments in one place for the first time. The publication explains in clear terms what these changes mean in practice for shipping companies, masters, managers, crewing agencies, and those overseeing day‑to‑day operations ashore and at sea.

With over 1.5 million merchant seafarers working worldwide, the MLC remains the only truly comprehensive global regime governing maritime employment standards. By setting minimum requirements that apply to all ratifying countries, the Convention helps ensure that seafarers—regardless of where they work, the flag their vessel sails under, or the company they are employed by—can expect consistent and fair working and living conditions.…