India launches world’s first facial biometric-based ID for seafarers

In a move to boost employment in the coastal shipping sector, India has become the first country in the world to issue a Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) to its seafarers.

Celebrating the Day of the Seafarer 2018: “Seafarers’ wellbeing”

INTERCARGO joins the international shipping community in celebrating the Day of the Seafarer on 25 June 2018 under the theme of Seafarers’ wellbeing, recognizing the unique contribution made by seafarers from all over the world to international seaborne t

Seafarers Taken Hostage by Pirates to Get Full Wages during Captivity

Seafarers held captive by pirates will be paid all their contractual entitlements, it was agreed at the third meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.

FOCUS: Hundreds of seafarers held captive off UAE coast

There are at least 100 seafarers (that the Indian Consulate in Dubai is aware of) stranded in the waters of...

SRI calls on Governments to look at ways to implement legislation backing the Fair Treatment of Seafarers

International backing has been given to a new initiative from London-based Seafarers Rights’ International...

Odfjell Welcomes New Salary Scheme For Norwegian Seafarers

The Norwegian Government implemented a new salary scheme for seafarers from 1 July, implying that companies...

International workshop champions fair treatment of seafarers

Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals, Ambassadors and other government representatives...