An international history of maritime labour standards: The formation and evolution of seafarer pre-employment requirements (1920-2006)

• Main Author: Lelis, Benjamin N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Navigation—History; Merchant mariners—Legal status, laws, etc.; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_intlstud/33; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=etdm_intlstud
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006 is deemed by policymakers and scholars alike as one of the most important international agreements ever adopted. On top of consolidating existing maritime labour conventions, the MLC also introduces innovations to strengthen a trillion-dollar global industr...