Maritime work law fundamentals : responsible shipowners, reliable seafarers / Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi, Dmitry A. Pentsov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christodoulou-Varotsi, Iliana.

Contributor:

Pentsov, D. A. (Dmitrii Anatolevich)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchant mariners--Legal status, laws, etc.

Merchant mariners.

Labor laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (839 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The importance of international maritime labour law - both as a component of international maritime law, and in socio-political and economic terms - has been recognised by the IMO International Maritime Law Institute for a number of years. Indeed, the Institute has annually organised a course on maritime labour law with the participation of inter alia the International Maritime Organization, the international Labour Organization, the International Transport Workers’ Federation, and the German Shipowners’ Association. It was therefore a great pleasure when the authors invited me to introduce their forthcoming monograph on Maritime Work Law Fundamentals: Responsible S- powners Reliable Seafarers. As the title suggests, a fundamental challenge of this branch of international maritime law is to achieve a balance between the interests of the two main stakeholders. Institutionally, the effort to achieve this balance dates back a number of decades with its genesis mainly found in the work of the International Labour Organization. It has to be said that whilst this effort achieved great progress, it has led to a haphazard, plethora of legal instruments.

Contents:

Standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

General overview

ILO maritime labour Conventions and Recommendations

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Instruments and the Human Element

General Overview

The STCW Convention and related instruments

The International Safety Management (ISM) Code

The International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code

The Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) on Port State Control

Regional instruments in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region

The European Union (EU) and the Protection of Maritime Labour

Substantive law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-10840-5

9786611108403

3-540-72751-5

OCLC:

261325363