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BIMCO's position on "fair treatment of seafarers" has been approved by the BIMCO Board of Directors.
Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident is addressed in guidelines developed by a Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Group in 2006. Mandatory provisions on fair treatment of seafarers are included in the 2010 IMO Casualty Investigation Code (CIC), the 2006 ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Unfair treatment of seafarers can take many forms and be for many reasons including incidents that involve pollution from ships or smuggling even though very few of these incidents involve intentional or grossly negligent behaviour of seafarers. Other kinds of unfair treatment relate to the attitude of port state control officials towards ships’ crew and abandoned seafarers.
Unfair treatment incidents have an unacceptable impact on the seafarers involved. These incidents also have a damaging effect to the image of the shipping industry and its ability to attract and retain qualified seafarers.
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